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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 93of 110

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًۭا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًۭا﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.

Word-by-word meaning

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلسَّدَّيْنِl-sadaynithe two mountains
وَجَدَwajadahe found
مِنminbesides them
دُونِهِمَاdūnihimābesides them
قَوْمًۭاqawmana community
لَّاnot
يَكَادُونَyakādūnawho would almost
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand
قَوْلًۭاqawlan(his) speech

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

His Journey to the Land of Ya'juj and Ma'juj, and building the BarrierAllah says of Dhul-Qarnayn:ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَباً (Then he followed (another) way) meaning, he traveled from the east of the earth until he reached a place between the two mountains which were next to one another with a valley in between, from which Ya'juj and Ma'juj (God and Magog) will emerge into the land of the Turks and spread mischief there, destroying crops and people.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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