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|Next| |Previous| |Top| |Home| The story of Thul-Karnain 18:83-101
18:83 They will ask you about Thul-Karnain (King Cyrus aka koresh the Great of Persia). Say, "I will recite to you something of his story.
18.83 وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَن ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُو عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا
18:84 We established him in the land and gave him means to all things.
18.84 إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَبًا
18:85 He journeyed on a way
18.85 فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا
18:86 until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and nearby he found a nation. 'Thul-Karnain, ' We said, 'you must either punish them or show them kindness.'
18.86 حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا
18:87 He replied, 'The evildoer we shall punish. Then he shall return to his Lord and He will punish him with a stern punishment.
18.87 قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا
18:88 As for he who believes and does good works he shall receive a fine reward in recompense and we shall speak to him with a mild command.'
18.88 وَأَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُ جَزَاء الْحُسْنَى وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا
18:89 Then he followed the road,
18.89 ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا
18:90 until he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for whom We provided no veil against it to shade them.
18.90 حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا
18:91 So, We encompassed in knowledge what was with him.
18.91 كَذَلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا
18:92 Then he followed the road,
18.92 ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا
18:93 when he reached between the two barriers he found on one side of them a nation who could barely understand speech.
18.93 حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا
Gog and Magog are barricaded behind a barrier but will be let loose just before the end of the world 18:94-99
18:94 'Thul-Karnain,' they said, 'look, Gog and Magog are corrupting the earth. Build for us a barrier between us and them, and we will pay you a tribute.'
18.94 قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَى أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا
18:95 He replied, 'That which my Lord has given me is better, therefore help me with all your power, and I will build a barrier between you and between them.
18.95 قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا
18:96 Bring me ingots of iron.' After he had leveled between the two cliffs, he said, 'Blow.' And when he made it a fire, he said, 'Bring me molten copper so that I may pour over it.'
18.96 آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا
18:97 Thereafter they (Gog and Magog) could neither scale it, nor could they pierce it.
18.97 فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْبًا
18:98 He said, 'This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord's promise is come, He will make it dust. The promise of my Lord is true.'
18.98 قَالَ هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّي فَإِذَا جَاء وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاء وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقًّا
18:99 On that day, We will let them surge on one another, and the Horn shall be blown, and We will gather them all together.
18.99 وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعًا
18:100 On that Day We shall present Gehenna (Hell) to the unbelievers,
18.100 وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَافِرِينَ عَرْضًا
18:101 whose eyes were blinded to My remembrance and they were not able to hear. "
18.101 الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاء عَن ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا
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