سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:93
The Place of Refuge · Verse 93 of 110
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
So that when he reached a place (- Derbent) between two barriers (on one side the Caspian Sea and on the other the Caucasian mountains) he found in their vicinity a people who could hardly understand speech (in his Persian language).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.
Ahmed Ali
Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Until, when he reached (a place) between two mountain-barriers, he found before them a people who scarcely understood a word.
Daryabadi
Until when he arrived between the two mountains, he found beside them a people who well-nigh understood not a word.
Faridul Haque
Until, when he came between two mountains, he found before them a nation that did not appear to understand any speech.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Until, when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a world.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Until when he reached the open place between the two mountain mountains, he found, beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word of what he said.
Muhammad Asad
[And he marched on] till, when he reached [a place] between the two mountain-barriers, he found beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language].
Muhammad Musin Khan
Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word.
Muhammad Pickthall
Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.
Muhammad Sarwar
after this to the middle of two mountains where he found a people who could hardly understand a single word.
Muhammed ali Shakir
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.
Rashad Khalifa
When he reached the valley between two palisades, he found people whose language was barely understandable.
Shabbir Ahmed
When he reached the valley between two mountain ranges, he found people whose language was barely understandable to him.
Commentary 18:93 Saddain سَّدَّيْن - two barriers. This wall is mentioned in accounts by Muslim historians and geographers such as Marâsid al-Ittila‘, Ibn Faqîh, and…
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا
18:93 Saddain سَّدَّيْن - two barriers. This wall is mentioned in accounts by Muslim historians and geographers such as Marâsid al-Ittila‘, Ibn Faqîh, and Baidzawî. The pass of Derbent, where the wall was erected, is located between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasian mountains. The wall was constructed at Derbband (Derbent), a town in the Caucasus in the province of Daghistan, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. It cuts through a narrow strip of land from which it climbs up the steep heights. According to the descriptions, it was 29 feet high, 10 feet wide and stretched over a length of 50 miles, with iron gates and numerous watchtowers allowing for an effective defense of the Persian frontiers from Gog and Magog, the barbarian tribes invading the northern parts of Cyrus territory.