Dhul Qarnain--Ruler Of The East And The West: The Great Voyage Of The Ruler Of The East And West

Dhul Qarnain's possible route

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.

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In this post we will keep our attention focused on the possible route of Dhul Qarnain

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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).

Our taskFind 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.

The popular and more acceptable route these days.The believers of this idea are of the view that his first leg of

journey ended in Maldives.Maldives is the setting place of the sun where he found people.......From Maldives he moved ahead and then reached Kiribati Islands.(The rising place of the Sun).Here in Kiribati Islands he found the Sun rising on the people for whom We (Allah)had appointed no shelter there from.

Do you think this is acceptable?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?

Now what is my theory?

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

Here is one more by Hassan ibn Thabit
Thanks wikipedia

Ours the realm of Dhu 'l-Qarnayn the glorious
Realm like his was never won by mortal king.
"Followed "he the Sun" to view its setting
When it sank into the somber ocean-spring;
Up he clomb to see it rise at morning,
From within its Mansions when the East it fired;
All day long the "horizons" led him "onward",
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.

Now the question is where is such a point/place? 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.
2.Against the sun. Our faces will be towards the