سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 96
ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا ﴿96﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Give me pieces (blocks) of iron;" then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: "Blow;" then when he had made them (red as) fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over them."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ءَاتُونِى
ātūnī
Bring me
زُبَرَ
zubara
sheets
ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ
l-ḥadīdi
(of) iron
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
سَاوَىٰ
sāwā
he (had) leveled
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ
l-ṣadafayni
the two cliffs
قَالَ
qāla
he said
ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ
unfukhū
Blow
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَعَلَهُۥ
jaʿalahu
he made it
نَارًۭا
nāran
fire
قَالَ
qāla
he said
ءَاتُونِىٓ
ātūnī
Bring me
أُفْرِغْ
uf'righ
I pour
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
over it
قِطْرًۭا
qiṭ'ran
molten copper
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96. "Bring me sheets of iron." When he had filled up the gap between the two mountains, he said: "Blow (with bellows)!" When he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over it [78]."
[78]
The Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn:
First, large iron sheets were layered one upon another, and when their height reached the tops of both sides of the mountain pass, the people were commanded to blow strongly with bellows. For this task, wood and coal were used. When the iron became red like fire, molten copper was poured from above, which solidified in the crevices of the iron sheets and became firmly fixed. All of this together formed a structure like a mountain. Apparently, the construction of such a wall seems astonishing and, especially in that era, appears to be an extraordinary event. However, if we look at the pyramids of Egypt and their period of construction, it becomes evident that in those times there existed such construction tools that today we cannot even imagine.
[78]
The Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn:
First, large iron sheets were layered one upon another, and when their height reached the tops of both sides of the mountain pass, the people were commanded to blow strongly with bellows. For this task, wood and coal were used. When the iron became red like fire, molten copper was poured from above, which solidified in the crevices of the iron sheets and became firmly fixed. All of this together formed a structure like a mountain. Apparently, the construction of such a wall seems astonishing and, especially in that era, appears to be an extraordinary event. However, if we look at the pyramids of Egypt and their period of construction, it becomes evident that in those times there existed such construction tools that today we cannot even imagine.
