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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 90of 110

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًۭا﴿٩٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

Word-by-word meaning

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
مَطْلِعَmaṭliʿa(the) rising place
ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
وَجَدَهَاwajadahāand he found it
تَطْلُعُtaṭluʿurising
عَلَىٰʿalāon
قَوْمٍۢqawmina community
لَّمْlamnot
نَجْعَلnajʿalWe made
لَّهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminagainst it
دُونِهَاdūnihāagainst it
سِتْرًۭاsit'ranany shelter

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

His Journey EastAllah tells us that Dhul-Qarnayn then traveled from the west of the earth towards the east. Every time he passed a nation, he subjugated the people and called them to Allah. If they obeyed him, all well and good, otherwise he would humiliate them and take their wealth and possessions. From every nation he took what his armies needed to fight the next nation.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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