(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, “O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness.”
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan,
(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of black muddy (or hot) water. And he found near it a people. We (Allah) said (by inspiration): “O Dhul-Qarnain! Either you punish them, or treat them with kindness.”
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(18:86) Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhu’l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: “O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness.”
Mohammad Habib Shakir
(18:86) Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit.
Dr. Ghali
(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, (The western part of the then known world) he found it setting in a muddy spring, and he found a people at it. We said, “O Thulqarnayn, either you will torment (them) or you will take to yourself towards them a fair (way).”
Ali Unal
(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he saw it setting in a spring of hot and black muddy water, and nearby he found a people. We said: “O Dhul-Qarnayn! You can either punish them or you can treat them with kindness. (Which way will you choose?)”
Amatul Rahman Omar
(18:86) So that when he reached (the land of) the setting of the sun, (the western most part of his empire,) he found it (- the sun) disappearing (as if) in a vast muddy pool of murky water (- the Black Sea), and close to it he found a certain people. We said, `Dhul-Qarnain! you may either punish (them) or treat them with kindness. (They being at your disposal.)´
Literal
(18:86) Until when he reached the sun`s sunset/west , he found it departing/declining (setting) in (at a) water well/spring mixed with black (foul) mud, and he found at it a nation, We said: “You (owner) of the two horns/powers/glories, either that you torture, and either you take in them a goodness/beauty.”
Ahmed Ali
(18:86) Till he reached the point of the setting sun, and saw it set behind a muddy lake, and near it found a people. We said: “O Dhu’l-Qarnain, you may either punish them or treat them with kindness.”
A. J. Arberry
(18:86) until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and he found nearby a people. We said, ‘O Dhool Karnain, either thou shalt chastise them, or thou shalt take towards them a way of kindness.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
(18:86) Until when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he perceived it setting in a miry spring, and he found beside it a nation. We said: Zul Qarnian! either chastise them or take in respect of them the way of kindness.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
(18:86)-
Muhammad Sarwar
(18:86) to the West where he found the sun setting into a warm source (spring) of water and a people living near by. We asked him, “Dhu ‘l-Qarnayn, you may punish them or treat them with kindness?”
Hamid Abdul Aziz
(18:86) And he followed a way,
Faridul Haque
(18:86) To the extent that when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a nation there
Talal Itani
(18:86) 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.
Ahmed Raza Khan
(18:86) To the extent that when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a nation there; We said, O Zul-Qarnain either punish them or choose kindness for them.
Wahiduddin Khan
(18:86) until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of murky water and near it he found some people. We said, “Dhu’l-Qarnayn! You can either punish them or else you can treat them with gentleness.”
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
(18:86) Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of Hami’ah. And he found near it a people. We said: “O Dhul-Qarnayn! Either you punish them or treat them with kindness.”
Ali Quli Qarai
(18:86) When he reached the place where the sun sets, he found it setting over a warm sea, and by it he found a people. We said, O Dhul Qarnayn! You will either punish them, or treat them with kindness.
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
(18:86) until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and nearby he found a nation. ‘ThulKarnain’ We said, ‘you must either punish them or show them kindness’
That is translated surah Al kahf ayat 86 (QS 18: 86) in arabic and english text, may be useful.
Hatta itha balagha maghriba alshshamsi wajadaha taghrubu fee AAaynin hamiatin wawajada AAindaha qawman qulna ya tha alqarnayni imma an tuAAaththiba waimma an tattakhitha feehim husnan
