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Zul-qarnain
| Verse | Quran |
|---|---|
| 18:83 | They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story." |
| 18:84 | Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends. |
| 18:85 | One (such) way he followed. |
| 18:86 | 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." |
| 18:87 | He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before). |
| 18:88 | "But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our Command." |
| 18:89 | Then followed he (another) way. |
| 18:90 | Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun. |
| 18:91 | (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him. |
| 18:92 | Then followed he (another) way. |
| 18:93 | Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word. |
| 18:94 | They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them? |
| 18:95 | He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them. |
| 18:96 | "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead." |
| 18:97 | Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it. |
| 18:98 | He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true." |
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The Quran's Verse about Zul-qarnain