Al-Kahf 18:96
The Cave · Juz 16 · Page 303
ءَاتُونِي زُبَرَ ٱلۡحَدِيدِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيۡنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيۡنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُواْۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارٗا قَالَ ءَاتُونِيٓ أُفۡرِغۡ عَلَيۡهِ قِطۡرٗا ٩٦
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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﴿آتُونِي﴾ بِفَتْحِ الهَمْزَةِ، ومَدِّها عَلى قِراءَةِ الجَماعَةِ [أيْ أعْطُونِي -] وبِهَمْزَةِ وصْلٍ، وهَمْزَةٍ بَعْدَها ساكِنَةٍ أيْ جِيئُونِي وتَعالَوْا إلَيَّ فَقَدْ أجَبْتُكم إلى سُؤالِكُمْ، ثُمَّ ابْتَدَأ مُغْرِيًا عَلى هَذِهِ القِراءَةِ فَقالَ: ﴿زُبَرَ الحَدِيدِ﴾ أيْ عَلَيْكم بِهِ فَأحْضِرُوا إلَيَّ قِطْعَةً، فَأتَوْهُ (p-١٣٧)بِذَلِكَ فَرَدَمَ ما فَوْقَ الأساسِ بَعْضَهُ عَلى بَعْضٍ صَفًّا مِنَ الحَدِيدِ وصَفًّا مِنَ الحَطَبِ، قالَ البَغْوِيُّ: فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَجْعَلُ قِطَعَ الحَدِيدِ عَلى الحَطَبِ والحَطَبَ عَلى الحَدِيدِ.
﴿حَتّى إذا ساوى﴾ أيْ بِذَلِكَ البِناءِ ﴿بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ﴾ أيْ أعْلى مُنْقَطَعِ الجَبَلَيْنِ المَوْصُوفَيْنِ، سُمِّيا لِتَصادُفِهِما - أيْ تَقابُلِهِما وتَقارُبِهِما - بِالبِناءِ عَلى تِلْكَ الحالَةِ عَرْضًا وطُولًا، وقِراءَةُ مَن فَتَحَ الصّادَ والدّالَ - وهم نافِعٌ وحَمْزَةُ والكِسائِيُّ وحَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِمٍ [دالَّةٌ -]عَلى أنَّ تَقابُلَهُما في غايَةِ الِاسْتِقامَةِ، فَكَأنَّهُما جِدارٌ فُتِحَ فِيهِ بابٌ، وقِراءَةُ ابْنِ كَثِيرٍ وأبِي عَمْرٍو وابْنِ عامِرٍ بِضَمِّهِما دالَّةٌ عَلى أنَّهُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ في غايَةِ القُوَّةِ حَتّى أنَّ أعْلاهُ وأسْفَلَهُ سَواءٌ، وقِراءَةُ شُعْبَةٍ عَنْ عاصِمٍ بِالضَّمِّ وإسْكانِ الدّالِ عَلى أشَدِّ ثَباتٍ وأتْقَنِهِ في كُلٍّ مِنهُما، فَلا يُنْتَخَرُ شَيْءٌ مِنهُما عَلى طُولِ الزَّمانِ بِرِيحٍ ولا غَيْرِها مِن فَسادٍ في أحَدِ الجانِبَيْنِ بِرَخاوَةٍ مِن سِياخٍ أوْ غَيْرِهِ ﴿قالَ﴾ أيْ لِلصُّنّاعِ: ﴿انْفُخُوا﴾ في الأكْوارِ فَنَفَخُوا فَأضْرَمَ فِيهِ النّارَ، واسْتَمَرَّ كَذَلِكَ ﴿حَتّى إذا جَعَلَهُ﴾ (p-١٣٨)أيْ كُلَّهُ ﴿نارًا قالَ﴾ لِلْقَوْمِ: ﴿آتُونِي﴾ بِالنُّحاسِ ﴿أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ﴾ أيِ الحَدِيدِ المَحْمِيِّ ﴿قِطْرًا﴾ مِنهُ بَعْدَ إذابَتِهِ، فَإنَّ القِطْرَ: النُّحاسُ الذّائِبُ، هَذا في قِراءَةِ حَمْزَةَ وأبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عاصِمٍ بِإسْكانِ الهَمْزَةِ، وقِراءَةُ الباقِينَ بِفَتْحِ الهَمْزَةِ ومَدِّها بِمَعْنى أعْطُونِي النُّحاسَ.
فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فاخْتَلَطَ والتَصَقَ بَعْضُهُ بِبَعْضٍ وصارَ جَبَلًا صَلْدًا،
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18:84
إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ سَبَبٗا ٨٤
Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].
18:85
فَأَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا ٨٥
So he followed a way
18:86
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغۡرِبَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغۡرُبُ فِي عَيۡنٍ حَمِئَةٖ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوۡمٗاۖ قُلۡنَا يَٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمۡ حُسۡنٗا ٨٦
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."
1 translator’s note
- Another meaning is "a body of hot water." ↩
18:87
قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوۡفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابٗا نُّكۡرٗا ٨٧
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].
1 translator’s note
- Persists in disbelief and rebellion. ↩
18:88
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلَهُۥ جَزَآءً ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۖ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِنَا يُسۡرٗا ٨٨
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."
18:89
ثُمَّ أَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا ٨٩
Then he followed a way
18:90
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطۡلِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطۡلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ لَّمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتۡرٗا ٩٠
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.
18:91
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَقَدۡ أَحَطۡنَا بِمَا لَدَيۡهِ خُبۡرٗا ٩١
Thus.1 And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.
1 translator’s note
- Such was the affair of Dhul-Qarnayn. ↩
18:92
ثُمَّ أَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا ٩٢
Then he followed a way
18:93
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيۡنَ ٱلسَّدَّيۡنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوۡمٗا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفۡقَهُونَ قَوۡلٗا ٩٣
Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.
18:94
قَالُواْ يَٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ إِنَّ يَأۡجُوجَ وَمَأۡجُوجَ مُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَهَلۡ نَجۡعَلُ لَكَ خَرۡجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجۡعَلَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ سَدّٗا ٩٤
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?"
1 translator’s note
- Savage tribes who had ravaged large parts of central Asia, committing every kind of atrocity. ↩
18:95
قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيۡرٞ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ رَدۡمًا ٩٥
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.
18:96
ءَاتُونِي زُبَرَ ٱلۡحَدِيدِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيۡنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيۡنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُواْۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارٗا قَالَ ءَاتُونِيٓ أُفۡرِغۡ عَلَيۡهِ قِطۡرٗا ٩٦
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."
18:97
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا ٩٧
So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.