18. Surah Al-Kahf – Verses 81–110

So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

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And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."

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And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."

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Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].

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So he followed a way

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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,1 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."

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He said, "As for one who wrongs,1 we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

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But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of the best [i.e., Paradise], and we [i.e., Dhul-Qarnayn] will speak to him from our command with ease."

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Then he followed a way

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Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

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Thus.1 And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.

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Then he followed a way.

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Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.

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They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog1 are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"

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He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.

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Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

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So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

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[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord1 comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."

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And We will leave them that day1 surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.

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And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -

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Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance,1 and they were not able to hear.2

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Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

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Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?

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[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."

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Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance].

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That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

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Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise1 as a lodging,

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Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.

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Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words1 of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it in [continual] supplement."

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Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."

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