Surah Al-Kahf 18:94 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 94 / 110 · Page 303

قَالُوا يَاذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَى أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
يَاذَا
yadha
O Dhul-qarnain
الْقَرْنَيْنِ
al-qarnayni
O Dhul-qarnain
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
يَأْجُوجَ
yajuja
Yajuj
وَمَأْجُوجَ
wamajuja
and Majuj
مُفْسِدُونَ
muf'siduna
(are) corrupters
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the land
فَهَلْ
fahal
So may
نَجْعَلُ
naj'alu
we make
لَكَ
laka
for you
خَرْجًا
kharjan
an expenditure
عَلَى
ala
[on]
أَن
an
that
تَجْعَلَ
taj'ala
you make
بَيْنَنَا
baynana
between us
وَبَيْنَهُمْ
wabaynahum
and between them
سَدًّا
saddan
a barrier

Transliteration

Qaaloo yaa Zal qarnaini inna Yaajooja wa Maajooja mufsidoona fil ardi fahal naj'alu laka kharjan 'alaaa an taj'ala bainanaa wa bainahum saddas

Translation

They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They said: “O Dhu’l-Qarnayn, Gog and Magog (meaning two great nations from the children of Adam) are causing corruption on earth by killing and so forth, so can we give you some wealth so you can make a barrier between us and them?”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] cor…" — Al-Kahf 18:94