فدعا ذالقرنين الخضر وكان أفضل أصحابه عنده ودعا ثلاث مائة...

فدعا ذالقرنين الخضر وكان أفضل أصحابه عنده ودعا ثلاث مائة وستين رجلا ودفع إلى كل واحد منهم سمكة وقال لهم: اذهبوا إلى موضع كذا وكذا فإن هناك ثلاث مائة وستين عينا، فليغسل كل واحد منكم سمكته في عين غير عين صاحبه Zulqarnayn called Khizr -as , he was the most superior of his -as companions in his -as presence, and called three hundred and sixty men, and handed over a (dead) fish to each one of them, and said to them: ‘Go to such and such a place, for over there, there are three hundred and sixty springs, and let each one of you wash his fish in a spring other than the spring of his companions’.

فذهبوا يغسلون، وقعد الخضر يغسل فانسابت السمكة منه في العين وبقي الخضر متعجبا مما رأى، وقال في نفسه: ما أقول لذي القرنين ؟ ثم نزع ثيابه يطلب السمكة فشرب من مائها واغتمس فيه ولم بقدر على السمكة They went and washed, and Al-Khizr -as sat to wash, but the fish slipped from him -as into the spring, and Al-Khizr -as remained wondering from what he -as saw, and said within himself -as : ‘What shall I -as say to Zul-Qarnayn?’ Then he -as removed his cloth to seek the fish, and he -as drank from its water, but was not able upon (finding) the fish.

فرجعوا إلى ذي القرنين فأمر ذوالقرنين بقبض السمك من أصحابه، فلما انتهوا إلى الخضر لم يجدوا معه شيئا فدعاه وقال له: ما حال السمكة ؟ فأخبره الخبر، فقال له: فصنعت ماذا ؟ قال: اغتمست فيها فجعلت أغوص وأطلبها فلم أجدها، قال: فشربت من مائها ؟ قال: نعم Then they returned to Zul-Qarnayn, and Zul-Qarnayn ordered for taking back the fish from his companions. When he ended up to Al-Khizr -as , he did not find anything to be with him, and said to him: ‘What is the state of the fish?’ Al-Khizr -as informed him.

He said to him -as : ‘So what did you -as do?’ He -as said: ‘I -as immersed into it and went on diving to seek it, but could not find it’. He said: ‘Did you -as drink from it?’ He -as said: ‘Yes’. قال: فطلب ذوالقرنين العين فلم يجدها، فقال للخضر: كنت أنت صاحبها He -asws said: ‘Then Zulqarnayn sought the spring of life, but could not find it, and he said to Al-Khizr -as : ‘You -as were its owner’’.