إِنَّا Indeed, We مَكَّنَّا [We] established لَهُۥ [for] him فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ and We gave him مِن of كُلِّ every شَىْءٍۢ thing سَبَبًۭا a means ٨٤
Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].
— Come To Light
فَأَتْبَعَ So he followed سَبَبًا a course ٨٥
So he followed a way
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حَتَّىٰٓ Until إِذَا when بَلَغَ he reached مَغْرِبَ (the) setting place ٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sun وَجَدَهَا he found it تَغْرُبُ setting فِى in عَيْنٍ a spring حَمِئَةٍۢ (of) dark mud وَوَجَدَ and he found عِندَهَا near it قَوْمًۭا ۗ a community قُلْنَا We said يَـٰذَا O Dhul-qarnain ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ O Dhul-qarnain إِمَّآ Either أَن [that] تُعَذِّبَ you punish وَإِمَّآ or أَن [that] تَتَّخِذَ you take فِيهِمْ [in] them حُسْنًۭا (with) goodness ٨٦
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun [i.e., the west], he found it [as if] setting in a body of dark water, and he found near it a people. We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said أَمَّا As for مَن (one) who ظَلَمَ wrongs فَسَوْفَ then soon نُعَذِّبُهُۥ we will punish him ثُمَّ Then يُرَدُّ he will be returned إِلَىٰ to رَبِّهِۦ his Lord فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ and He will punish him عَذَابًۭا (with) a punishment نُّكْرًۭا terrible ٨٧
He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].
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وَأَمَّا But as for مَنْ (one) who ءَامَنَ believes وَعَمِلَ and does صَـٰلِحًۭا righteous (deeds) فَلَهُۥ then for him جَزَآءً (is) a reward ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ good وَسَنَقُولُ And we will speak لَهُۥ to him مِنْ from أَمْرِنَا our command يُسْرًۭا (with) ease ٨٨
But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of the best [i.e., Paradise], and we [i.e., Dhul-Qarnayn] will speak to him from our command with ease."
— Come To Light
ثُمَّ Then أَتْبَعَ he followed سَبَبًا (a) course ٨٩
Then he followed a way
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حَتَّىٰٓ Until إِذَا when بَلَغَ he reached مَطْلِعَ (the) rising place ٱلشَّمْسِ (of) the sun وَجَدَهَا and he found it تَطْلُعُ rising عَلَىٰ on قَوْمٍۢ a community لَّمْ not نَجْعَل We made لَّهُم for them مِّن against it دُونِهَا against it سِتْرًۭا any shelter ٩٠
Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
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كَذَٰلِكَ Thus وَقَدْ And verily أَحَطْنَا We encompassed بِمَا of what لَدَيْهِ (was) with him خُبْرًۭا (of the) information ٩١
Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.
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ثُمَّ Then أَتْبَعَ he followed سَبَبًا a course ٩٢
Then he followed a way.
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حَتَّىٰٓ Until إِذَا when بَلَغَ he reached بَيْنَ between ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ the two mountains وَجَدَ he found مِن besides them دُونِهِمَا besides them قَوْمًۭا a community لَّا not يَكَادُونَ who would almost يَفْقَهُونَ understand قَوْلًۭا (his) speech ٩٣
Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.
— Come To Light
قَالُوا۟ They said يَـٰذَا O Dhul-qarnain ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ O Dhul-qarnain إِنَّ Indeed يَأْجُوجَ Yajuj وَمَأْجُوجَ and Majuj مُفْسِدُونَ (are) corrupters فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land فَهَلْ So may نَجْعَلُ we make لَكَ for you خَرْجًا an expenditure عَلَىٰٓ [on] أَن that تَجْعَلَ you make بَيْنَنَا between us وَبَيْنَهُمْ and between them سَدًّۭا a barrier ٩٤
They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said مَا What مَكَّنِّى has established me فِيهِ [in it] رَبِّى my Lord خَيْرٌۭ (is) better فَأَعِينُونِى but assist me بِقُوَّةٍ with strength أَجْعَلْ I will make بَيْنَكُمْ between you وَبَيْنَهُمْ and between them رَدْمًا a barrier ٩٥
He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.
— Come To Light
ءَاتُونِى Bring me زُبَرَ sheets ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ (of) iron حَتَّىٰٓ until إِذَا when سَاوَىٰ he (had) leveled بَيْنَ between ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ the two cliffs قَالَ he said ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ Blow حَتَّىٰٓ until إِذَا when جَعَلَهُۥ he made it نَارًۭا fire قَالَ he said ءَاتُونِىٓ Bring me أُفْرِغْ I pour عَلَيْهِ over it قِطْرًۭا molten copper ٩٦
Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."
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فَمَا So not ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟ they were able أَن to يَظْهَرُوهُ scale it وَمَا and not ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ they were able لَهُۥ in it نَقْبًۭا (to do) any penetration ٩٧
So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.
— Come To Light
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