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there nothing to keep you busy with the children of Israel, such that you left them
and came here?” Moses answered, “No, but I love to meet you and to receive
knowledge from you.” Al Khadir said, “I have knowledge from Allah which you do
not know, and you have knowledge from Allah that I do not know.”

Moses then asked, as recorded in the Holy Koran, “May I follow you so that you
can teach me of what you have learned of righteousness?”

This polite question reminds us of the very polite behavior of the Angel Gabriel
when he came and sat before the Holy Prophet placing his knees to the knees of
the Prophet and placing his palms upon the top of his knees. This type of
behavior is an important condition in obtaining the knowledge which is the
inheritance of the Prophet. This is the way in Islam, it is very important to
examine the behavior of the student before the knowledge is transmitted.


Also, Moses lost the company of his teacher, Al Khadir, when he broke the
promise that he would not enquire about anything Al Khadir did not explain and