سورة الكهف، الآية ٨٣
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا ٨٣
wayasalūnaka ʿan dhī l-qarnayni qul sa-atlū ʿalaykum min'hu dhik'ran
And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
Verse 83 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:83), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 302 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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And the idolaters and Jews ask you to test you, O Messenger, regarding the one who had two horns (Dhu’l-Qarnayn). Say: I shall tell you some of his story which you can take lessons from and be reminded by.
They ask you about Dhul-Qarnayn40. Say, “I will tell you something about him.”
[40] The Two-Horned Sovereign, about whom the Quraysh pagans asked the Prophet (ﷺ), along with that of the Companions of the Cave, testing his prophethood. He was named thus because he reached the rising point and the setting point of the sun; or two generations (qarns) of people passed away during his reign; or he had two long locks of hair; or his crown had two horns.
And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say: "I shall recite to you something of his story."
They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him.
They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."
And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you an account of him.
And they ask you concerning Thulqarnayn (i.e., the two-horned king). Say, "I will soon recite to you a mention of him."
