Surah Al-Kahf — Verse 83

The Cave · 18:83 · 83/110

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

Wayas-aloonaka AAan thee alqarnayniqul saatloo AAalaykum minhu thikra

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

[Prophet], they ask you about Dhu ’l-Qarnayn. Say, ‘I will tell you something about him.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say, “I shall now recite to you an account of him.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say: "I shall recite to you something of his story."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(O Muhammad), they ask you about Dhu al-Qarnayn. Say: "I will give you an account of him."

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

AND THEY will ask thee about the Two-Horned One. Say: "I will convey unto you something by which he ought to be remembered."

Rowwad · source edition

They ask you about Dhul-Qarnayn[40]. Say, “I will tell you something about him.”

Notes

[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.