He travelled to the East and reached "مطلع الشمس" (where the sun rises) and met a wild desert dweller there Gürdal Aksoy, "Dersim Alevi Kürt Mitolojisi", Raa Haq'da Dinsel Figürler", Istanbul, 2006, Komal yayınları, ISBN 978-9757102137, p. 215-93

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Al-Kulayni, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ya’qub (2015). Kitab al-Kafi. South Huntington, NY: The Islamic Seminary Inc. ISBN 9780991430864. In The Unreasoning Mask by famed science fiction writer Philip José Farmer, while Ramstan, captain of the al-Buraq, a rare model spaceship capable of instantaneous travel between two points, attempts to stop an unidentified creature that is annihilating intelligent life on planets throughout the universe, he is haunted by repeating vision of meeting al-Khiḍr. Ahmad, Hadhrat al-Hajj Mirza Bashirudeen Mahmood -Khalifatul Masih II. Tafsir e Kabir iv. (10 Volumes. Rabwah, 1962).So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration. Al-Khidr ( / ˈ x ɪ d ə r/) ( Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized: al-Khaḍir; also transcribed as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr) is a figure not mentioned by name in the Quran. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as an angel, prophet, or wali, [3] [4] who guards the sea, teaches secret knowledge [5] and aids those in distress. [6] He prominently figures as patron of the Islamic saint ibn Arabi. [7] The figure of al-Khidr has been syncretized over time with various other figures including Dūraoša [8] and Sorūsh in Iran, [9] [10] [11] Sargis the General [12] [13] and Saint George in Asia Minor and the Levant, [14] Samael (the divine prosecutor) in Judaism, Elijah among the Druze, John the Baptist in Armenia, and Jhulelal [15] in Sindh and Punjab in South Asia. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] He is commemorated on the holiday of Hıdırellez. 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. Each year from 14–18 June, many thousands of Zoroastrians from Iran, India and other countries make a pilgrimage to Yazd in Iran to worship at a hillside grotto containing the sacred spring dedicated to Pir-e Sabz. Here the worshippers pray for the fertilising rain and celebrate the greening of nature and the renewal of life. [ citation needed]

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It should be noted that the title of Dhul-Qarnayn has been mentioned in both the Quran and the Torah. Basically, what these two books have to do with Dhul-Qarnayn is that according to hadiths, those asking the prophet (pbuh) about Dhul-Qarnayn were either the Jews themselves or the Quraysh with the encouragement of the Jews, trying to put him on the spot with a hard question and prove that he isn't a prophet. Therefore, the Dhul-Qarnayn the Quran speaks of is the same Dhul-Qarnayn that the Torah speaks of. c) Cyrus the Great: This is a relatively new theory presented by the famous Islamic scholar AbulMakarem Azad that most experts tend to accept as the true identity of Dhul-Qarnayn. 12 Cyrus was a Persian king and descendant of Achaemenes (Hakhamanish) living in the sixth century b.c. In contrast to the other two theories, there are chances that Dhul-Qarnayn was actually Cyrus the Great. He was a monotheist (Zoroastrian) with an unaltered religion that could easily be found in both East and West Persia. 13 Quran DOES mention many things (that it describes as MUTASHABIHAT (loosely translated to as ‘grey areas’) that are not known to us now, but later humans might know better about em. So they maybe debatable today but an established fact tomorrow. It also tells that ppl Of bad hearts would always use the mutashabihat to make ppl astray (Quran 3:7).Oh, my dear lost and confused soul. In one of your first statements, you mentioned that the possibility of dhulqarnayn being Alexander was suggested by SCHOLARS, not the prophet. And in your latter, you are declaring the Quran telling false stories through comparing it with just the suggestion you claim you got from scholars. Ahmadi exegeses of the Quran tend to identify the "Servant of God" whom Moses met to be the symbolic representation of Muhammad himself. Ahmadis believe that the Quranic passage of Moses' encounter with the "Servant of God" is closely linked, contextually, to the subject matter of surah Al Kahf in which his story is cited. According to Ahmadi commentaries, Moses' journey towards, and his meeting with the "servant of God" was a visionary experience similar to the Mi'raj (ascension) of Muhammad whom Moses had desired to see and was shown in this vision. [50] The nature of the dialogue between Moses and the "Servant of God" and the relationship between them is seen as indicative of the personal characteristics of Moses and Muhammad as well as those of their respective followers; Khiḍr's seemingly inappropriate actions and the wisdom behind them are understood with reference to salient features of Muhammad's life and teachings; and the entire Quranic narrative is understood as being expressive of Muhammad's spiritual superiority over Moses and the supersession of the Judaic dispensation by the Islamic one. [51] In Druze faith [ edit ] And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."