Surah Al Kahf Ayat 85-86 Translation Tafseer

Para 16 - قَالَ اَلَمْ

سورة الكهف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

18.85-86

فَاَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا(85) حَتّٰۤى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِیْ عَیْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَّ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا۬ؕ-قُلْنَا یٰذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِیْهِمْ حُسْنًا(86)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

So he followed a path. Until, when he reached the place of sunset, so he found it setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found a tribe near it. We said, “O Dhul Qarnayn! Either punish them or be good to them.”[1]

Commentary

[1]

The scholars have mentioned numerous responsibilities of a Muslim ruler, some of which include: 1. To preserve the religion in accordance with the absolute principles of the religion, and the matters upon which the righteous predecessors established consensus; 2. To resolve the disputes and conflicts of people in a just manner; 3. To protect the life and property of the people from thieves; 4. To establish Islamic punishments; 5. To prepare weapons and instruments of war in order to protect the Muslims from the enemy; 6. To aid the deserving people from the treasury; 7. To remain aware of the people’s affairs in general. (Al-Aḥkām Al-Sultāniyyah lil Māwardī, p. 27-28, Part one)