Wanazuoni walitofautiana kuhusu jina lake. Az Zubair Ibn Bakkar alisimulia kutoka kwa 'Abdullah Ibn Abbas (Allah amridhie):
Jina lake lilikuwa 'Abdullah Ibn Ad-Dahhak Ibn Ma'd; au Mus'ab Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Qinan Ibn Mansur Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Al-Azd Ibn Ghauth Ibn Nabt Ibn Malik Ibn Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba' Ibn Qahtan.
Scholars disagreed regarding his name. Az Zubair Ibn Bakkar narrated after' Abdullah Ibn, Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him): His name was 'Abdullah IbnAd-Dahhak Ibn Ma'd; or Mus'ab Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Qinan Ibn Mansur Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Al-Azd Ibn Ghauth Ibn Nabt Ibn Malik Ibn Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba' Ibn Qahtan.
Imenaripotiwa katika Hadithi kwamba yeye alitoka kabila la Himyar, na kwamba mama yake alikuwa Mroma, na aliitwa Mwanafalsafa kwa ubora wa akili yake. Hata hivyo, As-Suhaili alisema: jina lake lilikuwa Marzaban Ibn Marzabah. Hili lilitajwa na Ibn Hisham, ambaye alitaja mahali pengine kwamba jina lake lilikuwa: As-Sa'b Ibn Dhi Mara'id, ambaye alikuwa babu wa Tababi'ah, na ndiye aliyetoa hukumu iliyomnufaisha Ibrahim (amani iwe juu yake) kuhusiana na kisima cha As-Sab'.
It has been narrated in a Hadith that he was from the tribe of Himyar and that his mQther was Roman, and he was called the Philosopher for the excellence of his mentality. However, As-Suhaili said: his name was Marzaban Ibn Marzabah. This was mentioned by Ibn Hisham who mentioned in another location that his name was: As-Sa'b Ibn Dhi Mara'id who was the grandfather of the Tababi'ah and it was him who gave the verdict to the benefit of Ibrahim (Peace be upon him) pertaining to the well of As-Sab' .
Ilisemekwa: Alikuwa Afridun Ibn Asfiyan ndiye aliyemuua Ad-Dahhak. Al-Qass Ibn Sa'idah Al-Iyadi alisema katika hotuba yake maarufu: Enyi watu wa Ayad Ibn As-Sa'b! Dhul-Qarnain alitawala magharibi na mashariki, akawatiisha Majini na wanadamu, na aliishi miaka elfu mbili. Hata hivyo, yote haya yalikuwa kama kufumba na kufumbua jicho tu.
It was said: He was Afridun Ibn Asfiyan who killed Ad-Dahhak. Al-Qass Ibn Sa' idah Al-Iyadi said in his famous sermon: 0 folk of Ayad Ibn As-Sa'b! Dhul- Qarnain ruled over the west. and east, subjugated the Jinn and mankind, and he lived for two thousand years. However, all this was just like a twinkle of the eye.
Ad-Daraqutni na Ibn Makula walitaja kwamba jina lake lilikuwa Hirmis, au Hirwis, bin Qitun bin Rumi bin Lanti bin Kashaukhin bin Yunan bin Yafith bin Nuh (Nuhu (amani iwe juu yake)), na Allah ndiye Mjuzi zaidi! Ishaq bin Bishr alisimulia baada ya Sa'id bin Bashir, kwa mamlaka ya Qatadah, akisema: Iskandar alikuwa (akiitwa) Dhul-Qarnain, baba yake alikuwa Kaisari wa kwanza, na alitokana na kizazi cha Sam bin Nuh (Nuhu (amani iwe juu yake)).
Ad- Daraqutni and Ibn Makula mentioned that his name was Hirmis, or Hirwis Ibn Qitun Ibn Rumi Ibn Lanti Ibn Kashaukhin Ibn Yunan Ibn Yafith Ibn Nuh (Noah (Peace be upon him)), and Allah knows best! Ishaq Ibn Bishr narrated after Sa'id Ibn Bashir on the authority of Qatadah as saying: Alexander was (called) Dhul-Qarnain, his father was the first Caesar, and he was from among the offspring of Sam Ibn Nuh (Noah (Peace be upon him)).
Katika hatua hii inapaswa kutofautisha kati ya watu wawili walioitwa Dhul-Qarnain. Wa kwanza ni Dhul-Qarnain wetu mchamungu, ilhali wa pili ni Iskanderi (Aleksanda) bin Filipo bin Masrim bin Hirmis bin Maitun bin Rumi bin Lanti bin Yunan bin Yafith bin Yunah bin Sharkhun bin Rumah bin Sharfat bin Tufil bin Rumi bin Al-As far bin Yaqz bin Al-'Is bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim (amani na iwe juu yake). Nasaba hii ilielezwa na Al-Hafiz Ibn 'Asakir katika kitabu chake cha Tarikh (Historia).
At this conjecture one should distinguish between two people who were called Dhul-Qarnain. The first is our pious Dhul-Qarnain while the second is Alexander Ibn Philips Ibn Masrim Ibn Hirmis Ibn Maitun Ibn Rumi Ibn Lanti Ibn Yunan Ibn Yafith Ibn Yunah Ibn Sharkhun Ibn Rumah Ibn Sharfat Ibn Tufil Ibn Rumi Ibn AI-As far Ibn Yaqz Ibn Al-'lis Ibn Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim (Peace be upon him). This lineage was stated by Al-Hafiz Ibn' Asakir in his Tarikh (History).
Zaidi ya hayo, yeye alikuwa kiongozi wa Kimasedonia, Kigiriki, Kimisri aliyeanzisha Alexandria, na ambaye Warumi walijengea Kalenda yao. Alikuja baada ya Dhul-Qarnain wa kwanza kwa muda mrefu sana. Hii ilikuwa miaka mia tatu kabla ya Yesu (amani iwe juu yake). Waziri wake alikuwa mwanafalsafa maarufu Artatalis. Zaidi ya hayo, ndiye aliyemuua Dara Ibn Dara, akawashinda wafalme wa Kiajemi na kuchukua ardhi zao. Tumetoa tahadhari hii kwa msomaji kwa sababu watu wengi wanadhani kwamba watu wawili wanaoitwa "Dhul-Qarnain" ni mmoja, jambo ambalo ni kosa kubwa, kwani kulikuwa na tofauti kubwa kati yao. Wa kwanza alikuwa mcha Mungu, mwenye uchamungu, mwadilifu, mwabudu wa Allah Mtukufu, na alikuwa mfalme mwenye haki ambaye waziri wake alikuwa mtu mcha Mungu, Al-Khadhir. Zaidi ya hayo, baadhi ya wanazuoni walisema kwamba alikuwa Nabii pia. Lakini wa pili alikuwa mshirikina ambaye waziri wake alikuwa mwanafalsafa kama ilivyotajwa hapo awali. Aidha, muda uliopita kati yao wawili ulikuwa zaidi ya miaka elfu mbili. Kwa hiyo, hakuna anayeweza kukosa tofauti kubwa zilizopo kati yao isipokuwa mjinga asiyejua chochote kabisa! Kauli ya Allah: {Na wanakuuliza juu ya Dhul-Qarnain} iliteremshwa kwa sababu watu wa Quraish waliwauliza Mayahudi kuhusu jambo ambalo wangemuuliza Nabii Muhammad ﷺ ili kujaribu elimu yake.
Moreover, he was the Macedonian, Greek, Egyptian leader who established Alexandria and basing on whom the Romans set their Calendar. He came after the first Dhul-Qarnain with a very long time. This was three hundred years before Jesus (Peace be upon him). His minister was the famous Philosopher Artatalis. Moreover, he was the one who killed Dara Ibn Dara, and subjugated the Persian kings and seized their lands. We only drew the reader's attention to this because many people think that the two men called "Dhul-Qarnain" are me, which is a big mistake for there were great differences between both. The first was a godly, pious, righteous worshipper of Allah the Almighty, and he was a just king whose minister was the pious man, Al-Khadlr. Moreover, some scholars stated that he was a Prophet as well. Whereas, the latter was a polytheist whose minister was a philosopher as mentioned earlier. In addition, the time elapsed between them both was more than two thousand years. Hence, none can miss the great differences and variance between both of them but an ignorant idiot who know nothing at all! Allah's Saying: {And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain} was revealed because the people of Quraish asked the Jews of something about which they would ask the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) to test his knowledge.
Wayahudi wakawaambia: Muulizeni kuhusu mtu aliyezunguka duniani, na kuhusu vijana fulani waliotoka na hakuna aliyejua kilichowapata?
The Jews told them: Ask him about a man who traveled through the earth, and about some young men who set out and no one knew what happened to them?
Kisha, Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu aliteremsha simulizi za Watu wa Pango na ile ya Dhul-Qarnain. Hivyo, Yeye alisema: {Sema: Nitakusomeeni habari zake}, yaani habari za kutosha na za kuridhisha kumhusu yeye na hadhi yake. Kisha, Yeye alisema: {Hakika Sisi tulimpa nguvu katika ardhi, na tukampa katika kila kitu njia}, yaani Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu alipanua ufalme wake na kumpa kile kingemwezesha kufikia alichotaka. Imepokewa kwa mnyororo wa Qutaibah kwamba 'Ali bin Abu Talib aliwahi kuulizwa kuhusu Dhul-Qarnain: alifikaje mashariki na magharibi? 'Ali alijibu: Mawingu yalitiishwa kwake, njia za kila kitu zilipatikana kwake, na alipewa upanuzi kuhusu nuru. 'Ali aliongeza: Mnataka niendelee?
Thereupon, Allah the Almighty revealed the stories of the Owners of the Cave and that of Dhul-Qarnain. Thus, He said: {Say: I shall recite to you something of his story}, i.e. enough and sufficient news about him and his status. Then, He said: {Verily, We established him in the earth, and We gave him the means of everything}, i.e. Allah the Almighty expanded his kingdom and provided him with what might enable him to gain what he wished to. Narrated Qutaibah that 'Ali Ibn Abu Talib was once asked about Dhul- Qarnain: how could he reach the east and west? 'Ali replied: The clouds wert subjugated for him, the means (of everything) were provided to him, and he was given extension pertaining to the light. 'Ali added: Do you want me to go on?
Mtu huyo alinyamaza kimya, na hapo, 'Ali (Allah amridhie)
The man became silent and thereupon, 'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him)
alikaa kimya.
became silent.
Ilinakuliwa kutoka kwa Abu Ishaq As-Subai'i, baada ya 'Amr Ibn 'Abdullah Al-Wada'i: "Nilimsikia Mu'awiyah akisema: watu wanne walitawala dunia: Sulaiman Ibn Dawud, Nabii (amani iwe juu yao), Dhul-Qarnain, mtu mmoja kutoka watu wa Hulwan, na mtu mwingine. Mtu mmoja alisema: je, alikuwa Al-Khadir? Mu'awiyah akasema: Hapana."
Az-Zubair Ibn Bakkar amesimulia kwamba Sufyan Ath Thawri alisema: Nimekuja kufahamu kwamba watu wanne walitawala dunia yote: wawili kati yao walikuwa waumini na wengine wawili walikuwa makafiri. Wawili waumini walikuwa: Nabii Sulaiman na Dhul-Qarnain. Na wawili makafiri walikuwa: Namrud na Bikhtinassar." Jambo hilo hilo lilisimuliwa pia na Sa' id Ibn Bashir.
Narrated Abu Ishaq As-Subai'i after 'Amr Ibn 'Abdullah Al-Wada'i: "I heard Mu'awiyah as saying: four persons ruled over the earth: Sulaiman Ibn Dawud the Prophet (Peace be upon them), Dhul-Qarnain, a man from the people of Hulwan, and another man. Someone said: was it Al-Khadir? Mu'awiyah said: No." Az-Zubair Ibn Bakkar narrated that Sufyan Ath Thawri said: I have come to know that four persons ruled over the whole earth: two of them were believers and the other two were disbelievers. The believing two were: Prophet Sulaiman and Dhul-Qarnain. And, the disbelieving two were: Namrud and Bikhtinassar." The same was narrated by Sa' id Ibn Bashir.
Imesimuliwa kutoka kwa Ishaq Ibn Bishr, baada ya Sa'id Ibn Abu 'Urubah, baada ya Qatadah, baada ya Al-Hasan kwamba alisema: "Dhul-Qarnain alikuwa mfalme baada ya Namrud. Alikuwa Mwislamu mchamungu na mwema, aliyesafiri katika mashariki na magharibi. Allah Mtukufu alimrefusha umri wake na kumpa ushindi dhidi ya maadui zake, na kumwezesha kuchukua mali zao. Aliiteka nchi, akawatiisha watu, na akasafiri duniani hadi akafika mashariki na magharibi. Allah Mtukufu anasema:
Narrated Ishaq Ibn Bishr after Sa' id Ibn Abu 'Urubah after Qatadah after Al- Hasan as saying: "Dhul-Qarnain was a king after Namrud. He was a pious, righteous Muslim who traveled through the east and west. Allah the Almighty prolonged his life and granted him victory over the enemies and to ge1 hold of their properties. He conquered the land, subjugated the people and traveled through the earth till he reached the east and west. Allah the Almighty says:
{Nao wanakuuliza kuhusu Dhul-Qarnain. Sema: "Nitakusomea katika habari yake."} Hakika Sisi tulimtawalisha katika ardhi, na tukampa njia za kila kitu}, yaani elimu ya kutafuta njia za kutimiza mambo. Ibn Ishaq alisema: Muqatil alidai kwamba alikuwa akiyashinda maeneo na kukusanya hazina, na alikuwa akiwapa watu chaguo mawili: ama wakubali dini yake na wamfuate, au wauawe.
{And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say: "I shall recite to you something of his story." Verily, We established him in the earth, and We gave him the means of everything}, i.e. knowledge of seeking the means of fulfilling things. Ibn Ishaq said: Muqatil claimed that he used to conquer the lands and collect treasures, and used to offer the people two choices: whether they embrace his religion and follow him, or they be killed.
Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid, Sa'id Ibn Jubair, 'Ikrimah, 'Ubaid Ibn Ya' la, As-Sadyi, Qatadah na Ad-Dahhak walisema: {na Tukampa kila kitu cha kuhitajika}, yaani
Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid, Sa'id Ibn Jubair, 'Ikrimah, 'Ubaid Ibn Ya' la, As-Sadyi, Qatadah and Ad-Dahhak said: {and We gave him the means of everything}, i.e.
Qatadah na Matar Al-Warraq walisema: Hii inamaanisha alama za njiani, maeneo, vituo vya kupimia njia na athari za ardhi. 'Abdur Rahman Ibn Aslam alisema: Hii inamaanisha lugha, kwani yeye hakuwa akiwashinda watu kwa vita bila kwanza kuzungumza nao katika lugha yao wenyewe. Maelezo yanayowezekana zaidi na ya kweli ni kwamba alijua njia zote ambazo kwazo angeweza kutimiza haja yake au lengo lake. Kwani alikuwa akichukua kutoka kila eneo lililoshindwa vifaa vilivyomwezesha kuteka eneo lililofuata, na kadhalika.
knowledge. Qatadah and Matar Al-Warraq said: This means landmarks, locations, milestones and traces of the land. 'Abdur Rahman Ibn laid Ibn Aslam said: this means languages as he used not to conquer a people but he first speaks with them in their own language. The most possible and true explanation is that he knew all means through which he could fulfill his need or desire. As he used to take from every conquered region the provisions that enabled him to seize the next region, and so on.
Baadhi ya wanazuoni miongoni mwa Watu wa Kitabu (Wakristo na Wayahudi)
Some scholars from among the People of the Book (Christians and Jews)
alitaja kwamba alitumia miaka elfu moja na mia sita akisafiri katika nchi akiwaalika watu katika ibada ya Allah Mtukufu, Ambaye hana mshirika katika ufalme Wake. Lakini inaonekana kuna kutia chumvi katika kubainisha kipindi hicho kirefu, na Allah ndiye Mjuzi zaidi! Kauli ya Allah {Basi akafuata njia. Hata alipofika mahali pa kuzama jua} yaani alifika mahali ambapo hakuna yeyote awezaye kuvuka, akasimama pembezoni mwa bahari ya magharibi iitwayo Oqyanus, ambamo mna visiwa vinavyoitwa Al-Khalidat "Wenye Kudumu Milele". Huko, aliweza kuona jua likizama. {Akaliona likizama katika chemchemi ya maji meusi yenye tope (au yenye moto)}, yaani bahari au bahari kuu, kama vile aliye pwani anavyoona jua kana kwamba linachomoza kutoka baharini na kuzama baharini. Kwa sababu hiyo alisema {akaliona}, yaani kama alivyodhani.
mentioned that he spent one thousand and six hundred years traveling through the land inviting people to the worship of Allah the Almighty Who has no partner in His Dominion. But, it seems that there is some exaggeration in specifying that lengthy period, and Allah knows best! Allah's Statement {So he followed a way. Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun} i.e. he reached the place that no one can ever overpass, and he stood on the edge of the western ocean called Oqyanus wherein the islands called Al-Khalidat "The Eternal Ones". There, he could watch the setting of the sun. {He found it setting in a spring of black muddy (or hot) water}, i.e. the sea or ocean, as one who stands ashore sees the sun as if it rises from and sets in the sea. For this he said {he found it}, i.e. as he thought.
Imam Ahmad alisimulia kutoka kwa Yazid Ibn Hamn, kutoka kwa Al-'Awwam Ibn Haushab, akisema: Nilisimuliwa na mtumwa aliyeachwa huru wa 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr, kutoka kwa 'Abdullah, akisema: Mjumbe wa Allah ﷺ alitazama jua lilipokuwa likizama, akasema: "Katika moto mkali wa Allah. Lau si kuzuiwa kwake kwa Amri ya Allah, ungeteketeza kila kitu kilichomo duniani." (Hadith hii ni ngeni sana na ya ajabu, na hakika si sahihi.)
Imam Ahmed narrated after Yazid Ibn Hamn after Al-'Awwam Ibn Haushab as saying: I was told by a freed-slave of 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr after 'Abdullah as saying: Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) looked at the sun when it sat and said: "In Allah's blazing fire. Were it not for its prevention by Allah's Command, it would burn all that is on earth." (This Hadith is very Strange and Odd and surely it is not an Authentic one).