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Originally Posted by mirage41  Yusuf Ali is not a scholar? |
Nope.
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The man translation is the most widespread [english translation of the] Quran in the world
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Doesn't negate the fact that he had no formal education in Islam and his commentary contains many errors.
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I would take the word of an Arabic-English professional that Dhul Qarnayn is Alexander the Great.
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As if the name "Alexander" is somehow hidden in the arabic language so that a translator would be able to decipher it! Speculating as to how Dhul-Qarnayn is can be done by someone who doesn't even know arabic; it has nothing to do with translation.
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Nearly all the evidence points to him being Alexander the Great.
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Such as?
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The greeks used the "two-horned one" and dhul qarnayn means two horned.
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This is the only simmilarity between the two accounts and because we know that the statement was a reference to territorial conquest, it could refer to a large number of historical figures.
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Ibn Ishaq wrote the Sira of the Prophet, he even regarded it as Alexander.
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And tell me what is the connection between the sirah of the Prophet and speculation as to who Dhul-Qarnayn is?
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Even Imam Al-Ghazali regarded the story to be Alexander.
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Imam Al-Ghazali specialized in worship; again, no connection to speculating about Dhul-Qarnayn.
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Nearly all of the Medieval Islamic scholar (during Islam's so called 'golden' age) regarded as Alexander the Great!
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First, you can only mention three names (one being a modern translator) and you expect me to believe that it was nearly all medieval Islamic scholars??? Secondly, personal opinion is personal opinion. It has no impact on the Qur'an because it is not decisive evidence.
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How much more evidence do you need?
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You haven't provided any. Provide me a statment from the Prophet that Dhul-Qarnayn is Alexander the Great, otherwise your wasting your time.
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It seems that suddenly in the 20th century all the Muslims after learning the facts about Alexanders, "suddenly" changed their mind to 'interpret' dhul qarnayn as someone else. Rather disingenuous dont you think?
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Not really. If someone who didn't know much about the history of Alexander the great speculates that he could be Dhul-Qarnayn, why shouldn't those who do more research in this area correct such speculation?
And the link remains that refutes your comments:
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Qur.../BBhorned.html