Transliteration:( Aatoonee zubaral hadeed, hattaaa izaa saawaa bainas sadafaini qaalan fukhoo hattaaa izaa ja'alahoo naaran qaala aatooneee ufrigh 'alaihi qitraa )
215. Thus, he dug the foundation up to the water, collected stones of molten copper and built steel sheets. top and bottom and stuffed it with wood and coal. Fire was set to it through which the steel smelted into a column. And in this way the wall was raised to the height of the mountain.
216. So that this molten copper could become the plaster for the wall, just as it is the practise of putting cement on the walls when plastering them.
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The tafsir of Surah Kahf verse 96 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Kahf ayat 92 which provides the complete commentary from verse 92 through 96.
(18:96) Bring me ingots of iron.” Then after he had filled up the space between the two mountain-sides, he said: “(Light a fire) and ply bellows.” When he had made it (red like) fire, he said: “Bring me molten copper which I may pour on it.”
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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