إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَبًا ﴿۸۴﴾ فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ﴿۸۵﴾ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا ﴿۸۶﴾

﴾84﴿ Innaa makkannaa lahoo fil ardi wa aatainaahu min kulli shai'in sababaa
﴾85﴿ Fa atba'a sababaa
﴾86﴿ Hattaaa izaa balagha maghribash shamsi wajadahaaa taghrubu fee 'aynin hami'a tinw wa wajada 'indahaa qawmaa; qulnaa yaa Zal Qarnaini immaaa an tu'az ziba wa immaaa an tattakhiza feehim husnaa

﴾84﴿ "Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him the means to achieve everything he needed
﴾85﴿ So he followed a way (towards the west)
﴾86﴿ Until he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a dark, muddy spring, and he found a people near it. We said, 'O Dhul-Qarnayn, either punish them or treat them kindly