ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَب(( 92 ))

92- AFTER THAT HE FOLLOWED A WA 00 Y:

حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ بَیْنَ السَّدَّیْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْماً لاَّ یَکَادُونَ یَفْقَهُونَ قَوْل(( 93 ))

93- UNTIL HE REACHED BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS, AND THERE HE FOUND A PEOPLE, OTHER THAN THE TWO (AFOREMENTIONED) WHO COULD NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD.

قَالُوا یَا ذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ إِنَّ یَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى الاَْرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَکَ خَرْجاً عَلَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَیْنَنَا وَبَیْنَهُمْ سَدّ(( 94 ))

94- THEY SAID:ِ ``O, ZELGHARNINE! GOG AND MAGOG ARE MAKING MISCHIEF IN (OUR) LAND. MAY WE PAY YOU A TRIBUTE, SO AS TO MAKE A BARRIER BETWEEN US AND BETWEEN THEM?''

قَالَ مَا مَکَّنِّى فِیهِ رَبِّى خَیْرٌ فَأَعِینُونِى بِقُوَّة أَجْعَلْ بَیْنَکُمْ وَبَیْنَهُمْ رَدْم(( 95 ))

95- HE SAID:ِ ``THAT IN WHICH MY LORD HAS ESTABLISHED ME, IS BETTER. YOU JUST HELP ME WITH (MAN) POWER, TO MAKE A PROTECTIVE BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND BETWEEN THEM.''

آتُونِى زُبَرَ الْحَدِیدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَیْنَ الصَّدَفَیْنِ قَالَ انفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراً قَالَ آتُونِى أُفْرِغْ عَلَیْهِ قِطْر(( 96 ))

96- BRING ME BLOCKS OF IRON. (HE THEN PILED THEM UP) UNTIL IT LEVELLED WITH TWO ENDS OF THE MOUNTAINS, HE SAID:ِ ``BLOW''; UNTIL THE (IRON WALL) BECAME RED-HOT, HE SAID; ``BRING ME MOLTEN COPPER TO POUR ON IT.''

فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَنْ یَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْب(( 97 ))

97- SO THEY WERE NOT ABLE EITHER TO CLIMB IT OR PIERCE IT THROUGH.

قَالَ هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَبِّى فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُ دَکَّاءَ وَکَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقّ(( 98 ))

98- HE SAID:ِ ``THIS IS A MERCY FROM MY LORD. THEN WHEN THE PROMISE OF MY LORD CAME TO PASS, HE WILL LEVEL IT WITH GROUND, AND THE PROMISE OF MY LORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRUE.''