كَذٰلِكَ ؕ وَ قَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَیْهِ خُبْرًا۝۹۱

It was so, for We were fully informed about him.

حَتّٰۤی اِذَا بَلَغَ بَیْنَ السَّدَّیْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا قَوْمًا ۙ لَّا یَكَادُوْنَ یَفْقَهُوْنَ قَوْلًا۝۹۳

Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken.

قَالُوْا یٰذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ اِنَّ یَاْجُوْجَ وَ مَاْجُوْجَ مُفْسِدُوْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلٰۤی اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَیْنَنَا وَ بَیْنَهُمْ سَدًّا۝۹۴

They said: ´O Dhu´l-Qarnain, Gog and Magog are oppressing the land. May we pay you some tribute so that you could build a rampart between us and them?"

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّیْ فِیْهِ رَبِّیْ خَیْرٌ فَاَعِیْنُوْنِیْ بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَیْنَكُمْ وَ بَیْنَهُمْ رَدْمًاۙ۝۹۵

He said: "The ability my Lord has given me is better. So help me with your manual labour; I will build a wall between you and them.

اٰتُوْنِیْ زُبَرَ الْحَدِیْدِ ؕ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا سَاوٰی بَیْنَ الصَّدَفَیْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوْا ؕ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا جَعَلَهٗ نَارًا ۙ قَالَ اٰتُوْنِیْۤ اُفْرِغْ عَلَیْهِ قِطْرًاؕ۝۹۶

Bring me ingots of iron," (which they did) until the space between two mountain sides was filled up. "Blow your bellows," he said; (and they blew) until it was red hot. "Bring me molten brass," he said, "that I may pour over it."

فَمَا اسْطَاعُوْۤا اَنْ یَّظْهَرُوْهُ وَ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا لَهٗ نَقْبًا۝۹۷

Thus (Gog and Magog) could neither climb over it nor dig a hole through (the rampart).

قَالَ هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّیْ ۚ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّیْ جَعَلَهٗ دَكَّآءَ ۚ وَ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّیْ حَقًّاؕ۝۹۸

"This is the benevolence of my Lord," he said; "but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will reduce it to a mound of dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."

وَ تَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ یَّمُوْجُ فِیْ بَعْضٍ وَّ نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ فَجَمَعْنٰهُمْ جَمْعًاۙ۝۹۹

We shall leave them on that day surging like waves pressing one against the other, and the trumpet blast will be sounded, when We shall gather them all together.

وَّ عَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْكٰفِرِیْنَ عَرْضَاۙ۝۱۰۰

Then We shall bring Hell right before the infidels

ِ۟الَّذِیْنَ كَانَتْ اَعْیُنُهُمْ فِیْ غِطَآءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِیْ وَ كَانُوْا لَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ سَمْعًا۠۝۱۰۱

Whose eyes were veiled against My warning, and they could not hear.