On Dhul-Qarnayn: THE GREAT
By: Sheikh Sulaiman Odetayo {Abuu Ahmad At-Tijaanii}
Erstwhile Muqadam of Tijaniyyah Muslim Students Association of Nigeria {TIMSAN},
“Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Osun state, Nigeria” Chapter.
-He was Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia.
-He was born Alexander son of Phillips, son of Bitreus, son of Harmas, son of Herdos, son of Manton, son of Latin, son of Yunan (Greek), son of Japhet, son of Noah up to Esau, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.
-He was nick-named “Dhul-Qarnayn” meaning “the double-horned” for various reasons amongst which are:
1. He was born from both Roman and Greek Royalty.
2. He had two horns shape on his forehead.
3. He dreamt of holding the two horns {tips} of the sun, meaning the kingdoms of the East {Orient} and West {Occident}.
4. He lived at the joint of two cultures or two centuries.
5. He fights with both hands ambidextrously.
6. He is blessed with Exoteric and Esoteric knowledge, i.e. Ilmu-z-zaahir and Baatin.
-His name was derived from the Xanther wood his mother used as perfume/bath oil.
-She {his mother} was a Roman princess named Elanah.
-His father Phillips was the king of Greece.
-He {Alexander} conquered 90% of the known world, having set out from Macedonia when he became the king.
-From the western tip of Europe, where the Barbarians {Celtics, Anglo-Saxons,etc} lived to the easternmost tip of Mongolia and India.
-He was the only king who ruled almost the whole world.
-He was a student of Aristotle who succeeded Plato. {Both Aristotle and Plato were students of Socrates}.
-He was a controversial prophet, but was mentioned as a righteous man in Q 18:83-99.
-He spent his life in pursuit of the “spring of life” which the angels told him as written in the scriptures of Old.
-He never found it.
For Further Readings, see:
1. Qisas al-anbiyaa Pg 362-373
2. Anxient History of the Greeks.
3. The Roman Empire
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