Translations:On Altıncı Lem'a/52/en
According to explanations given by investigative scholars, and as indicated by the title Dhu’l-Qarnayn, names beginning with the suffix Dhu, like Dhu’l-Yazan, were used by the kings of Yemen, so this Dhu’l-Qarnayn was not Alexander the Great. He was one of the kings of Yemen(*[1])who lived at the time of Abraham (UWP)(*[2])and received instruction from Khidr.(*[3])Alexander the Greek lived approximately three hundred years before Christ, and was taught by Aristotle.(*[4])
- ↑ *See, Abu Su’ud, Tafsir Abi Su’ud, v, 239-40; Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari, vi, 385; al-Alusi, Ruh al- Ma’ani, xvi, 27.
- ↑ *See, al-Qurtubi, al-Jami‘ li-Ahkam al-Qur’an, xi, 47; Ibn Kathir, Tafsir al-Qur’an, i, 180; iii, 101; Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari, vi, 382; al-Faqihi, Ahbar Makka, iii, 221.
- ↑ *See, al-Qurtubi, al-Jami‘ li-Ahkam al-Qur’an, xi, 47.
- ↑ *See, Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari, vi, 382-3; al-Shawkani, al-Fath al-Qadir, iii, 307; al-Khamawi,Mu‘jam al-Buldan, i, 184; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii, 17, 488.