Is Dhul Qarnayn, Alexander the Great? Reflecting on Muhammad Rghib alabbkh’s contribution on a translated manuscript discovered in Timbuktu on Dul Qarnayn
Verbum et Ecclesia
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| Title | Is Dhul Qarnayn, Alexander the Great? Reflecting on Muhammad Rghib alabbkh’s contribution on a translated manuscript discovered in Timbuktu on Dul Qarnayn | |
| Creator | Sukdaven, Maniraj Ahmed, Shoayb | |
| Description | This article emanates from a manuscript found in Timbuktu and digitised. The digitised version was subsequently translated by a team of translators and published as a book: Qissat Dhul Qarnayn [Tale of the two-horned one]. The most important question raised in reading this manuscript was the identity of Dhul Qarnayn. Subsequently to this manuscript being published as a book, a book written by Muammad Rghib al-abbkh in 1949 in Arabic was examined, and it detailed a comprehensive scholarly study of the different views among scholars at that time about Dhul Qarnayn and Alexander the Great. This article reflects on the views of Muammad Rghib al-abbkh in his book together with the manuscript found in Timbuktu and brings together views that attempt to establish and understand who Dhul Qarnayn is or was and his adventures.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article elaborates on a topic that has been discussed by historians and theologians of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. It forms part of the discussion on apocalyptic literature. Within the Islamic context, it is often discussed among scholars dealing with the exegesis of the Qur’an and the Hadith. Some Sufi scholars tend to discuss it as well. It has intrigued some archaeologists. It highlights some civilisational issues at the time. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-05-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ve.v38i1.1696 | |
| Source | Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 38, No 1 (2017); 10 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/1696/3172
https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/1696/3174
https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/1696/3167
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