Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 86
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا
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."
Al-Kahf · 18:86
Word by word
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
- مَغْرِبَmaghriba(the) setting place
- ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
- وَجَدَهَاwajadahāhe found it
- تَغْرُبُtaghrubusetting
- فِىfīin
- عَيْنٍʿaynina spring
- حَمِئَةٍۢḥami-atin(of) dark mud
- وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
- عِندَهَاʿindahānear it
- قَوْمًۭا ۗqawmana community
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- يَـٰذَاyādhāO Dhul-qarnain
- ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِl-qarnayniO Dhul-qarnain
- إِمَّآimmāEither
- أَنan[that]
- تُعَذِّبَtuʿadhibayou punish
- وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
- أَنan[that]
- تَتَّخِذَtattakhidhayou take
- فِيهِمْfīhim[in] them
- حُسْنًۭاḥus'nan(with) goodness
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