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قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِۖ فَارْتَدَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًاۙ   ( الكهف: ٦٤ )

qāla
قَالَ
He said
dhālika
ذَٰلِكَ
"That
مَا
(is) what
kunnā
كُنَّا
we were
nabghi
نَبْغِۚ
seeking"
fa-ir'taddā
فَٱرْتَدَّا
So they returned
ʿalā
عَلَىٰٓ
on
āthārihimā
ءَاثَارِهِمَا
their footprints
qaṣaṣan
قَصَصًا
retracing

Qaala zaalika maa kunnaa nabgh; fartaddaa 'alaa aasaari him maa qasasaa (al-Kahf 18:64)

Sahih International:

[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints. (Al-Kahf [18] : 64)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He said, “That was what we were looking for.” So they returned, retracing their footsteps.