18: Surah Al-Kahf - Part 31
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وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
wayasalūnaka
And they ask you
عَن
ʿan
about
ذِى
dhī
Dhul-qarnain
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ
l-qarnayni
Dhul-qarnain
قُلْ
qul
Say
سَأَتْلُوا۟
sa-atlū
I will recite
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
to you
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
about him
ذِكْرًا
dhik'ran
a remembrance
83﴿
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, We
مَكَّنَّا
makkannā
[We] established
لَهُۥ
lahu
[for] him
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ
waātaynāhu
and We gave him
مِن
min
of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
سَبَبًۭا
sababan
a means
84﴿
فَأَتْبَعَ
fa-atbaʿa
So he followed
سَبَبًا
sababan
a course
85﴿
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَا
idhā
when
بَلَغَ
balagha
he reached
مَغْرِبَ
maghriba
(the) setting place
ٱلشَّمْسِ
l-shamsi
(of) the sun
وَجَدَهَا
wajadahā
he found it
تَغْرُبُ
taghrubu
setting
فِى
in
عَيْنٍ
ʿaynin
a spring
حَمِئَةٍۢ
ḥami-atin
(of) dark mud
وَوَجَدَ
wawajada
and he found
عِندَهَا
ʿindahā
near it
قَوْمًۭا ۗ
qawman
a community
قُلْنَا
qul'nā
We said
يَـٰذَا
yādhā
O Dhul-qarnain
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
l-qarnayni
O Dhul-qarnain
إِمَّآ
immā
Either
أَن
an
[that]
تُعَذِّبَ
tuʿadhiba
you punish
وَإِمَّآ
wa-immā
or
أَن
an
[that]
تَتَّخِذَ
tattakhidha
you take
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
[in] them
حُسْنًۭا
ḥus'nan
(with) goodness
86﴿