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Said he, al-Khidr, , to him, 'This is the parting, that is, the moment for parting, between me and you (baynī wa-baynika, here [the preposition] bayna has been annexed to a non-multiple [noun], but this is allowed [grammatically] because it is then repeated with [its other noun together with] the coordinating wāw).¹⁷ I will inform you, before I part company with you, the interpretation of that over which you were not able to maintain patience.