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Khidr

خضر
Definition

The Green One — a mysterious servant of Allah who possessed divinely-granted knowledge of the unseen. His encounter with Musa, narrated in Surah al-Kahf, is one of the most discussed episodes in Quranic scholarship, raising questions about the relationship between apparent evil and hidden good.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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