Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."

The wife of Pharaoh said: "(Here is) joy of the eye, for me and for thee: slay him not. It may be that he will be use to us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not (what they were doing)!

The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,

直到他到达了日落之处，他觉得太阳是落在黑泥渊中，他在那黑泥渊旁发现一种人。我说：“左勒盖尔奈英啊！你或惩治他们，或善待他们。”

法老的妻子说：“（这）是我和你的慰籍。你们不要杀他，也许他有利于我们，或者我们把他收为义子。”（他们听从她的话），他们不知不觉。

将饮沸泉，