حَتّٰٓي اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِيْ عَيْنٍ حَمِي͏ٔ͏َةٍ وَّوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًاؕ قُلْنَا يٰذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّا͏ٓ اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّا͏ٓ اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيْهِمْ حُسْنًا ٨٦
Translation
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.’