He said, 'Did I not tell you that you can never be able to keep patient while with me?"

He (Musa) said, "If I ask you about something after this, do not allow me your company. You have now reached a point where you have a valid excuse from my own side (to do so)."

Then, they moved ahead until they came to the people of a town; they asked its people for food and they re-fused to host them. Then, they found there a wall tending to fall. So he set it right. He (Musa) said, "Had you wished, you could have charged a fee for it."

He said, "Here is the point of parting ways between me and you. I shall now explain to you the reality of things about which you could not remain patient.

As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked at sea. So I wanted to make it defective as there was a king across them who used to take every boat by force.

And as for the boy, his parents were believers. We apprehended that he would impose rebellion and in-fidelity upon them.

We, therefore, wished that their Lord would replace him with someone better than him in piety and more akin to affection.

And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father was a pious man. So your Lord willed that they reach their maturity and dig out their treasure - a mercy from your Lord. And I did not do it on my own ac-cord. This is the reality of things about which you could not remain patient."

And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say, "I shall now recite to you some narration about him."

Surely, We gave him power on Earth and provided for him a way to everything.