So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. ˹Moses˺ said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than ˹having killed˺ a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُكْرًا