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. The source of the Quranic episode of Moses's journey with Khiḍr has been the subject of different opinions of various scholars. Like some other scholars, Brannon M. Wheeler notes that the story does not appear to have any direct Christian or Jewish antecedent. [60] But a very recent study has shown that the Qur'anic story is full of Jewish symbols, even if we cannot historically identify its likely original form. [30] Bennett, Chris (2010). Cannabis and the Soma Solution. Rowman & Littlefield. p.77. ISBN 9781936296323.

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Al-Khiḍr is also commonly associated with Elijah, even equated with him, and al-Tabari makes a distinction in the next account in which al-Khiḍr is Persian and Elijah is an Israelite. According to this version of al-Khiḍr's story, al-Khiḍr and Elijah meet every year during the annual festival season. [43] It is clear that in the Torah, Dhul-Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great, because he dreamed of Daniel as a ram plowing the West with one horn and the East with another, meaning that he would take over both, as according to the prophecy of Isaiah, Cyrus would become the “Eagle of the East”, meaning that he was the fierce warrior of the East. 15 http://sunnahonline.com/ilm/quran/qms.pdf Shows a list of scientific facts mentioned in Quran, and their modern understanding. 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.There are many issues with the Dhul Qarnayn story. First of all, the story is very similar to the Syriac Alexander Romance which was authored in the same era and could easily have come to Arabia. The stories are startlingly similar and have very strong parallels: So Dhul Qarnain is teaching us that even a great king, when he achieved something great they attribute it to Allah. a b Swayd, Samy (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. p.77. ISBN 9781442246171. The identification of Dhul Qarnayn has been a controversial matter from the earliest times. In general the commentators have been of the opinion that he was Alexander the Great but the characteristics of Zul-Qarnain described in the Quran are not applicable to him. However, now the commentators are inclined to believe that Dhul Qarnayn was Cyrus, an ancient king of Iran. We are also of the opinion that probably Dhul Qarnayn was Cyrus, but the historical facts, which have come to light up to this time, are not sufficient to make any categorical assertion (“Tafheem-ul-Qura’an”. p. 18:83, note 62.) The story of Dhul Qarnayn 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.

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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.

Sahih Muslim 2538a; In-book reference: Book 44, Hadith 310; English translation: Book 31, Hadith 6162; https://sunnah.com/muslim:2538a Scholars had a theory that it could be alexander the great.that theory was mostly based on the mention in the quran about the helmet which dhul qarnayn wore had two horns.so far we only know of two leaders who wore a two horned helmet.one is alexander the great and the other is cyrus the great.there could be more we dont know. Secondly, the content itself of the story does not seem to be realistic. How can an entire nation of people be trapped between two mountains? The Alexander Romance describes a flat earth surrounded by a murky sea. Also, the sun setting into the sea is a problem unto itself. Historical references to this story indicate it was understood literally in Tafsir by scholars of Arabic and Quran. Not to mention the use of the language in describing this event. They are however mentioned in the hadith literature. Apparently they are still trapped behind this gate and mountain and are trying to scratch their way out of it. So far they have not succeeded. Though Ibn Ishaq himself does not explicitly mention the name Alexander, he relates that a storyteller told him that Dhul-Qarnayn was a Greco-Egyptian (an accurate description of Alexander).”