version of the account which was recollected in the Islamic milieu. Many modern researchers of the Quran identify Dhu al-Qarnayn as Alexander the Great. Alexander...

Alexander the Great was a king of ancient Greece and Macedon who forged one of the largest empires in world history. Soon after his death, a body of legend...

found by Alexander in the Syriac legend. In the Syriac story Alexander tested the sea by sending condemned prisoners into it, while the Quran refers to...

Alexander the Great Theories about Alexander the Great in the Quran Heracles was Alexander's alleged illegitimate son. The name Ἀλέξανδρος derives from the Greek...

about Alexander the Great called Dhul-Qarnayn ("he of the two horns") in the Quran. The story of Dhul-Qarnayn has its origins in legends of Alexander...

The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the...

revealed to Muhammad by the angel Jabreel (Gabriel). The Quran has been subject to criticism both in the sense of being the subject of an interdisciplinary...

that orally transmitted legends about Alexander the Great found their way to the Quran. In the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn, "The Two-Horned One" (chapter al-Kahf...

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allāh). It...

Mali to Malaysia. The first appearance of Alexander traditions in Arabic literature occurs in the first extant Arabic book, the Quran, in its description...

The Quran contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the Bible. While the stories told in each book are generally comparable...

The Gates of Alexander, also known as the Caspian Gates, are one of several mountain passes in eastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Persia separating the...

difficulties in understanding the Quran for those who do not know its language may be shifts in linguistic usage over the centuries. Studies involving...

The vast conquests of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great quickly inspired the formation and diffusion of legendary material about his deity, journeys...

The Alexander Romance, once described as "antiquity's most successful novel", is an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. The Romance...

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...

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protectors called the "Magi", stationed nearby to protect the edifice from theft or damage. Years later, in the chaos created by Alexander the Great's invasion...

of God and the Messiah sent to guide the Children of Israel (Banī Isra'īl) with a book called the Injīl (Evangel or Gospel). In the Quran, Jesus is described...

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Q15:19 [Quran 15:19], Q20:53 [Quran 20:53], Q50:7 [Quran 50:7], and Q51:48 [Quran 51:48]. Tabatabaʾi, Mohammad Ali; Mirsadri, Saida (May 26, 2016). "The Qurʾānic...

examination of sources upon which traditional accounts (the Quran, sīrah, hadith especially) are based. The majority of classical scholars believe Muhammad existed...

of translations of the Quran. This is a sub-article to Qur'an translations. Salman the Persian translated the first chapter of the Qur'an, Al-Fatiha,...

origin story "in most of its details", and accepted the reliability of its traditional literary sources – tafsir (commentaries on the Quran), hadith (accounts...

In 1933 FDR signed Executive Order 6102 and in 1934 signed the Gold Reserve Act. The two classical competing theories of the Great Depression are the...

used in the Quran itself. There are two different theories about this term and its formation." "Tafsīr". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original...

jinn and humans on the same plane in relation to God, both being subject to God's judgement and an afterlife. The Quran condemns the pre-Islamic Arabian...

Quranic studies is the academic application of a diverse set of disciplines to study the Quran (including its exegesis and historical reception), drawing...

the annal stone of the king that foreigners from Canaan were employed. A number of pseudoscientific theories have been put forth to explain how the pyramids...

in or of the world as to be beyond all forms of human thought and expression. The briefest and the most comprehensive description of God in the Quran...