[34]. There are six forms of chivalry. Three of them are for when you are at home and three others are for when you are travelling. The three for when you are at home are: reciting the Qur’an, regularly attending the congregational prayer and promoting God's Mosques and making friends for the sake of God. The three for when you are travelling are: to give to others from your own travel provisions, being good-tempered and joking regarding things other than acts of disobedience.
[35]. Satan was eager to make him forget about this amazing incident knowing that the meeting of these two pious highly-knowledgeable servants, that is Moses and Al-Khidr, would result in yet greater knowledge.
[37]. Moses here gives a valuable lesson of showing humbleness to those who have greater knowledge than one’s self. He sought permission to be a follower of Al-Khiḍr’s and asked him to teach him.
[38]. Muhammad, God's Messenger said: "The first excuse given by Moses, was that he had forgotten, while they were in the ship. Then a sparrow came and sat over the edge of the ship and dipped its beak once in the sea. Al-Khidr said to Moses, "My knowledge and your knowledge, compared to Allâh’s Knowledge is like what this sparrow has taken out of the sea."
[39]. Even though the parents were believers, the son was to become a disbeliever, and it was feared that he would make them fall into disbelief out of their love for him.