Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 86 (18:86)

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا …

Quran 18:86 is ayah 86 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 303 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:86
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَابَلَغَمَغْرِبَٱلشَّمْسِوَجَدَهَاتَغْرُبُفِىعَيْنٍحَمِئَةٍوَوَجَدَعِندَهَاقَوْمًا ۗقُلْنَايَٰذَاٱلْقَرْنَيْنِإِمَّآأَنتُعَذِّبَوَإِمَّآأَنتَتَّخِذَفِيهِمْحُسْنًا٨٦
ḥattā idhā balagha maghriba l-shamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ʿaynin ḥami-atin wawajada ʿindahā qawman qul'nā yādhā l-qarnayni immā an tuʿadhiba wa-immā an tattakhidha fīhim ḥus'nan

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."(86)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
  4. مَغْرِبَmaghriba(the) setting place
  5. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
  6. وَجَدَهَاwajadahāhe found it
  7. تَغْرُبُtaghrubusetting
  8. فِىfīin
  9. عَيْنٍʿaynina spring
  10. حَمِئَةٍḥami-atin(of) dark mud
  11. وَوَجَدَwawajadaand he found
  12. عِندَهَاʿindahānear it
  13. قَوْمًا ۗqawmana community
  14. قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
  15. يَٰذَاyādhāO Dhul-qarnain
  16. ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِl-qarnayniO Dhul-qarnain
  17. إِمَّآimmāEither
  18. أَنan[that]
  19. تُعَذِّبَtuʿadhibayou punish
  20. وَإِمَّآwa-immāor
  21. أَنan[that]
  22. تَتَّخِذَtattakhidhayou take
  23. فِيهِمْfīhim[in] them
  24. حُسْنًاḥus'nan(with) goodness

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