The Tale of Prophet Dhul-Qarnayn AS (Iskandar Zulkarnaen) And Gog Magog (Yajuj Majuj) English Edition Ultimate

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Gürdal Aksoy, "Dersim Alevi Kürt Mitolojisi", Raa Haq'da Dinsel Figürler", Istanbul, 2006, Komal yayınları, ISBN 978-9757102137, p. 215-93 He said: I can see that these people are spreading mischief… come and support me in this cause that you want me to finish. So help me with your strength so that I can put between you and me a barrier. For the longest time, classical scholars said that Dhul Qarnayn was Alexander the Great. Many early tafaseer make this claim as well (Fakhr al-Din al-Razi , Tafsir al-Jalalayn for example). Also there are references to Dhul Qarnayn being in pre-islamic poetry found in Ibn Ishaq’s seerah. At this point in time (early Islamic history) there was no problem in making this connection, because it was not known that Alexander the Great was a pagan polytheist. On this basis, there is no doubt that Dhul-Qarnayn was Cyrus the Great and today, many Islamic researchers and commentators have reached the same conclusion; that the Dhul-Qarnayn mentioned in the Quran is none other than the Dhul-Qarnayn mentioned in the Torah.

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The Jews had a very high opinion of Cyrus the Great, because it was his invasion which brought about the downfall of the kingdom of Babylon and the liberation of the Israelites.” Cyrus could hardly be some one that Allah would have adored, a man who builds pagan temples, statutes and prays to polytheist gods. In the Quran 18:65–82, Moses meets the Servant of God, referred to in the Quran as "one of our slaves whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Ourselves". [31] Muslim scholars identify him as Khiḍr, although he is not explicitly named in the Quran and there is no reference to him being immortal or being especially associated with esoteric knowledge or fertility. [32] These associations come in later scholarship on al-Khiḍr. [33] Who’d accept the Quran to be a true book, which provides guidance to the humble, who by their intellectual reflections have come to the natural understanding that there HAS to be something beyond our imagination – the UNSEEN.

So now we have a problem. We are faced with two possibilities. Either the Syriac Alexander Romance was influenced by the Quran, or the Quran was influenced by the Alexander Romance. Which one is it? This is our first doubt. Both of the stories are dated to the same time period so we cannot rule out either possibility. Which means Ibn Ishaq (almost a century after death of the Prophet PBUH) thought that it was ATG, and not the Prophet PBUH himself! And hence there’s nothing to argue about this issue of DQ being ATG. AbulMakarem Azad, Kurushe Kabir (Dhul-Qarnayn) (translation of Dr. Bastani Parizi, p. 192; Besharat magazine, issues of Farvardin and Ordibehesht of the year 1384, number 46; Seyyid Mostafa Hosaini Dashti, Ma’aref va Ma’arif, under the letter “ذ” I read the two versions of the Alexander Romances, Armenian and Syriac. Syriac version is said to be dated from seven to ninth century, translated from an Arabic version of Greek text by an Arab priest whose native language was not Syriac. This version has a similar story found in the Quran. The earlier, Armenian version, dated to ~350 AD, does not have the story if I did not miss it (did not finish all). I did not read the other versions, but read their scope/content summary given in the Syriac version. Same conclusion: Alexander Story is primarily told in the Syriac version. A small theory suggested that al-Khidr is another name for the Tamil god Murugan as some say their origins are similar to one another, but this theory seems to be unproven. [79] Comparative mythology [ edit ] Azim-ush-Shan on the imperial throne receives the investiture of al-Khidr

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Oliver Leaman: The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis 2006, ISBN 0-415-32639-7, p.343–345 ( [1], p. 343, at Google Books)May God guide you again to the straight path, the path of those upon whom God has bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked His anger or of those who are astray. And please advice, don’t continue to speak into YouTube or whatever your echo chamber is, go speak to and challenge real high level scholars. Give me POWER from thy holy heavens that I may receive STRENGTH GREATER than [that of] THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD and that I may HUMBLE THEM.”– The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version, p. 146

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For the longest time, classical scholars said that Dhul Qarnayn was Alexander the Great. Only recently due to the discovery of historic documents (as compared to the romantic or fantastical stories of Alexander) we now know that Alexander the Great was a pagan and he was not a monotheist.Al-Khiḍr is a figure in Islamic tradition who is believed to have the appearance of a young adult but with a long, white beard. According to some authors, al-Khiḍr is Xerxes, a 6th-century Sasanian prince who disappeared after finding the fountain of life and sought to live his remaining life in service of God. There are several reported proofs of the life of al-Khiḍr, including one where Muhammad is said to have stated that the prophet Elijah and al-Khiḍr meet every year and spend the month of Ramadan in Jerusalem. Another report states that a man seen walking with Umar II was actually al-Khiḍr. It is also narrated that Al-Khiḍr met with Ali by the Kaaba. It is also told that during the time when the false Messiah appears, a believer will challenge him, who will be sliced into two pieces and rejoined, making it appear that he caused him to die and be resurrected, and this person will be al-Khiḍr. And We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly. a b Hammer, Leonard (2009). Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-existence. Routledge. p.76. ISBN 9781135268121. The Servant of God replies, "This shall be separation between me and you; now I will inform you of the significance of that with which you could not have patience. Many acts which seem to be evil, malicious or somber, actually are merciful. The boat was damaged to prevent its owners from falling into the hands of a king who seized every boat by force. And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them. God will replace the child with one better in purity, affection and obedience. As for the restored wall, the Servant explained that underneath the wall was a treasure belonging to two helpless orphans whose father was a righteous man. As God's envoy, the Servant restored the wall, showing God's kindness by rewarding the piety of the orphans' father, and so that when the wall becomes weak again and collapses, the orphans will be older and stronger and will take the treasure that belongs to them." [36] Reports in the Hadith [ edit ] A Persian manuscript depicting Elijah and al-Khiḍr praying together from an illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets

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He also goes to where the sun sets into the fetid sea. They believed that the Earth was surrounded by a sea which was fetid (dark, dirty). This fetid sea nobody could approach or could die. Around the sea were mountains.Zuwiyya, Z. David (2011). "The Alexander Romance in the Arabic Tradition". In Z. David Zuwiyya (ed.). A Companion to Alexander Literature in the Middle Ages. Brill. pp.73–112. . Another hypothesis on the origin of Khiḍr compares him to the Ugaritic god Kothar-wa-Khasis. Both characters have some surprisingly common features. For example, Kothar and Khidr possess wisdom and secret knowledge. Both figures are involved in the slaying of a dragon. Kothar helps Baal to kill Yam-Nahar by making weapons for him. Khidr helps Sufis or wali's like Sarı Saltık in their struggle with a dragon. Both are also known as "sailor" figures who are symbolically associated with sea, lake and rivers. Khidr often has some characteristics of a sailor, even in cultural areas which are not directly linked to the sea, like mountainous Dersim. [78] However, the scholar who made this argument recently (2019) revised it. While the two figures share characteristic parallels in many ways, historical analysis has shown that it is misleading to consider only this symbolic harmony. According to this view, although Khidr has some common features arising from the mythological personality of Eliyah transferred from Kothar and Hasis, he is in fact a syncretic form of Enoch and Eliyah. Because the Quranic story about Khidr who is mentioned anonymously in the surat al-Kahf, is basically the Enochian version of an Eliyah story. [30] a b c Aksoy, Gürdal (2019). "Helenistik ve Enohçu Yahudilik Bağlamında Kehf Suresi: Musa, Hızır ve Zülkarneyn"[Surat al-Kahf in the Context of the Hellenistic and Enochic Judaism; Moses, Khidr and Dhu'l-Qarnayn]. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) As to the thing, my lord, which thy majesty (or thy greatness) desires to go and see, namely, upon what the heavens rest, and what surrounds the earth, the terrible seas which surround the world will not give thee a passage'; because there are eleven bright seas, on which the ships of men sail, and beyond these there is about ten miles of dry land, and beyond these ten miles there is the fetid sea, Oceanus (the Ocean), which surrounds all creation.