The Cave
18. Al-Kahf
الكهف
Page #303
18:86
حَتَّى
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَغْرِبَ
الشَّمْسِ
وَجَدَهَا
تَغْرُبُ
فِي
عَيْنٍ
حَمِئَةٍ
وَوَجَدَ
عِندَهَا
قَوْمًا
قُلْنَا
يَاذَا
الْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِمَّا
أَن
تُعَذِّبَ
وَإِمَّا
أَن
تَتَّخِذَ
فِيهِمْ
حُسْنًا
ḥattā ʾidhā balagha maghriba sh-shamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ʿaynin ḥamiʾatin wa-wajada ʿindahā qawman qulnā yā-dhā l-qarnayni ʾimmā ʾan tuʿadhdhiba wa-ʾimmā ʾan tattakhidha fīhim ḥusnan
When he reached the place where the sun sets, he found it setting over a warm sea, and by it he found a people. We said, ‘O Dhul Qarnayn! You will either punish them, or treat them with kindness.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."
