86

Surah Al-Kahf Verse 86

Quran 18:86 · The Cave · Meccan · Juz 16

18:86

Arabic

حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِيْ عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَّوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا ەۗ قُلْنَا يٰذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّآ اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّآ اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيْهِمْ حُسْنًا ۝٨٦

Transliteration

Ḥattā iżā balagho maghribasy-syamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ‘ainin ḥami'atiw wa wajada ‘indahā qoumā, qulnā yā żal-qornaini immā an tu‘aż-żiba wa immā an tattakhiża fīhim ḥusnā

Meaning

Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a murky spring, and found a people in its vicinity. We said, “O Zul-Qarnain, you may either inflict a penalty, or else treat them kindly.”

Surah Al-Kahf verse 86 (Quran 18:86) is verse 86 of the 110 verses of Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), a Meccan surah that is number 18 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 16.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).