[And he marched on] till, when he reached [a place] between the two mountain-barriers, he found beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language]
[And he marched on] till, when he reached [a place] between the two mountain-barriers, he found beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language]
Until, when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a world
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Until when he reached between the two barriers/obstacles/mountains , he found from other than them (B) a nation they are not about to/almost understand a saying/opinion and belief
Until when he reached the open place between the two mountain mountains, he found, beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word of what he said
So that when he reached a place (- Derbent) between two barriers (on one side the Caspian Sea and on the other the Caucasian mountains) he found in their vicinity a people who could hardly understand speech (in his Persian language)
Finally he reached a place between two mountains... He found people there who were almost unable to evaluate any warning.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Until when he reached between the two barriers (of mountains) he found on the hither side of the two (mountains) a people scarcely able to understand a saying
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Until he reached a stretch of territory towered by two barriers -probably mountains- beneath which he found a people who could hardly understand a foreign word or language