Dhu'l-Qarnayn
Figure in the Quran
Dhu'l-Qarnayn is read about 830 times a day, in 27 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to September 18, 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Dhu'l-Qarnayn is a leader who appears in the Qur'an, Surah al-Kahf (18), Ayahs 83-101, as one who travels to the east and west and sets up a barrier between a certain people and Gog and Magog. Elsewhere, the Qur'an tells how the end of the world will be signaled by the release of Gog and Magog from behind the barrier.
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![Dhu al-Qarnayn building a wall with the help of the jinns to keep away Gog and Magog. Persian miniature from a book of Falnama copied for the Safavid emperor Tahmasp I (reigned"}]]}">r. 1524-1576), currently preserved in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Iskandar_%28Alexander%29_builds_a_wall_against_Gog_and_Magog_%28CBL_Per._395.1%29.jpg/1280px-Iskandar_%28Alexander%29_builds_a_wall_against_Gog_and_Magog_%28CBL_Per._395.1%29.jpg)
Dhu al-Qarnayn building a wall with the help of the jinns to keep away Gog and Magog. Persian miniature from a book of Falnama copied for the Safavid emperor Tahmasp I (reigned"}]]}">r. 1524-1576), currently preserved in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
The Caspian Gates in Derbent, Russia, part of the defence systems built by the Sasanian Empire, often identified with the Gates of Alexander.
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great shown wearing the horns of the ram-god Zeus-Ammon.
Persian miniature of Alexander (top left) visiting the fountain of Youth and meeting Khidr and Ilyas there
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Dhu'l-Qarnayn is a leader who appears in the Qur'an, Surah al-Kahf (18), Ayahs 83-101, as one who travels to the east and west and sets up a barrier between a certain people and Gog and Magog. Elsewhere, the Qur'an tells how the end of the world will be signaled by the release of Gog and Magog from behind the barrier. Other apocalyptic writings predict that their destruction by God in a single night will usher in the Day of Resurrection. Most historians agree that the Quranic story originates from legends of Alexander the Great current in the Middle East, with the Quranic presentation of Dhu al-Qarnayn as a prophet-king reminiscent of the Syriac Alexander Legend.
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