سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:99
The Place of Refuge · Verse 99 of 110
وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And We shall leave them (- Gog and Magog) alone at that time surging as waves (in furious attacks) one over another. And the trumpet shall be blown. Then shall We gather them all together.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
Ahmed Ali
We shall leave them on that day surging like waves pressing one against the other, and the trumpet blast will be sounded, when We shall gather them all together.
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Ali Unal
On that day We will leave people to surge like waves on one another; and the Trumpet will be blown, then We will gather them all together.
Daryabadi
And We shall leave them on that day surging one against anot her and the trumpet shall be blown, and then We shall assemble them together.
Faridul Haque
And on that day We shall release them in groups surging like waves one after another, and the Trumpet will be blown – so We shall gather them all together. (* Gog and Magog will come out during the time of Eisa (Jesus - when he comes back to earth) and cause great destruction in the land.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And on that day We shall let some of them surge against others and the trumpet will be blown, then We shall gather them all together,
Maulvi Sher Ali
And on that day WE shall leave some of them to surge against others, and the trumpet will be blown. Then shall WE gather them all together.
Muhammad Asad
AND ON that Day We shall [call forth all mankind and] leave them to surge like waves [that dash] against one another; and the trumpet [of judgment] will be blown, and We shall gather them all together.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And on that Day [i.e. the Day Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) will come out], We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
Muhammad Pickthall
And on that day we shall let some of them surge against others, and the Trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them together in one gathering.
Muhammad Sarwar
On the day when the barrier is demolished, We will leave human beings in chaos. We will leave them like the waves of the sea striking against each other. Then the trumpet will be sounded and We will bring them all together.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And on that day We will leave a part of them in conflict with another part, and the trumpet will be blown, so We will gather them all together;
Rashad Khalifa
At that time, we will let them invade with one another, then the horn will be blown, and we will summon them all together.
Shabbir Ahmed
(Zul-Qarnain was right that such obstructions would become immaterial with time.) We will let some nations invade others on a day when the trumpets of war are blown. Then We will gather them together in battle-fields.
Commentary 18:99 “And We shall leave them (- Gog and Magog) alone at that time, surging as waves in furious attacks” is a hint that these nations who played havoc at the…
وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعًا
18:99 “And We shall leave them (- Gog and Magog) alone at that time, surging as waves in furious attacks” is a hint that these nations who played havoc at the time of Dhul Qarnain, will do the same again in later times. They will try repeatedly to occupy territories and steal the resources of others. The colonization by these now Christianized nations started about a thousand years after the advent of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). These nations found new ways to reach and occupy territories south of their lands and developed new weapons to overcome protective walls and fortresses. The Bible refers to the forces of Gog and Magog as the evil forces of Satan.
Jama‘nâ-hum Jam‘â فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعًا – “We will gather them in big gatherings and bring them face to face”, suggests that they will see each other as fighting in large numbers and in massive battles. Based upon what has been said compare this verse and the foregoing verses with the vision of Daniel (8.3-20) and the prophecy in Ezekiel (38.1-9) about the one with two horns and Gog and Magog. Other Biblical passages (Daniel 1.20; Ezekiel 1-9) also have prophetic meanings, rather than having a mere mystical purpose as assumed by many Bible scholars.