So we wanted their Lord to replace him with someone better in purity, and closer to mercy.
And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphaned boys in the town. Beneath it was a treasure that belonged to them. Their father was a righteous man. Your Lord wanted them to reach their maturity, and then extract their treasure—as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it of my own accord. This is the interpretation of what you were unable to endure."
And they ask you about Zul-Qarnain. Say, "I will tell you something about him."
We established him on earth, and gave him all kinds of means.
He pursued a certain course.
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a murky spring, and found a people in its vicinity. We said, "O Zul-Qarnain, you may either inflict a penalty, or else treat them kindly."
He said, "As for him who does wrong, we will penalize him, then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with an unheard-of torment.
"But as for him who believes and acts righteously, he will have the finest reward, and We will speak to him of Our command with ease."
Then he pursued a course.
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.
