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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 96of 110

ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًۭا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًۭا﴿٩٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

Word-by-word meaning

ءَاتُونِىātūnīBring me
زُبَرَzubarasheets
ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖl-ḥadīdi(of) iron
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
سَاوَىٰsāwāhe (had) leveled
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِl-ṣadafaynithe two cliffs
قَالَqālahe said
ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖunfukhūBlow
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuhe made it
نَارًۭاnāranfire
قَالَqālahe said
ءَاتُونِىٓātūnīBring me
أُفْرِغْuf'righI pour
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover it
قِطْرًۭاqiṭ'ranmolten copper

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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