Et quand il eut atteint le Couchant, il trouva que le soleil se couchait dans une source boueuse , et, auprès d’elle il trouva une peuplade [impie]. Nous dîmes : "Ô Dhûl-Qarnayn ! Ou tu les châties, ou tu uses de bienveillance à leur égard." 1
This reading is based on the root ḥ-m-ʾ, denoting a darkness from clay or oil.
حَامِيَةٍ
ḥāmiyatin
"a hot spring" or “a murky spring”
This reading is based on the root ḥ-m-y, meaning 'hot'. It also possible that it is a lightened form of ḥāmiʾah, 'murky'.
Explication:
These readings provide complementary descriptions of the body of water in which the sun appeared to go down, from the perspective of Dhu l-Qarnayn [al-Mahdawi]
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explication:
These readings provide complementary descriptions of the body of water in which the sun appeared to go down, from the perspective of Dhu l-Qarnayn [al-Mahdawi]