The lesson Prophet Musa (AS) needed to learn in this experience with Khidr was acceptance of not knowing or understanding what he encounters. The understanding Prophet Musa did not have -- why the boat needed a hole, what was protected by a wall, why a boy had to die -- is all part of the ghayb, the unseen. The only way Khidr or any of us would ever know the things he explained to Musa (AS) in this story is because Allah gifted him the knowledge. Belief in the unseen realm is a requirement for the believer. It’s part of our aqidah. We often forget that belief in the unseen realm also includes the acceptance that we will definitely NOT know everything that occurs, let alone the reasons behind it. That is all part of the knowledge only Allah knows. This story is a weekly reminder that even one of the best men to walk the earth, a messenger, struggled to accept this simple truth that he won’t always understand why things happen. It’s a reminder that the charge is on us all to wrestle against the temptation to assume we are entitled to explanations or understanding. Even Prophet Musa (AS) was not entitled to explanations. Even Prophet Musa (AS) had to accept his lack of knowledge, trust in the wisdom of Allah’s plan, and be humble in the face of someone gifted with greater understanding than his own.

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