Al-Kahf 18:86 حتى اذا بلغ مغرب الشمس وجدها تغرب في عين حمية ووجد عندها قوما قلنا يا ذا القرنين اما ان تعذب واما ان تتخذ فيهم حسنا ٨٦

18:86

حَتَّىٰٓ

إِذَا

بَلَغَ

مَغۡرِبَ

ٱلشَّمۡسِ

وَجَدَهَا

تَغۡرُبُ

فِي

عَيۡنٍ

حَمِئَةٖ

وَوَجَدَ

عِندَهَا

قَوۡمٗاۖ

قُلۡنَا

يَٰذَا

ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ

إِمَّآ

أَن

تُعَذِّبَ

وَإِمَّآ

أَن

تَتَّخِذَ

فِيهِمۡ

حُسۡنٗا

٨٦

then, when he came to the setting of the sun, he found it [seemed to be] setting into a muddy spring. Nearby he found some people and We said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, you may choose [which of them] to punish or show kindness to.’

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

His traveling and reaching the Place where the Sun sets (the West)

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

(So he followed a way.) Ibn `Abbas said that he followed different routes to achieve what he wanted.

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

(So he followed a way.) Mujahid said that he followed different routes, east and west. According

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His traveling and reaching the Place where the Sun sets (the West)

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

(So he followed a way.) Ibn `Abbas said that he followed differen

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Chapter 18, Page 303, Juz 16

83. [Prophet], they ask you about Dhu ’l-Qarnayn. Say, ‘I will tell you something about him.’ 84. We established his power in the land, and gave him the means to achieve everything. 85. He travelled on a certain road; 86. then, when he came to the setting of the sun, he found it [seemed to be] setting into a muddy spring. Nearby he found some people and We said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, you may choose [which of them] to punish or show kindness to.’ 87. He answered, ‘We shall punish those who have done evil, and when they are returned to their Lord He will punish them [even more] severely, 88. while those who believed and did good deeds will have the best of rewards: we shall command them to do what is easy for them.’ 89. He travelled on; 90. then, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it. 91. And so it was: We knew all about him. 92. He travelled on; 93. then, when he reached a place between two mountain barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand him. 94. They said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, Gog and Magog are ruining this land. Will you build a barrier between them and us if we pay you a tribute?’ 95. He answered, ‘The power my Lord has given me is better than any tribute, but if you lend me your strength, I will put up a fortification between you and them: 96. bring me lumps of iron!’ and then, when he had filled the gap between the two mountainsides [he said], ‘Work your bellows!’ and then, when he had made it glow like fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten metal to pour over it!’ 97. Their enemies could not scale the barrier, nor could they pierce it, 98. and he said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord’s promise is fulfilled, He will raze this barrier to the ground: my Lord’s promise always comes true.’ 99. On that Day, We shall let them surge against each other like waves and then the Trumpet will be blown and We shall gather them all together. 100. We shall show Hell to the disbelievers, 101. those whose eyes were blind to My signs, those who were unable to hear.

- M.A.S. Abdel Haleem