حَتّٰۤی

اِذَا

بَلَغَ

مَغْرِبَ

الشَّمْسِ

وَجَدَهَا

تَغْرُبُ

فِیْ

عَیْنٍ

حَمِئَةٍ

وَّوَجَدَ

عِنْدَهَا

قَوْمًا ؕ۬

قُلْنَا

یٰذَا

الْقَرْنَیْنِ

اِمَّاۤ

اَنْ

تُعَذِّبَ

وَاِمَّاۤ

اَنْ

تَتَّخِذَ

فِیْهِمْ

حُسْنًا

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Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."