Web author Marki H Meer is of the view that Dhul Qarnain,the great ruler of the east and the west ended his first leg of voyage after crossing Strait of Gibraltar. Here around
Morocco,Western Sahara,Mauritania,Spain,Portugal,France,etc he spreaded "The Great Message". Right now we are in beta phase.
From Egypt to Kiribati Islands (Tarawa) he traveled partially by sea and partially by land.However his long journey was mainly by sea.Hence we will discus the same. From Egypt to Kiribati Islands (Tarawa) he voyaged in the direction of the west along the coastal line of modern Egypt,Libya,Algeria,and Morocco.When he arrived at "ORAN" (City of Algeria)he was about to exit Eastern Hemisphere.When he crossed the Strait of Gibraltar he was absolutely out of the eastern hemisphere.Now he was in the west.To be more precise he was at the junction of the east and the west.he was at the point/line where east has ended and west has started.
This event (The crossing of Strait of Gibraltar) is very important).Now he was at the junction of two continents.The Europe and the Africa.He was at the union of two "diverse sets of civilizations". Here some where around the strait of Gibraltar thousands of miles away in the west he viewed the sun setting in.
Thousands of years ago were North America and South America connected with each other
by a sea passage?
Did the great ruler of the west and the east entered in to the Pacific Ocean
around Panama or around Costa Rica?
Please find out the answers to these questions.
C ya.
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Have a nice day.
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In this post we will keep our attention focused on the possible route of Dhul Qarnain from Egypt to Kiribati Islands,via a place where the Sun was drowning/setting in.(Where first leg of his journey ended)Remember the country of commencement of travel is Egypt and and country of destination is Kiribati Islands (Where the second leg of his journey ended).
Right now we are in the beta phase.
Dhul Qarnain was the ruler of the West as well.He ruled The West with the same authority as that of the East.He was the ruler of the East and the West.
Does this theory tells us that he traveled in the West and established his authority?
Maldives is in the South East.If from Egypt you travel in this direction you are becoming closer and closer to the East.Thus you will see East first.If i am not in the wrong you will see the "Sun rising in the East".
Do you agree with this idea that if you travel towards (Maldives) south East you will meet East west?
If your movement is in the direction of Maldives you will move "Against the Sun"you will not get enough time for work.You will have to spend a lot of time in the darkness.
Do you think if you move "Against" the Sun the duration of the day will "decrease" and the duration of the nite will "Increase?"
Let me ask you the same question in a different way.
Do you think the nights will be long and the days will be short?
My idea is very simple.
From Egypt he moved "With the Sun and NOT against the Sun."
Before i elaborate my view point any further let me draw your attention to wards a poetry.Ancient poetry.I by chance found this while surfing.You will be surprised how this supports my idea (which apparently looks difficult to understand)
Ibn Ishaq has recorded many per-islamic Arabic poems in the "SIRA" .One of his poem is about Dhul Qarnain.
Ibn Ishaq believed that this poem was composed by a pre_Islamic king of ancient Yemen and his name was Tubba'. Now please enjoy this little poem and see how it "supported" my idea "long long ago".
Dhu’l-Qarnayn before me was a Muslim
Conquered kings thronged his court,
" East and West" he ruled", yet he sought
Knowledge true from a learned sage.
He saw where the Sun sinks from the view
In a pool of mud and fetid slime
Before him Bilqis [Queen of Sheba] my father's sister
Ruled them until the hoopoe came to her.
Thanks Answering Islam Source: http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Science/pre-islamic_hanifs.htm
All night through he watched the stars and never tired.
Then of iron and of liquid metal
He prepared a rampart not to be o'erpassed,
Gog and Magog there he threw in prison
Till on Judgement Day they shall awake at last
Did you notice?
"Followed he the sun to view it's setting"
He chased,followed and tracked the sun to see where it "Goes",what it does and how and where it disappears (Sets in). "Follow the Sun" is the key to success. And
"All day long the horizons led him onward"
Once he reached at the point from where he viewed the Sun setting in he then moved "forward" not back ward. But at this point he had few more tasks to complete.
Before i answer this let us now focus our attention to the task which was assigned earlier.
Our task was to: Find out different possible routes from Egypt to Kiribati Islands via a place where the Sun was setting in.You may design any route no matter if it is long or short.The route may be by air,partially by land and partially by sea or entirely by sea and entirely by land.
These days we can travel either by :
Air
land
Sea
Or we can make use of all the three stated modes of travel. i.e Air land and sea.
Let us first see how we can reach Kiribati Islands by air via a point where Dhul Qarnain viewed (would have viewed ) the sun setting in the west.
Now let us keep map of the world before us.we can reach Kiribati Islands from two and opposite directions.
1.With the sun If we move in this direction our faces will be in the direction of the west.Our journey will be west wards.If we keep on traveling
(flying) we will be closer and closer to the west and more and more away from the east.we will reach west first and thus there is every possibility that we will reach at the place where Dhul Qarnain viewed sun setting in the west.