road

S: Then he followed (another) course.

018.093
Y: Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found,
beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.

P: Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their
hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.

S: Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found
on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word.

018.094
Y: They said: "O Zul-qarnain! 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?"

P: They said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the land.
So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between
us and them?

S: They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the
land. Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should
raise a barrier between us and them.

018.095
Y: He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better
(than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will
erect a strong barrier between you and them:"

P: He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than
your tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set
between you and them a bank.

S: He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better,
therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified
barrier between you and them;

018.096
Y: "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when 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."

P: Give me pieces of iron - till, when he had levelled up (the gap)
between the cliffs, he said: Blow! - till, when he had made it a fire,
he said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon.

S: Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space
between the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when he had made
it (as) fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it.

018.097
Y: Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

P: And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce
(it).

S: So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.

018.098
Y: He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the pr