وَیَسْأَلُونَکَ عَنْ ذِى الْقَرْنَیْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا عَلَیْکُمْ مِنْهُ ذِکْر(( 83 ))

83- AND THEY ASK YOU ABOUT ZELGHARNINE; SAY:ِ ``SOON SHALL I RECITE TO YOU A MENTION OF HIM.

إِنَّا مَکَّنَّا لَهُ فِى الاَْرْضِ وَآتَیْنَاهُ مِنْ کُلِّ شَىْء سَبَب(( 84 ))

84- WE ESTABLISHED FOR HIM (POWER AND GOVERNORSHIP) IN THE EARTH, AND GAVE HIM A WAY (OF ACCESS) TO EVERYTHING.

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَب(( 85 ))

85- SO HE FOLLOWED A WAY:ِ

حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَیْن حَمِئَة وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْماً قُلْنَا یَا ذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِیهِمْ حُسْن(( 86 ))

86- UNTIL HE REACHED (WHERE IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE) THE SETTING POINT OF THE SUN. HE FOUND IT SETTING IN A MUDDY DARK SPRING. HE FOUND A PEOPLE BESIDE IT. WE SAID:ِ ``O, ZELGHARNINE! YOU MAY EITHER PUNISH THEM OR TREAT THEM KINDLY.''

قَالَ أَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ یُرَدُّ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَیُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُّکْر(( 87 ))

87- HE SAID:ِ ``AS FOR HE WHO HAS OPPRESSED; I SHALL SOON PUNISH HIM. THEN HE WILL BE PASSED OVER TO HIS LORD, WHO WILL PUNISH HIM A SEVERE PUNISHMENT.''

وَأَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُ جَزَاءً الْحُسْنَى وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا یُسْر(( 88 ))

88- BUT AS FOR HE WHO BELIEVED AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, FOR HIM SHALL BE GOOD REWARD; AND SOON WE SHALL SAY FOR HIM OF OUR EASY ORDERS.

ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَب(( 89 ))

89- THEN HE FOLLOWED ANOTHER WAY.

حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْم لَّمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهَا سِتْر(( 90 ))

90- UNTIL HE REACHED (WHERE IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE) THE RISING POINT OF THE SUN.

      HE FOUND IT RISING UPON A PEOPLE FOR WHOM WE PROVIDED NO COVERING AGAINST IT. (THEY WERE NUDE AND EXPOSED TO SUN RAYS)

کَذَلِکَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَیْهِ خُبْر(( 91 ))

91- SO WAS IT; AND WE ENCOMPASSED BY KNOWLEDGE WHAT WAS (GOING ON) WITH HIM.