Qur'ān/Al-Kahf/Āyah 83

Al-Kahf 18:83

الكَهۡفِ
The Cave Meccan Āyah 83 of 110
18:83

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

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

Translation · Saheeh International

Tafsir

Ibn Kathīr (abridged)

The Story of Dhul-Qarnayn Allah says to His Prophet ,

وَيَسْـَلُونَكَ

(And they ask you) O Muhammad ,

عَن ذِى الْقَرْنَيْنِ

(about Dhul-Qarnayn.) i.e., about his story. We have already mentioned how the disbelievers of Makkah sent word to the People of the Book and asked them for some information with which they could test the Prophet . They (the People of the Book) said, `Ask him about a man who traveled extensively throughout the earth, and about some young men who nobody knows what they did, and about the Ruh (the soul),' then Surat Al-Kahf was revealed. Dhul-Qarnayn had great Power

إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِى الاٌّرْضِ

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