حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَغۡرِبَ
ٱلشَّمۡسِ
وَجَدَهَا
تَغۡرُبُ
فِي
عَيۡنٍ
حَمِئَةٖ
وَوَجَدَ
عِندَهَا
قَوۡمٗاۖ
قُلۡنَا
يَٰذَا
ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ
إِمَّآ
أَن
تُعَذِّبَ
وَإِمَّآ
أَن
تَتَّخِذَ
فِيهِمۡ
حُسۡنٗا
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qui le conduisit jusqu’au Couchant1 où il lui sembla que le soleil se couchait dans une source boueuse2 et où il trouva un peuple. Nous lui dîmes : « Dhou Al-Qarnayn ! Tu as le choix entre châtier ces gens ou te montrer à leur égard indulgent. »
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
His traveling and reaching the Place where the Sun sets (the West)
فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً
(So he followed a way.) Ibn `Abbas said that he followed different routes to achieve what he wanted.
فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً
(So he followed a way.) Mujahid said that he followed different routes, east and west. According
…His traveling and reaching the Place where the Sun sets (the West)
فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً
(So he followed a way.) Ibn `Abbas said that he followed differen
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