وَطُرْقٍand roads سَلَكْنَاهَاwe traveled them فَمَازَالَso it kept ضِيْقُهَاtheir narrowness
وَطُرْقٍ سَلَكْنَاهَا فَمَازَالَ ضِيْقُهَا
يَجُورُveers off course بِنَاwith us حتَّىuntil ضَلَلْنَاwe lost بِهاon them القَصْداthe right course
يَجُورُ بِنَا حتَّى ضَلَلْنَا بِها القَصْدا
And roads we traveled—their narrowness kept
turning us aside, until we lost the right course on them.
فَلَوْso if أنَّthat ذَاthe possessor of القرنَينِthe two horns أدْرَكَencountered بَعْضَهَاpart of them
فَلَوْ أنَّ ذَا القرنَينِ أدْرَكَ بَعْضَهَا
لَصَيَّرَهُhe would have made it منfrom دُونِin front of يَأْجوجِهِhis Gog سَدّاa barrier
لَصَيَّرَهُ من دُونِ يَأْجوجِهِ سَدّا
So had Dhu al-Qarnayn encountered some part of them,
he would have made it a barrier against his Gog.
Sol 6.1