ثم قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)...

ثم قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): «إن ذا القرنين لما انتهى مع الشمس إلى العين الحمئة، وجد الشمس تغرب فيها، و معها سبعون ألف ملك يجرونها بسلاسل الحديد و الكلاليب، يجرونها من قعر البحر في قطر الأرض الأيمن كما تجري السفينة على ظهر الماء، فلما انتهى معها إلى مطلع الشمس سببا وَجَدَها تَطْلُعُ عَلى قَوْمٍ إلى قوله بِما لَدَيْهِ خُبْراً Then Amir Al Momineen -asws said: ‘Zulqarnayn, when he ended up with (following) the sun to the muddy spring, he found the sun setting therein, and with it were seventy thousand Angels flowing it by chains of iron and the hooks, flowing it from a depth of the sea in a drop of the right land, just as the ship flows upon the surface of the water.

So when he reached the emergence of the sun, and found it emerging upon a people [18:90] – up to His -azwj Words: knowledge of his news [18:91] .

Then he followed a course [18:92] – in an area of the darkness: Until when he reached between the two mountains and found besides these a people who could hardly understand a word [18:93] They said, ‘O Zulqarnain! Yajouj and Majouj – who are behind these two mountains, are making mischief in the land .

so shall we make a remuneration for you – we could be paying it to you during every year, if you will make a barrier to be (built) between us and them?’ [18:94] – up to His -azwj Words: Bring me blocks of iron!’ [18:96] ’.