فَأَرَدۡنَآ
أَن
يُبۡدِلَهُمَا
رَبُّهُمَا
خَيۡرٗا
مِّنۡهُ
زَكَوٰةٗ
وَأَقۡرَبَ
رُحۡمٗا
٨١

So we hoped that their Lord would give them another, more virtuous and caring in his place.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:82

وَأَمَّا

ٱلۡجِدَارُ

فَكَانَ

لِغُلَٰمَيۡنِ

يَتِيمَيۡنِ

فِي

ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ

وَكَانَ

تَحۡتَهُۥ

كَنزٞ

لَّهُمَا

وَكَانَ

أَبُوهُمَا

صَٰلِحٗا

فَأَرَادَ

رَبُّكَ

أَن

يَبۡلُغَآ

أَشُدَّهُمَا

وَيَسۡتَخۡرِجَا

كَنزَهُمَا

رَحۡمَةٗ

مِّن

رَّبِّكَۚ

وَمَا

فَعَلۡتُهُۥ

عَنۡ

أَمۡرِيۚ

ذَٰلِكَ

تَأۡوِيلُ

مَا

لَمۡ

تَسۡطِع

عَّلَيۡهِ

صَبۡرٗا

٨٢

“And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and under the wall was a treasure that belonged to them, and their father had been a righteous man. So your Lord willed that these children should come of age and retrieve their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it ˹all˺ on my own. This is the explanation of what you could not bear patiently.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:83

وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ

عَن

ذِي

ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِۖ

قُلۡ

سَأَتۡلُواْ

عَلَيۡكُم

مِّنۡهُ

ذِكۡرًا

٨٣

They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about Ⱬul-Qarnain. Say, “I will relate to you something of his narrative.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:84

إِنَّا

مَكَّنَّا

لَهُۥ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ

مِن

كُلِّ

شَيۡءٖ

سَبَبٗا

٨٤

Surely We established him in the land, and gave him the means to all things.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:85

فَأَتۡبَعَ

سَبَبًا

٨٥

So he travelled a course,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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 he reached the setting ˹point˺ of the sun, which appeared to him to be setting in a spring of murky water, where he found some people. We said, “O Ⱬul-Qarnain! Either punish them or treat them kindly.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:87