فَانْطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَتَیَٓا اَهْلَ قَرْیَةٍࣙ اسْتَطْعَمَٓا اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ یُضَیِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فٖیهَا جِدَارًا یُرٖیدُ اَنْ یَنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهُؕ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَیْهِ اَجْرًا
Faintalaqa hatta itha ataya ahla qaryatin istatAAama ahlaha faabaw an yudayyifoohuma fawajada feeha jidaran yureedu an yanqadda faaqamahu qala law shita laittakhathta AAalayhi ajran
Translations
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment
Saheeh International
So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it
Marmaduke Pickthall