METHODOLOGY FOR STUDY OF THE QUR'AN
by Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein
Pax Qarnain – the journey to the West
The Qur’ān informed us that Dhūl Qarnain traveled westwards until he reached a point in his travels where he came upon a body of dark, murky water and saw the sun go down beneath that sea of water (in the poetic sense ofcourse). The implication was that this was the farthest point westwards that he could travel. It was perhaps for this reason that the Rabbis had described him as someone who travelled to the two ends of the land. The famous commentator of the Qur’ān, Ibn Kathīr, recognized that body of dark murky water to be the Black Sea. We have also come to the same conclusion using a different method of analysis (See my book entitled An Islamic View of Gog and Magog in the Modern World).
He came across a community of people at that place and Allah Most High gave him the choice of using his power either to punish or to reward them. Dhūl Qarnain’s reply delivered the heart and substance of a world-order based on revealed Truth. He declared that he would use his power and authority to punish the oppressor, and that when he was finished with punishing him, the oppressor would then face additional punishment from his Lord-God when he returned to Him. This is the kind of world-order that the Lord-God wants mankind to establish and sustain.
Such a world-order, established by those who possess faith in Allah Most High, would witness an essential harmony between the heavenly order above and the world-order below. The implication is that whenever oppression is banished and justice is established, mankind would enjoy a blessed state in which peace and happiness would prevail. It is for this reason that true religion has zero tolerance for oppression. The greatest of all oppression is, of course, the monetary oppression of the bogus Zionist-created monetary system which has been imposed on mankind by brute force.
Such a world-order, established by those who possess faith in Allah Most High, would witness an essential harmony between the heavenly order above and the world-order below. The implication is that whenever oppression is banished and justice is established, mankind would enjoy a blessed state in which peace and happiness would prevail. It is for this reason that true religion has zero tolerance for oppression. The greatest of all oppression is, of course, the monetary oppression of the bogus Zionist-created monetary system which has been imposed on mankind by brute force.
Dhūl Qarnain also declared that whoever had faith (in the One God), and was righteous in conduct, he would be rewarded, and easy would be such a person’s task as ordered by his Command.
to be continued .....
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