18.71 - So they set out, until when they embarked on the ship, he (the companion) made a hole in it. He (Musa) said: Have you made a hole in it to drown its people? You have certainly brought a dreadful thing. 18.72 - He (the companion) said: Did I not say that you will not have with me patience? 18.73 - He (Musa) said: Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not make me tired in my affair with (more) difficulty. 18.74 - So they set out, until when they met a boy, so he killed him. He (Musa) said: Have you killed a pure soul for other than (having killed) a soul? You have certainly brought a horrid thing. 18.75 - He (the companion) said: Did I not say that you will not have with me patience? 18.76 - He (Musa) said: If I ask you about anything after this, then do not accompany me; you have certainly got from me (many) excuses. 18.77 - So they set out, until when they came to a village from which they asked its people food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. Then they (Musa and his companion) found therein a wall which was about to collapse, so he (the companion) repaired it. He (Musa) said: If you had willed, you could have taken for it a reward. 18.78 - He (the companion) said: This is parting between me and you; I will inform you of the interpretation of that upon which you could not have patience. 18.79 - As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea, and I wanted to defect it, and there was behind them a king who seized every ship by force. 18.80 - And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we (the companion and the parents) feared that he makes them tired by transgression and disbelief.
