89* Then followed he (another) way,  
| |90* Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun.  
| |91* (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him.  
| |92* Then followed he (another) way,  
| |93* Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.  
| |94* They said: "O Zulqarnain! 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?  
| |95* He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute). Help me therefore with strength (and labor): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:  
| |96* "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when a89 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."  
| |97* Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.  
| |98* 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."  
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