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D hu-Qarnayn'ssunrise

Mohammed Fareeduddin Siddique

Book Number: 5

Document number: 5.17

Dated Updated: 20th May 2004.
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Page 2 of 3______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________DISCLAIMER: This document in not intended to hurt any sects religious, emotional feelings. Any thing that is written by a human being is susceptible to errors (like the presentday Bible). If there is any truth in this paper, then it is from Allh [ ] forgive me for my human / typo errors. I] ], the typo errors (if any) are from myself, Allhcan be contacted at mailto:[email protected]

Mr. Know-it-alldeserves my thanks for pointing out to the verses that refers to Dhul-Qarnayn's view of sunrise as shown in 18:86.

Mr. Know-it-allbelieves exactly the words without taking its context as usual.Looking in the translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, "Towards Understanding the Qur'an" byMawdudi, and, lastly Arabic dictionary [Lissan Al Arab]. We found that Mawdudi's tafsir andthe Arabic dictionary to be the most comprehensive in giving information about this subjectmatter (second, of course, to just plain reading the Qur'an).

Those verses are talking from Dhul-Qarnayn's perspective of where the sun set or rose.Dhul-Qarnayn found the sun setting in a murky spring, and Dhul-Qarnayn found the sunrising on a certain people. Allah gives His factual descriptions BEFORE describing how Dhul-Qarnayn found where/when the sun was setting/rising.

Until (Hattaa) as (idhaa) he reached (balagha) the place or time of sunset/west

(maghriba)... (18:86)

As (idhaa) he reached (balagha) the rise/time of rising [of

celestial bodies]/break [of day] (maTli`a)... (18:90)

Just like Morocco is called Al-Maghrib (the West) and we have a prayer at sunset time calledMaghrib (the "a" on the end of the word in the verse is a vowel denoting accusativegrammatical case) and Maghrib is used today even today to mean the direction west.

The key here is that Dhul-Qarnayn found the sun setting in a murky spring. The verse is veryexplicit in showing that the setting-of-the-sun (and the rising) is from Dhul-Qarnayn'sperspective.

Knowing this information, we can understand the description of where the sun set and rose(from Dhul-Qarnayn's perspective) to be simply human descriptions of the areas (bothwesterly and easterly) of Dhul-Qarnayn's reign.

As for Dhul-Qarnayn being Alexander the Great, that is only speculation at best. So don'tjump on accusing the Qur'an of what it does not say. Some scholars say it may be Alexander

the Great, but some scholars may be wrong sometimes too. They are not prophets. Muslimsare warned not to follow blindly. We are taught to seek knowledge and correct our brothers ifthey do wrong. Know this at best the answer to the question of who is the personage of Dhul-Qarnayn may be simply a speculation.

Having said that, I know some scholars say it was King Cyrus, the Persian Emperor, who isdescribed in the Book of Ezra as a God-fearing king who liberates the Israelites because heis such a God-fearing individual. (Source: Mawdudi's "Towards understanding the Qur'an")

Additionally, Mawdudi writes, "Nevertheless, the information available to date does notenable us to form a definitive opinion concerning Dhul-Qarnayn's identity. God knows

best.

The explanation of Noble Quran, by Yousuf Ali, verse 18:86, foot-note 2030 Dated 1937reads as follows: This is the first of the three episodes mentioned, his expedition to the

. I will be happy to clarify any doubts from my Christian friends in particular and all others in general. Fareed Siddique


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Page 3 of 3______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________DISCLAIMER: This document in not intended to hurt any sects religious, emotional feelings. Any thing that is written by a human being is susceptible to errors (like the presentday Bible). If there is any truth in this paper, then it is from Allh [ ] forgive me for my human / typo errors. I] ], the typo errors (if any) are from myself, Allhcan be contacted at mailto:[email protected]

west, researching the setting of the Sun, does not means extreme west, for there is nosuch a thing. West and East are relative terms. It means western expedition terminated

by a spring of Murky w ater. This has puzzled commentators, and has understood tomean the dark tempestuous sea. If Dhul-Qarnayn is Alexander the Great, the referenceis easily understood to be Lychnitis [now Orchida], west of Macedonia. It is fed entirely

by underground in a limestone region, where the water is never clear Also see thepaper I have complied on the details of this Sun set and the Iron Gates, paper named DhulQarnayn and the Iron Gates

O my Learned Christian readers and Mr. Know-it-all, do you really want to turn your faceaway from the truth? Would you take man-made lies instead of truth of Islam in your lives?do you have any sense of reason? Do they have any thinking-heads? Does God stop youfrom thinking reasonably? Or would you like to regret in the hereafter.

They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have beenCompanions of the Blaze." (Noble Quran, Surat al-Mulk: 10) or would the followers of St.Paul like to regret!

O Mr. Know-it-all!Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah [],which cannot be turned back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means ofdenial. (Noble Quran, Surat ash-Shura: 47)

I invite you, O my Christian readers, to use your intellect and be a true believer, a truthfulsubmitter to your God Allah ]. May Allah] [] bestow upon you his mercyand help you understand the fallacies of the Christian Pauline religion of Saul ofTarus...Ameen, ya Rabbiziljalaal.

Allah [] makes it very evident for you "W e shall show them Our signs on thehorizons and within themselves until it will become clear to them that it is the Truth. Does itnot suffice that your Lord is Witness over all things?" The noble Qur'an, Fussilat (41):53.

"Verily! this Qur'an guides to that which is most upright, and gives glad tidings to thebelievers who work deeds of righteousness that theirs will be a great reward" The nobleQur'an, Al-Isra (17):9Sadakhallah alazeem.

Color codes in this document: Red italicsare the words of the present day bible KJV / RSV.Blue italicsare the Holy verses of Quran Al-Kareem, Translations by Yousuf Ali / M. Pickthal.Normal blacks are my words, bolded emphases are added from my side. In this paper I amreferring the name of the Author of the Anti-Muslim web sites as Mr. Know-it-all for the solepurpose of ease of my readers understanding.

. I will be happy to clarify any doubts from my Christian friends in particular and all others in general. Fareed Siddique

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