Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Kahf, Ayah 74
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So they set off after leaving the ship making their way on foot until when they met a boy who had not yet reached puberty playing with other boys among whom his face was the fairest — and he al-Khidr slew him by slitting his throat with a knife while he lay down or by tearing his head off with his hand or by smashing his head against a wall all of which are different opinions the coordinating fā’ of fa-qatalahu ‘and he slew him’ is used here because it indicates that the slaying took place after the encounter; the response to idhā ‘when’ is the following statement qāla … — he Moses said to him ‘Have you slain an innocent soul that is a pure one that had not reached the age of legal responsibility a variant reading for zākiya has zakiyya one slain not in retaliation for another soul? in other words one that has not slain any soul. Verily you have committed an dreadful thing’ read nukran or nukuran that is to say an abomination.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(So the twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad) between two townships, (he slew him) Khidr killed him. ((Moses) said: What! Hast thou) O Khidr (slain an innocent soul who hath slain no man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing) you have committed a horrendous, evil act.