Sura 18 Al-Kahf (The Cave), ayah 86
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حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا
Translation by words
- 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
- حَمِئَةٍ
- (of) dark mud,
- وَوَجَدَ
- and he found
- عِندَهَا
- near it
- قَوْمًا
- a community.
- قُلْنَا
- We said,
- يَٰذَا
- "O Dhul-qarnain!
- ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
- "O Dhul-qarnain!
- إِمَّآ
- Either
- أَن
- [that]
- تُعَذِّبَ
- you punish
- وَإِمَّآ
- or
- أَن
- [that]
- تَتَّخِذَ
- you take
- فِيهِمْ
- [in] them
- حُسْنًا
- (with) goodness."
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it (as if) setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish (them) or else adopt among them (a way of) goodness."
18:86
Translation: Saheeh International