– Kwenye iwebhusayithi, kuthiwa umbhali-mlando uJosephus wabhala ukuthi amaScythian ayenguMagog/Mecüc, futhi ukuthi amaScythian ayesehambele ukuyophanga amaMedes ngesikhathi sika-Alexander Omkhulu.
“umnyango wensimbi”
Uchaza izinhlelo zakhe zokudlula endaweni evaliwe. Abanye, ngalokhu, bathi uZulqarnain kwiSurah al-Kahf ngu-Alexander Omkhulu, kodwa u-Alexander Omkhulu akahlangabezani nezimfuneko ezise-Quran, futhi lezi zinganekwane zangena kwi-Quran.
– Ngicela uchaze, kungenzeka yini ukuthi kube khona ukufana okungaka; kungani kukhona isango lensimbi kuzo zombili?
Mthandiwe, mzalwane wethu,
– Okokuqala, ake sisho ukuthi,
Kuyinto eyinqaba ngempela ukuthi umuntu angakholwa ngokushesha indaba engakafakazelwa ukuthi iyinyani, ayibone ku-inthanethi, okuyindawo eyaziwa ngokuba yindawo egcwele ulwazi olungcolile. Asikwazi ukubonisa ukubekezela okufanayo ngisho naku-Quran, okusekelwa yizinkulungwane zobufakazi obubonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona.
– Okwesibili,
Nakuba kukhona abanye abahlaziyi abathi uZulkarnain ngu-Alexander Omkhulu, kodwa leli hulumeni alikwamukelwa yizazi eziningi. Phakathi kwazo, umbono kaBediüzzaman, omunye wezazi ezinkulu zamaSulumane zekhulu lethu, uthi:
“Ngokwesitatimende sabaphenyi, kokubili
Ngokwesibonakaliso sesihloko esithi Zülkarneyn, uZülyezen, omunye wamakhosi aseYemen.
njengokuthi
“zu”
ngoba kukhona amagama aqala ngegama elithi
UZulqarnain akasiye u-Alexander waseRum.
Mhlawumbe ngomunye wamakhosi aseYemen,
Waye ekhona ngesikhathi sikaMprofethi u-Ibrahim futhi wafundiswa nguMprofethi u-Khidr.”
“U-Alexander waseRumeli”
Yena, wafika cishe eminyakeni engamakhulu amathathu ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu, wafundiswa ngu-Aristotle. Umlando wesintu uya eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezintathu.”“Lolu hlobo lwendlela yokubuka umlando oluyisiphongo nolufushane alukwazi ukwahlulela ngokufanele ngaphambi kwesikhathi sika-Hazret-i İbrahim. Noma luyizinkolelo-ze, noma luyaphika, noma lufushane kakhulu.”
(Lem’alar, ikhasi 108)
– Embuzweni
“Kungenzeka yini ukuthi kube khona ukufana okungaka?”
Impendulo yombuzo othi, “Kanjani?”, izovela kuBediüzzaman Hazretleri. Siyethula ngamafuphi:
“Kunezizathu ezimbili ezenza uZulkarnain, omunye wamakhosi aseYemen, adume ngelika-Alexander ezincazelweni kusukela davini:
“Okokuqala:
Lona ngomunye wamakhosi aseYemen owakha uDonga Olukhulu lwaseShayina.
Zulqarnain
‘inye igama elithi Iskander. Kukhona izincazelo ezimbiza ngaleli gama. Kodwa lo muntu waziwa kakhulu njengenkosi yaseMakedoniya phakathi kuka-336 no-323 BC.
U-Alexander waseGreece (U-Alexander waseRum)
cha, wayephila ngaphambi kwakhe kakhulu
U-Alexander Omkhulu waseYemen
Yilowo, ngu-Alexander omdala.”
“Okwesibili:
Ngakho-ke, isizathu sesibili sokusetshenziswa kwegama elithi Iskender ekuchazeni uZulkarnain yilesi: Izigameko ezithile ezishiwo emavesini e-Quran ziyizinkomba zezigameko ezahlukene ezenzeke emlandweni. Lapho i-Quran ikhuluma ngesigameko esithile, ibuye ibhekisele nasezigamekweni ezifanayo. Ngoba ukuziphinda komlando kusekulokhu.“Ngokuvumelana nalokhu,
Zulqarnain
okanye omunye wamakhosi aseYemen
U-Alexander Omkhulu
ngokufundiswa kwakhe okuprofethayo (izifundo zobuprofethi azithola kumprofethi onjengo-Ibrahim), waba ngumuntu odumile phakathi kwezizwe ezizenzakalisa kanye nezizwe ezihluphekile – ngendlela yokuvimbela ukuhlasela kwabantu abanobudlova.
Uthango lwaseShayina
njengoba nje ayekha;
U-Alexander waseRumelia
Njengoba kwenza abanqobi abaningi namakhosi anamandla, nabo balingisa u-Alexander Omkhulu, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Zulqarnain, nabo bakha izinqaba ezinkulu ezifana nezintaba ezindaweni ezahlukene zomhlaba ukuze bavikele izizwe ezicindezelwe ebubheni babacindezeli.”“Ngisho nabanye abaprofethi nabanye abaholi abakhulu, abangamakhosi nabasultani bomhlaba wemoya, njengalabo makhosi nabaholi abanamandla emhlabeni, nabo balandela indlela kaZulkarnain emkhakheni wemoya nasekufundiseni, bakha izindonga phakathi kwezintaba, bese bakha izinqaba ezintabeni, njengoba kwakuyizindlela ezibalulekile zokukhulula abacindezelweyo kubacindezeli. Lokhu bakwenza ngamandla abo angokwenyama noma ngokuqondisa nangokuhlakanipha kwabo.”
(Lem’alar, 108-109)
Ngiyabingelela ngithandazela…
UbuSulumane Ngemibuzo
