S:  Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.

018.092 Y:  Then followed he (another) way,

P:  Then he followed a road

S:  Then he followed (another) course.

018.093 Y:  Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.

P:  Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.

S:  Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word.

018.094 Y:  They said:  “O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth:  shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them?”

P:  They said:  O Dhu’l-Qarneyn!  Lo!  Gog and Magog are spoiling the land.  So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between us and them?

S:  They said:  O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the land.  Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should raise a barrier between us and them.

018.095 Y:  He said:  “(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute):  Help me therefore with strength (and labour):  I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:” 

P:  He said:  That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than your tribute).  Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set between you and them a bank.

S:  He said:  That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them;

018.096 Y:  “Bring me blocks of iron.”  At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, “Blow (with your bellows)” Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said:  “Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead.”

P:  Give me pieces of iron — till, when he had levelled up (the gap) between the cliffs, he said:  Blow! — till, when he had made it a fire, he said:  Bring me molten copper to pour thereon.

S:  Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space between the two mountain sides, he said:  Blow, until when he had made it (as) fire, he said:  Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it.

018.097 Y:  Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

P:  And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

S:  So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.

018.098 Y:  He said:  “This is a mercy from my Lord:  But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true.”

P:  He said:  This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is true.