{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/01811.htm","path":"isl/quran/01811.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/01811.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n83. Wayas-aloonaka AAan thee alqarnayni qul saatloo AAalaykum minhu thikran\n83. They ask thee concerning\n \u1e92ul-qarnain. Say,\n\"I will rehearse to you\n Something of his story.\"\n84. Inna makkanna lahu fee al-ardi waataynahu min kulli shay-in sababan\n84. Verily We established his power\n On earth, and We gave him\n The ways and the means\n To all ends.\n85. One (such) way he followed,\n86. Hatta itha balagha maghriba alshshamsi wajadaha taghrubu fee AAaynin hami-atin wawajada AAindaha qawman qulna ya tha alqarnayni imma an tuAAaththiba wa-imma an tattakhitha feehim husnan\n86. Until, when he reached\n The setting of the sun,\n He found it set\n In a spring of murky water:\n Near it he found a People:\n We said: \"O \u1e92ul-qarnain!\n (Thou hast authority,) either\n To punish them, or\n To treat them with kindness.\"\n87. Qala amma man thalama fasawfa nuAAaththibuhu thumma yuraddu ila rabbihi fayuAAaththibuhu AAathaban nukran\n87. He said: \"Whoever doth wrong,\n Him shall we punish; then\n Shall he be sent back\n To his Lord; and He will\n Punish him with a punishment\n Unheard-of (before).\n88. Waamma man amana waAAamila salihan falahu jazaan alhusna wasanaqoolu lahu min amrina yusran\n88. \"But whoever believes,\n And works righteousness,\u2014\nHe shall have a goodly\n Reward, and easy will be\n His task as we order it\n By our command.\"\n89. Then followed he (another) way,\n90. Hatta itha balagha matliAAa alshshamsi wajadaha tatluAAu AAala qawmin lam najAAal lahum min dooniha sitran\n90. Until, when he came\n To the rising of the sun,\n He found it rising\n On a people for whom\n We had provided\n No covering protection\n Against the sun.\n91. Kathalika waqad ahatna bima ladayhi khubran\n91. (He left them) as they were:\n We completely understood\n What was before him.\n92. Then followed he (another) way,\n93. Hatta itha balagha bayna alssaddayni wajada min doonihima qawman la yakadoona yafqahoona qawlan\n93. Until, when he reached\n (A tract) between two mountains,\n He found, beneath them, a people\n Who scarcely understood a word.\n94. Qaloo ya tha alqarnayni inna ya/jooja wama/jooja mufsidoona fee al-ardi fahal najAAalu laka kharjan AAala an tajAAala baynana wabaynahum saddan\n94. They said: \"O \u1e92ul-qarnain!\n The Gog and Magog (people)\n Do great mischief on earth:\n Shall we then render thee\n Tribute in order that\n Thou mightest erect a barrier\n Between us and them?\n95. Qala ma makkannee feehi rabbee khayrun faaAAeenoonee biquwwatin ajAAal baynakum wabaynahum radman\n95. He said: \"(The power) in which\n My Lord has established me\n Is better (than tribute):\n Help me therefore with strength\n (And labour): I will\n Erect a strong barrier\n Between you and them:\n96. Atoonee zubara alhadeedi hatta itha sawa bayna alsadafayni qala onfukhoo hatta itha jaAAalahu naran qala atoonee ofrigh AAalayhi qitran\n96. \"Bring me blocks of iron.\"\n At length, when he had\n Filled up the space between\n The two steep mountain-sides,\n He said, \"Blow (with your bellows)\"\n Then, when he had made\n It (red) as fire, he said:\n \"Bring me, that I may\n Pour over it, molten lead.\"\n97. Fama istaAAoo an yathharoohu wama istataAAoo lahu naqban\n97. Thus were they made\n Powerless to scale it\n Or to dig through it.\n98. Qala hatha rahmatun min rabbee fa-itha jaa waAAdu rabbee jaAAalahu dakkaa wakana waAAdu rabbee haqqan\n98. He said: \"This is\n A mercy from my Lord:\n But when the promise\n Of my Lord comes to pass,\n He will make it into dust;\n And the promise of\n My Lord is true.\"\n99. Watarakna baAAdahum yawma-ithin yamooju fee baAAdin wanufikha fee alssoori fajamaAAnahum jamAAan\n99. On that day We shall\n Leave them to surge\n Like waves on one another\n The trumpet will be blown,\n And We shall collect them\n All together.\n100. WaAAaradna jahannama yawma-ithin lilkafireena AAardan\n100. And We shall present\n Hell that day for Unbelievers\n To see, all spread out,\u2014\n101. Allatheena kanat aAAyunuhum fee ghita-in AAan thikree wakanoo la yastateeAAoona samAAan\n101. (Unbelievers) whose eyes\n Had been under a veil\n From Remembrance of Me,\n And who had been unable\n Even to hear.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XVIII.: Kahf, or the Cave.: Section ...","type":"page"}