Al-Kahf 18:95 قال ما مكني فيه ربي خير فاعينوني بقوة اجعل بينكم وبينهم ردما ٩٥

18:95

قَالَ

مَا

مَكَّنِّي

فِيهِ

رَبِّي

خَيۡرٞ

فَأَعِينُونِي

بِقُوَّةٍ

أَجۡعَلۡ

بَيۡنَكُمۡ

وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ

رَدۡمًا

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.

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

His Journey to the Land of Ya'juj and Ma'juj, and building the Barrier

Allah says of Dhul-Qarnayn:

ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

(Then he followed (another) way) meaning, he traveled from the east of the earth until he reached a place between the two mountains which were next to one another with a valley i

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His Journey to the Land of Ya'juj and Ma'juj, and building the Barrier

Allah says of Dhul-Qarnayn:

ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

(Then he followed (another)

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Chapter 18, Page 303, Juz 16

83. And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report." 84. Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means]. 85. So he followed a way 86. 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." 87. 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]. 88. 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." 89. Then he followed a way 90. 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. 91. Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge. 92. Then he followed a way 93. Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech. 94. 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?" 95. 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. 96. 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." 97. So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration. 98. [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true." 99. And We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly. 100. And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display - 101. Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

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