018.083 Y: They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."

P: They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him.

S: And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you an account of him.

018.084 Y: Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.

P: Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road.

S: Surely We established him in the land and granted him means of access to every thing.

018.085 Y: One (such) way he followed,

P: And he followed a road

S: So he followed a course.

018.086 Y: 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."