حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَغْرِبَ
ٱلشَّمْسِ
وَجَدَهَا
تَغْرُبُ
فِى
عَيْنٍ
حَمِئَةٍۢ
وَوَجَدَ
عِندَهَا
قَوْمًۭا ۗ
قُلْنَا
يَـٰذَا
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِمَّآ
أَن
تُعَذِّبَ
وَإِمَّآ
أَن
تَتَّخِذَ
فِيهِمْ
حُسْنًۭا
٨٦
then, when he came to the setting of the sun, he found it [seemed to be] setting into a muddy spring. Nearby he found some people and We said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, you may choose [which of them] to punish or show kindness to.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem