ٱلْكَهْف : ٩٨

  • قَالَ He said
  • هَٰذَا This
  • رَحۡمَةٞ (is) a mercy
  • مِّن from
  • رَّبِّيۖ my Lord
  • فَإِذَا But when
  • جَآءَ comes
  • وَعۡدُ (the) Promise
  • رَبِّي (of) my Lord
  • جَعَلَهُۥ He will make it
  • دَكَّآءَۖ level
  • وَكَانَ And is
  • وَعۡدُ (the) Promise
  • رَبِّي (of) my Lord
  • حَقّٗا true
[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord1 comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."
Footnotes
1 - i.e., the Hour of Resurrection.
Said he, Dhoo'l-Qarnayn, 'This, namely, the barrier, the ability to make it, is a mercy from my Lord, a grace [from Him], because it prevents them from coming forth. But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, [the promise] of their coming forth, which will be near [the time of] the Resurrection, He will level it, pulverised and flattened, for my Lord's promise, of their coming forth and [of] other things, is [always] true', it will be. God, exalted be He says: