Al-Kahf Verse 90

until he reached the rising ˹point˺ of the sun. He found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.[[ They either had no clothes or homes to protect them from the sun. ]]

until when he reached the far east, he found the sun rising on a people for whom We provided no shelter from it.

until, when he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a people for whom We had not appointed any veil to shade them from it.

then, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.

Until when he reached the rising place of the sun, he perceived it rising upon a nation for whom against it We had not set a veil.

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.

until he reached the limit where the sun rises and he found it rising on a people whom We had provided no shelter from it.

Till he reached the point of the rising sun, and saw it rise over a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it.

To the extent that when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for which We had not kept any shelter from it.

When he reached the place where the sun rises, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not provided any shield against it.

Until, when he reached the rising-place of the sun and found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it.

So that when he reached the land of the rising of the sun (- eastern most point of his empire) he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it (- the sun).

Until when he reached the sun`s place and time of appearance/ascent , he found it appears/ascends/rises on a nation We did not make/put from other than it a cover/protection/shelter .

To the extent that when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for which We had not kept any shelter from it.

Then he followed another way,

Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We (Allah) had provided no shelter against the sun.

Then he followed a course.

Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It;

Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.

to the East where he found the sun rising upon a people whom We had exposed to its rays.

until he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for whom We provided no veil against it to shade them.

Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We (Allah) had provided no shelter against the sun.

until he came to the rising-place of the sun, where he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.

Until, when he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.

until, when he reached the rising of the sun, the place where it rises, he found it rising on a folk, namely, Negroes (zanj), for whom We had not provided against it, that is, [against] the sun, any [form of] cover, in the way of clothing or roofing, as their land could not support any structures; they had underground tunnels into which they would disappear at the rising of the sun and out of which they would emerge when it was at its highest point [in the sky].

حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ

Then he followed (another) way, Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun,

Allah tells us that Dhul-Qarnayn then traveled from the west of the earth towards the east. Every time he passed a nation, he subjugated the people and called them to Allah. If they obeyed him, all well and good, otherwise he would humiliate them and take their wealth and possessions. From every nation he took what his armies needed to fight the next nation. When he reached the place where the sun rises, as Allah says,

وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ

he found it rising on a people,

meaning a nation,

لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا



for whom We (Allah) had provided no shelter against the sun.

meaning, they had no buildings or trees to cover them and shade them from the heat of the sun.

Qatadah said,

"It was mentioned to us that they were in a land where nothing grew, so when the sun rose they would go into tunnels until it had passed its zenith, then they would come out to go about their daily lives and earn themselves a living."

كَذَلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا