حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطۡلِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطۡلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ لَّمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتۡرٗا ٩٠
Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
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حَتَّىٰٓ Until ḥattā إِذَا when idhā بَلَغَ he reached balagha مَطۡلِعَ (the) rising place maṭliʿa ٱلشَّمۡسِ (of) the sun l-shamsi وَجَدَهَا and he found it wajadahā تَطۡلُعُ rising taṭluʿu عَلَىٰ on ʿalā قَوۡمٖ a community qawmin لَّمۡ not lam نَجۡعَل We made najʿal لَّهُم for them lahum مِّن against it min دُونِهَا against it dūnihā سِتۡرٗا any shelter sit'ran Tafsir And he travelled until when he reached the place where the sun rises, he found it rising on a people I had not given any houses or the shade of trees to protect them from the sun.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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