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Dhul-Qarnayn
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Dhul-Qarnayn
The two accounts at a glance
Bible
World English BibleNo direct Bible account
The Bible contains no Dhul-Qarnayn journey and barrier narrative.
Qur'an
Sahih InternationalDhul-Qarnayn journeys west, where he finds the sun [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, then east and between two mountains, where he builds a barrier against Gog and Magog.
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8 documented comparison points
Dhul-Qarnayn is not named in the Bible and has no direct biblical narrative. This ledger records the complete Qur'anic journeys and wall episode without equating him with a biblical king. Labels use one standard: agreement means both texts state the point; additional detail means one adds a non-conflicting detail; omission means one is silent; ambiguity means an identity or meaning is not explicit; contradiction means both texts state mutually exclusive claims. Stylistic wording alone is not counted.
A direct biblical Dhul-Qarnayn account
No biblical person is called Dhul-Qarnayn, and no biblical narrative matches all three journeys and the iron barrier.
God recounts a figure called Dhul-Qarnayn, established on earth and given means, who travels west, east, and between two mountains.
The ruler's identity
Daniel names or symbolizes several empires and identifies Cyrus elsewhere, but does not identify any of them as Dhul-Qarnayn.
The ruler is titled Dhul-Qarnayn but receives no genealogy, homeland, or personal name. Identifications with Alexander, Cyrus, or others are interpretive.
The western journey and setting sun
No biblical narrative describes a figure finding the sun [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud.
Dhul-Qarnayn reaches the sun’s setting place and finds it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, near a people whom he may punish or treat kindly.
The eastern people without shelter
No biblical account describes a ruler reaching a people for whom God made no shelter from the rising sun.
He reaches the sun's rising place and finds a people with no shelter from it.
Gog and Magog in the present story
Ezekiel portrays Gog from Magog leading a future invasion defeated by God; Revelation places Gog and Magog in a final global rebellion.
Gog and Magog are destructive peoples already threatening a community behind the mountains, and Dhul-Qarnayn is asked to build a barrier.
The barrier's construction
Ezekiel and Revelation contain no iron-and-molten-copper wall built by a ruler to confine Gog and Magog.
Dhul-Qarnayn fills the mountain gap with blocks of iron, heats them, and pours molten copper over them.
The offer of payment
No community offers tribute to a biblical ruler for a Gog-Magog barrier.
The people offer payment, but Dhul-Qarnayn refuses, saying God's provision is better and asking for labor instead.
The barrier's future end
Biblical Gog and Magog are destroyed by divine judgment, not released by a man-made wall becoming level at an appointed promise.
The barrier remains impassable until God's promise, when God will make it level and Gog and Magog will surge forth.
What do both texts share?
No direct Bible account is identified for this topic. It is included so readers can distinguish a Qur'an-only narrative from a shared story.