وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே!) அவர்கள் துல்கர்னைனை பற்றி உங்களிடம் வினவுகின்றனர்; "அவருடைய வரலாற்றில் சிறிது உங்களுக்கு நான் ஓதிக் காண்பிக்கிறேன்" என்று நீர் கூறுவீராக.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- (අහෝ නබිවරය!) ඔවුහු නුඹගෙන් දුල් කර්නයින් පිළිබඳ විමසති. ඔහු පිළිබඳ සිහිපත් කරමින් නුඹලා වෙත මම මතුවට කියවා පෙන්වමි යැයි නුඹ පවසනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- آپ سے ذوالقرنین کا واقعہ یہ لوگ دریافت کر رہے ہیں ، آپ کہہ دیجئے کہ میں ان کا تھوڑا سا حال تمہیں پڑھ کر سناتا ہوں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは，ズ・ル・カルナインに就いてあなたに問うであろう。言ってやるがいい。「わたしはかれに就いて，あなたがたにある物語をしよう。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们询问左勒盖尔奈英的故事，你说：我将对你们叙述有关他的一个报告。
Tafsir of 18:83
The Story of Dhul-Qarnayn Allah says to His Prophet , وَيَسَْلُونَكَ (And they ask you) O Muhammad , عَن ذِى الْقَرْنَيْنِ (about Dhul-Qarnayn.) i.e., about his story. We have already mentioned how the disbelievers of Makkah sent word to the People of the Book and asked them for some information with which they could test the Prophet . They (the People of the Book) said, `Ask him about a man who traveled extensively throughout the earth, and about some young men who nobody knows what they did, and about the Ruh (the soul),' then Surat Al-Kahf was revealed. Dhul-Qarnayn had great Power إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِى الاٌّرْضِ (Verily, We established him in the earth,) means, `We have given him great power, so that he had all that kings could have of might, armies, war equipment and siege machinery.' So he had dominion over the east and the west, all countries and their kings submitted to him, and all the nations, Arab and non-Arab, served him. Some of them said he was called Dhul-Qarnayn (the one with two horns) because he reached the two "Horns" of the sun, east and west, where it rises and where it sets.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
