وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا
Quran glossary · draft
قرن
Dhu al-Qarnayn
The fixed Quranic designation for the figure addressed in the account beginning at 18:83.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 3
Roots: قرن
Lemmas: قرن
Forms: قَرْنَيْنِ
Occurrence examples (3 of 3)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا قُلْنَا يَٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا
قَالُوا۟ يَٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا
Where other meanings fail
join alongside
18:83
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا
Alternative: join alongside
Research rendering: Dhu al-Qarnayn
The exact dual form occurs only as the fixed designation Dhu al-Qarnayn at 18:83, 18:86, and 18:94. The surrounding Quranic account identifies the bearer but does not define what the dual noun denotes, so importing a concrete referent would exceed Quran-internal evidence. The first occurrence introduces the expression as the designation of the figure about whom people ask.