Quran 18:94 — Al-Kahf, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, Gog and Magog are ruining this land. Will you build a barrier between them and us if we pay you a tribute?’
قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا
qālū yādhā l-qarnayni inna yajūja wamajūja muf'sidūna fī l-arḍi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā an tajʿala baynanā wabaynahum saddan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'O Dhool Karnain, behold, Gog and Magog are doing corruption in the earth; so shall we assign to thee a tribute, against thy setting up a barrier between us and between them?'
- Muhammad Asad
- They said: "O thou Two-Horned One! Behold, Gog and Magog" are spoiling this land. May we, then, pay unto thee a tribute on the understanding that thou wilt erect a barrier between us and them?"
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰذَاyādhā | O Dhul-qarnain | — |
| 3 | ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِl-qarnayni | O Dhul-qarnain | قرن |
| 4 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 5 | يَأْجُوجَyajūja | Yajuj | — |
| 6 | وَمَأْجُوجَwamajūja | and Majuj | — |
| 7 | مُفْسِدُونَmuf'sidūna | (are) corrupters | فسد |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 10 | فَهَلْfahal | So may | — |
| 11 | نَجْعَلُnajʿalu | we make | جعل |
| 12 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 13 | خَرْجًاkharjan | an expenditure | خرج |
| 14 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | [on] | — |
| 15 | أَنan | that | — |
| 16 | تَجْعَلَtajʿala | you make | جعل |
| 17 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 18 | وَبَيْنَهُمْwabaynahum | and between them | بين |
| 19 | سَدًّۭاsaddan | a barrier | سدد |