ONE AYAT A DAY
وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلٰمَيْنِ يَتِيْمَيْنِ فِى الْمَدِيْنَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهٗ كَنْزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوْهُمَا صَالِحًا ۚفَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَّبْلُغَآ اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهٗ عَنْ اَمْرِيْۗ ذٰلِكَ تَأْوِيْلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًاۗ ࣖ
Wa ammal-jidāru fa kāna ligulāmaini yatīmaini fil-madīnati wa kāna taḥtahū kanzul lahumā wa kāna abūhumā ṣāliḥā(n), fa arāda rabbuka ay yablugā asyuddahumā wa yastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatam mir rabbik(a), wa mā fa‘altuhū ‘an amrī, żālika ta'wīlu mā lam tasṭī‘ ‘alaihi ṣabrā(n).
And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
Interpretation of why the Wall was repaired for no ChargeIn this Ayah there is a proof that the word Qaryah (village) may be used to refer to a city (Madinah), because Allah first says,حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ(till when they came to the people of a town (Qaryah)) 18:77, but here He says:فَكَانَ لِغُلَـمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى الْمَدِينَةِ(it belonged to two orphan boys in the town (Al-Madinah);) This is like the Ayat:وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ الَّتِى أَخْرَجَتْكَ(And many a town (Qaryah), stronger than your town which has driven you out We have destroyed) 47:13 and;وَقَالُواْ لَوْلاَ نُزِّلَ هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ(And they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Al-Qaryatayn)")43:31 meaning Makkah and At-Ta'if. The meaning of the Ayah 18:82 is: "I repaired this wall because it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and underneath it was some treasure belonging to them." `Ikrimah, Qatadah and others said, "Underneath it there was some wealth that was buried for them." This meaning is apparent from the context of the Ayah, and is the view chosen by Ibn Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him).وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـلِحاً(their father was a righteous man,) indicates that a righteous person's offspring will be taken care of, and that the blessing of his worship will…