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As much as I love your videos, I think it would be better if you guys could work on the correct pronunciation of the foreign names such as Dhul Qarnayn
"Zulqurnain" King of media and parsa ,alexander didnt ever build a wall nor he was kind hearted to correct yourself you idiot zulqurnain or dhulqurnain was cyrus of persia get some knowledge
Through an Action, a Man becomes a Hero. Through Death, a Hero becomes Legend. Through Time, a Legend becomes Myth. Through hearing a Myth, a Man takes an Action.
Makedonia was colder than Israel, therefore Alexander was more likely cooler than Jesus, but everyone has a different opinion on whom would live in a colder area in history... lol
In Persian there is a proverb that states "Sekandar zamin-o zaman ra gereft be zur, ba yek moshte khali raft be gur", which roughly translates as Alexander conquered all the lands and the time forcefully but went to the grave empty handed. This proverb is usually used when one wants to state the importance of humility and the inevitability of death no matter how rich or great u become.
The man was offered mounted axe-wielding female warriors by a satrap in present-day Azerbaijan and even though they were fierce and skilled he didn’t want to risk losing them or having them get captured so kept them as rear guard and married them off to elite Companion cavalry to create the next generation of elite horse-mounted warriors. Despite burning too bright and too briefly, his long term, multigenerational thinking and respect for his former enemies/cultural multiplicity is truly inspiring.
Alexander is not great. He is just a blood thirsty dictator that slaughtered thousands in his conquest. Same as Genghis Khan whom the West call a brutal dictator. If Alexander is great, then Genghis Khan is greater. This is clearly white washing his massacres. A dictator in the West is called great but a dictator in non Western countries are called evil. Just as they glorify Columbus.
Yes there is some debate about dhul qarnyan. Some believe he is cyrus the great, founder of the achamaenid empire, but most scholars beleive he is alexander the great
Well we don't know what really happened but there is a possibility that he had changed his religion given that he ruled over jews for quite a bit and jews had no complains regarding him
Dhul-Qarnayn, translated as "the possessor of the two horns," whilst Alexander the Great has no symbolic possession of a two horns otherwise it will be written in histories or engraved in his statue, Furthermore Dhul-Qarnayn was very respected never feared nor disliked by his people including his army for he was righteous rewarding those who does good and just punishing those who does evil but Alexander was betrayed by some of his generals and his army mutinied once thus gave a great speech recorded in history although what he said was unknown it deeply affected his army leading to an emotional apology to alexander. Also the very important difference is that Dhul-Qarnayn was worshiping only one God while Alexander was worshiping Idols and this is very important for he is mentioned in the Quran as a Muslim a person who submitted his will to only one God. Thus, Dhul-Qarnayn Can not be Alexander the Great both are great conquerors but not the same people so this is a very weak theory. Although, some scientists believes that he might be King Cyrus who is also mentioned in the Jewish scripturas as he is the one conquered Babylon and freed the Israelites and they praised this man who his name is Cyrus He used to worship only one God; Believe in only one God and was a righteous man. King Cyrus was also a great conqueror rather he conquered it before Alexander the Great and the world was open to him. Finally, Dhul-Qarnayn might have been King Cyrus or someone else entirely. Apologies for my bad English and this is only to correct the misconception that Alexander the Great is Dhul-Qarnayn for he isn't. both are great conquerors but not the same person.
I've heard some people think Alexander was Dhul-Quarnain. Because his enemies claimed he had two horns under his thick, curly hair? Your English is excellent by the way.🙂
When Alexander entered Egypt and Alexandria, the tetradrachms was done with Alexander's face with the horns of the god Amun which, in fact, had 2 horns.
Mythic Alexander: I will travel to India to seek knowledge, show my piety, and engage wise men in philosophical debates. Real Alexander: Bro what if we kept going east and never stopped
@engosama design dude,this was in no way attacking Islam since early Muslim scholars also hypothesized that they're the same person,also you're the one spreading hate and misinformation about the channel,you also admitted that you judged the channel without watching the video,it just shows how much of an idiot you are,also why assumr he's Christian out of nowhere?you just seem like the type of person to blame everything bad in your country on people you don't like
"Your grace, we have conquered enough territory and captured enough treasure to rule over a stable and prosperous empire. There is no need to go further." "Cool, but India has elephants and I want to ride one there."
Don't be too depressed, Alexander carried his thousands of bara troupe with him for a live OnlyFans. And he can only do what he did because he continues what his father was already planning to do.
There already are a few really good series on them (bazbattles, epic history tv, etc), but I’d definitely understand if you’d want one in their (amazing) style
That's the truth & everything they quoted in the video is in some Islamic books. Perhaps some are afraid that these types of legends found ways into scripture
Over 2000 years later and his military strategies are still being taught, battles still being studied and the legend is known throughout the world. Truly is The Great.
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
Maybe hes still here maybe he found the fountain and was told to never tell anyone about it and he could never remain a king after that. Main reason why no one to this day knows where hes buried.
@@saajidrasheed8707 who is your great-grandfather? No one remembers him and no one will remember you 100 years after you die. Alexander the Great is still remembered after thousands of years.
@@petert802 he never mentioned about me though. Why you adding own spices to the conversation. Truth cannot be changed. Yes Alexander has a name but what has he really achieved? He has no legacy. Only two small states of Greek and Mecodonia remains.
@@jamescawl6904 I don't even know my great - grandfather. Unlike yours we ain't had any education in those times in Maldives 🇲🇻. Just people were religiously educated. They don't had nothing, but they knew how to survive in the most unsuitable and harsh environments. They were great sea men's. They build boats ( search Maldivian Dhoni ). They made sails out of palm leaves. They build a civilization out of nothing in small islands. So yea they might not be great as Alexander. They are still something. Also I don't have any hate for Alexander. It's just that the way he said it. The fact is we all will perish in this world and one day world will end.
Well, except by those who always focus on the fact that to be called great, you need to break an apportionate number of proverbial eggs. Or, like me, who point out that Alexander takes a lot of credit for his father's achievements.
@UCihLgNfBg5hQxud30rxhl4g the whole human history is full of occupation and oppression we cant just go on one guy alexander even used to help poor lost land tribes in his asian campaigns
@@ricky-sanchez ye, influencing million people, spreading theaters, libraries, roads and bridges around the world, be one of the best general of the History
@@psypsynos That kid Ricky is all over the comment section trying to spread hate over Alexander. Seems he gets butthurt whenever he hears about anything related to Europe, lol.
As a Muslim I respectfully disagree. Dhul Qarnayn literally means "two horns", Islamic Scholars think him of Cyrus the Great as he indeed did possess the two-horned ram, gave favorable laws to the Jews at the time and was a follower of Zarathushtra's teaching; a monotheistic religion at the time. Historicity gives much more support to Cyrus the Great in these regards.
As a Christian I have to agree with you. Persia is symbolized as a two horned ram in the book of Daniel. Cyrus the great having been it's greatest ruler.
Yeah, I found it weird that they would consider Alexander a follower of God considering he was widely regarded to be pagan. Cyrus makes more sense since Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion and the Jews are already known to hold the Persians in high regard.
@@thomaswilson3827 Exactly, it wouldn't make sense for Monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity,Judaism) to give religious support to a pagan over a monotheist. Also the Jews gave their support to Cyrus the Great historically speaking and spoke very favorably of him in their scripture.
@@jeffreycarroll1632 Also, Cyrus the Great liberated the Jews from Babylonion captivity, resettling them and allowing them to rebuild Jerusalem. Would this not prove Cyrus the Great's support for Monotheism and give him the honors of favorable mention in the scriptures?
@Yolo Swaggins That could also be the case. Main point is that Cyrus the Great actually liberated the Jews from Babylon and allowed them to settle in Jerusalem again after such a long time. He did a lot for the monotheistic religions at the time and was directly mentioned in the Torah favorably. I do agree Alexander the Great has been romanticised extensively in most cultures, though the title of "Two Horns" ( Dhul Qarnayn) would probably be a weak argument from a historicitical point of view as compared to Cyrus the Great.
@@236jad it’s copypasta. I’ve seen it in many places. He needs to understand mistakes can be made and secular authors often have different interpretations as Islamic sources are very challenging
this guy is soo confused; It's just pure suppositions from a story teller, dragons?! loool he mixed it so bad trying to discredit the Qur'an..God said "And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples." No one really know the real story of Alexander & no one have a single solid evidence that Alexander is Dhul Quarnayn.
One day Alexander went in person to Diogenes; and he found him lying in the sun. Diogenes raised himself up a little when he saw so many people coming towards him, and fixed his eyes upon Alexander. And when that monarch addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, "Yes," said Diogenes, "stand a little out of my sun."
If his father had not gotten drunk and raped a boy, and therefore not been assassinated, then we would be hailing Philip the Great. Alexander got lucky. He was not the one who developed the army, the strategy nor the tax base.
The dislikes are from Darius the third and his persian homeboys. Edit: this video fails to mention the fact that Alexander was not a good figure in persia. Both in shahname of ferdowsi and in zoroastrianism. It's been said he burnt the old avesta containing 815 seasons. What was left of avesta was actually copies in other cities that was ordered by vologases of parthia to be collected and the resulting version ended up being 348 seasons. And clearly by reading poems of shahnameh one can understand that ferdowsi wasn't happy about Alexander having three Persian wives. "ببستند آذین به شهر اندرون لبان پر ز خنده دلان پر ز خون" This is a couplet referring to the marriage of Alexander and roxana which I made a cheap translation of it: They ornamented the city as celebration While lips smiling, hearts full of blood.
@Ariyan Eighty Thu Alqarnain is in the Quran referring to Alexander the Great which means “ the man of Two horns “ But in Arabic Thu also means person from The place which could be Two horns also he owns a tool consists of two horns.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 ALEXANDER NEVER LOST THE BATTLE. ANYONE LOVE HIM AND YOU HAVE MANY CITIES BY HIS NAME ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT KANDAHAR - IS KANDAHAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND MORE.
The figure in Qur'an (Dhu Al Qarnayn) literally translated as (The one with the 2 horns) weren't Alexander or Cyrus and most likely believed that he came along time before them.
Agree, it is more ancient...he was the king of the world right after nimrod My hypothesis he was fereydoun, legend king in shanameh. His vazir is khidr - known as melchizedek in judaism tradition - They both live in time of Abraham, and i think he is elamite
And I’m pretty sure Alexander the Great was a polytheist, while Dhul Qarnayn might have been a Prophet but we don’t know that for sure, but we do know he was a pious Muslim and helped build the walls against Yajuj And Majuj.
@@Janibek35 that's the reason we preserve history, brother. So that none of it may be forgotten. For even the worst part of history always contain one grain of lesson in it.
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 no, the greatest influencer is man itself. If nobody followed muhammad or jesus, there will be no islam or christians. It all comes down the the individuals of humanity
@VAIBHAV LOHITASHV yep, the power comes from individuals that choose to follow an individual. One man alone cant do much without followers, and followers who cant find someone to follow/lead them wont progress.
We have no clear knowledge of who Dhul Qarnayn was. Most of Muslim scholars disagree on Dhul Qarnayn being Alexander, since he was a Polytheist and claimed himself to be a God, whilst in the Quran Dhul Qarnayn worships only one god. So the scholars agree that the best claim to Dhul Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great
@engosama design Noone will unsubscribe from this channel just because you called them "hatred ignorant extremist christian". You must be delusional. lol
@engosama design I never liked this channel it is the definition of a shit hole there is a channel much better than it called History Marche but i don’t know why I dislike it is it because it’s content which suits people who live in a fantasy world far away from historical accuracy or the painfully annoying voice of the narrator that is supposed to be for anime episodes not historical videos
@engosama design WELL SAID . HE EVEN SAID THAT ALEXANDER FAME SPREAD AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND MADE IT INTO QURAN WHEREAS THE HOLY QURAN WAS COMPLETED LONG BEFORE THE MUSLIM CONQUEST
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
The majority of Islamic scholars said that Dhu Elqarnin in the our holly book (Quran) can by no means be compared to Alexander cuz Alexander was a pegan who worshiped multiple gods while Dhu El-qarnein was a monotheistic king who worshiped Allah the one true God
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
That legend of the dragon in Abyssinia could have been inspired by the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda(the lady he rescued from a dragon) -this story was also located in Abyssinia also known as Ethiopia.
I am a Muslim Egyptian, and I follow your channel for long time, The Qur'an mentioned the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn that's true but no one know for sure who is really he, some say it "might" be Alexander the Great but no one knows for sure it's all only oppinons, And for the place of this story it's also an oppinon no one know for sure, But from the story we can have some clues for the place like he reached a place that when he was standing there while the sun was setting it appeared to him that the sun is setting in a spring of murky water, so some said that he might was at the cacusus mountains and this water might be the black sea So All of this is only oppinons but the story in the Qur'an didn't mention it's name or the place name
Actually, some people believe that Dhul Qarnayn was Cyrus the Great, or Darius. It would make more sense to include them since, unlike Alexander, they were Monotheistic.
@@kuroazrem5376 Muslims don't consider Zoroastrianism as monotheistic your Quran and swahabah call them Fire Worshippers it doesn't mention their God I'll like to see how you're going to go against your Quran
@@eons8941 first of all, I'm not Muslim. Second of all, Zoroastrians were considered dhimmi, or protected people, which was a title only people Muslims considered followers of revealed religions had
Alexander was idol-worshipper. Dulqar nain was mentioned in Quran as monotheist. Alexander cant be Dulqar nain. May be its Cyrus the great or Oghuz Khan(the father of oghuz turk)
Cyrus is not mentioned. Dhulqarnain is. We don't know who he is. He might be Cyrus, but for all we know, he might be somebody modern history doesn't even know of.
Great Video guys, however just a minor correction : There is no consensus among Islamic scholars as to who the actual identity of who "Dhu Al Qarnain" was, Alexander is one of the ones whom historians have suggested that maybe the former, but others dispute it, as Alexander was not a monotheistic believer and by Islamic traditions would be considered a pagan, hence why other scholars dispute the claim. Another well done video, though.
"Both things is he: both a goodly king and a mighty warrior" (Homer Iliad 3.179) According to Moralia 331C, Alexander judged this verse to be the greatest of all.
@@KingsandGenerals Why don't you make any more videos about Cyrus the Great in different inscriptions? So far, you have made more than 12 videos of Alexander and only 1 video of Cyrus, while videos about the character of Cyrus can be much more than just one! Example: - Cyrus in the Bible - Cyrus in Cyropedia - Cyrus in the Shahnameh under the name of Kay Khosrow - Cyrus cylinder - Dr.Llloyd llewellyn Jones's interesting theory of the similarity between the story of Zal and Cyrus in myth - Cyrus' interest in gardening and Paradise of Pasargad -The battle of Pasargad and the important role of Persian women in this battle on side of Cyrus the great -General Pantea Arteshbod, the female general of Cyrus and the organizer of the Immortals for the first time -interesting information about his nomadic lifestyle (of Cyrus the great) and the uniqueness of his appearance in ancient times - his cultural impact in modern society and human rights, and more.....
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
He is not mentioned in the Noble Quran, zulqarnain is someone who is a monotheist, believed in in one God, ie a Muslim, probably few thousand years before Alexander.
Well, myths get changed over time and new religions have always tried to change and integrate older myths and tales to add their fame to the new religion.
@@olenickel6013 Islam isn't/wasn't a new religion. And he's right, Zulqarnain is not Alexander, in fact this is for the first time I have heard someone saying Zulqarnain is Alexander, you won't find it any translations.
Back then, no one was a monotheist except the jews ofc. I have not heard that he was a monothiest. My guess is that dul qarnayn was either alexander the great or cyrus the great, boh of whom were polythiests
He was very rare and unique, and transform our present time over 2000 years ago. He might have been a good or a bad person but there is no doubt that he solely did the ground base work for the world that we live in today. Alexander you are more than great, u were divine.
ALL THESE CONQUERORS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO SPREAD OUT TO THE WORLD AND EXPAND THE DIVINE PURPOSE OF CONNECTING HUMANS IN ALL THE DIVERSE REGIONS SO THAT THEY ALL ACHIEVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CIVILIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS... Whether he be ZULKARNAIN OR ALEXANDER their role in mankinds progress is to ensure all humans know what is going on in the other diverse parts of earth. Without such characters we all remain aborigines locked in the cave age livelihoods. GOD CREATED THOSE CHARACTERS TO ENSURE COMMUNICATION AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE LANDS OF EARTH WHERE HUMANS LIVE AND BREED.. SO THAT BY TODAY WE HAVE MORE OR LESS UNIFORMITY IN THE WAYS OF OUR RESPECTIVE CIVILIZATIONS. SO whoever Alexander or Zulkarnain was...both have same role to play ie let human learn and be civilized at uniform standards OR THERE WILL BE PEOPLE STILL IN STONE AGE WHEN CERTAIN OTHERS HAVE REACHED THE NUCLEAR AND INTERNET AGE...
Most of if not all the credit goes to Alexander's father, Philip II who built a great well organized powerful army and his son inherited it. He is certainly great, but there are many greater figures throughout history that him.
The man who was mentioned in the Holy Quran who seemed to be Alexander was a king who treat other nations with justice and believe in the one divine god And his title in the holy Quran is ( the man with the two horns ) ( Thul Qar nayn ) ( ذو القرنين ) And it is very close to be Cyrus the great ( the first Achaemenid king ) First because Alexander was a pagan Second because he was know that he killed lots of civilians in his invasion Thirdly and most importantly: the infidels of Mecca were trying to disprove the prophecy of prophet Muhammad PBUH , And they went to the some Jews to know how they could do it The Jews told them to ask Muhammad ( PBUH ) 3 questions One of those questions was about a the man with the two horns ( his story , etc...) And Cyrus the great was a king wearing a crown that have two horns and known to the Jews
@MU'TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة يا اخ تكلم معي بالعربي من البدايه دام انا الاثنين نعرف عربي فكرة ان ذو القرنين هو كوراش الكبير المؤسس الاول للامبراطورية الاخمينية الفارسيه هو اجتهاد انا شاهدته و سمعته من عمر ذيبان اعتقد ان مسلم من الهند هو من بدأ بهذا البحث استخدم في هذا البحث علاقة اليهود الذين كانوا يعرفوا ذو القرنين بأنه ملك ساد الارض وبأنه كان يرتدي تاج عليه قرنين وبأنه لم يكن وثنيا مثلما كان الاسكندر المقدوني و يبقى هذا مجرد اجتهاد يحتمل الصواب والخطأ احببت انا ان اسمع عنه فائدته هو تعلم وسماع و تدبر احاديث وايات مختلفه و جديده من القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية و تبقى القصص في القرآن الكريم كما سمعت انا الشيخ نبيل العوضي هو لاخذ للحكمه والعبر منها
All I'm saying is that when Alexander's Wall is finally destroyed signaling the beginning of the Apocalypse, the 'Attack on Titan' theme song had better start playing.
@@leeseman Dhulqarnayn was just a title, Cyrus may have not been mentioned by name in the Quran, but if you do your research you will find Cyrus to be dhulqarnayn. The rabbis of Medina wanted to question Muhammad (pbuh) to see if he really was a prophet. One of the questions they asked was about the 2 horned great traveller which according to their scriptures was Cyrus the great. This is when Allah revealed the last part of surah kahf and Muhammad (pbuh) told the story of dhulqarnayn.
Didn’t they cite that Alexander found the edge of the world and that the sun sets in a puddle of mud? I wonder how Muslims still believe the Koran is 100 percent accurate....it’s mind boggling
This video is complete bullshit , dont believe what this atheist channel trying twist the dhul qurnan thing . The whole point of dhul qurnan is that we arnt supposed to know who he is . And All the historical comparisons are just theory's with no proof at all . Infact tha dhul qurnan has more links to cyrus the great than alexander lmao
if you read the Quran you would have known that it is describing the scene in front (from first person point of view) of him like watching the sun setting in the sea in a coastal city during the sunset
And by the way if your allegation is true then we would have found that early muslim scholar interpreting this verse as your allegation(since they didn't know the true size of the sun) which is not true they interpreted the verse as I described
This video sums up everything I used to search and read. However, I’d like to mention few mispronunciation of words. Dhu Al-Qarnayn is not pronounced like how its spelled. It is an Arabic word and pronounced as Zulkarnanin/Zulqarnain and at 11:23, Iskandar/Sikandar is a Persian word, pronounced as Sikandar (See-kan-der), which means the great king. Thankyou.
@@orhunta Macedonians are Greeks. Alexander was Greek. Macedonia is a Greek kingdom and Alexander was the king of all Greeks. Wtf are u talking about learn some history and geography
@@ahmedibrahim9082 Cyrus, Dhul Qarnain was most probably pre historic figure, cause Alexander definitely doesn't match his personality, not does Cyrus, although Cyrus is more similar
@@umaransari9765 Cyrus isn't pagan fully..... Some says he was Moses follower...... Kinda like Jew The reason why he let Jews to be in Jerusalem again!!
@@saifaladwan9321 backward middle eastern always calling non muslim as pagan as if islam is the superior religion even though we're already in the 21st century.
This was a great video. Thank you. Alexander truly deserves the title "Great". Just last year I read an Islamic book on the Stories of the Prophets (compiled by Hajjah Amina Adil) which had an entire chapter on Alexander the Great. It's content was quite similar to the video including the story of the dragon, and all sorts of strange encounters like the Amazonian women ruled by their queen. Alexander missed the fountain of youth but Khidr and the Prophet Elias found it and they drank of it. As for his religion it was said that he followed the religion of Abraham and was advised throughout his life by his master Aristotle. The book also mentioned that Oğuz Han is Alexander(or Dhul Qarnayn of the Quran). And Gog and Magog according to the book are a tribe descendants of the son of Noah - Japeth.
Greetings, Daryl S. I am currently searching for people to join a Discord server reserved for those who love Alexander. Let me know if you are interested. "Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters."
Could you do a series on the Assyrian missionaries during the dark ages or the Assyrian universities/scholars during the Middle Ages that helped Byzantium and Arabian empires?
@engosama design There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
@Anonymous nice hahahaha Ok u are fake u are not who u are. Its so ez to be idiot and just say no ur not. Man we are assyrians from north Assyria(hakkari nowdays) after the fall of. Assyria 600 b.c many assyrians fled to mountins in hakkari. We have same history and launguge and tradiotions and clothes and music and hats and faces and beards like the old assyrians
And Cleopatra was Geek yet most people today think she was actually Egyptian... There's a difference between story and reality. Mate, the Quoran was written hundreds of years after Alexander died and multiple empires took over and changed the story,, and this story is basically taken from Iranian or Jewish writings and their view based on Alexanders propaganda, so don't expect actual truth... Just cos the real Alexander was a pagan doesn't mean he's not the person who inspired the Shul story... It hundreds of years of the story passed down up until the point you only have fables.
@@lovinmclovin5290 listen their is no scholar of islam that ever said it was alexander the quran only recognizes monotheistic individuals and the Quran denounces pagans past and present and it outright calls them nonbelievers and enemies of Allah and alexander was exactly that and if you want to disagree then provide your evidence from our books
@@lovinmclovin5290 who told you the Quran is based on jewish or iranian writings? It simply is not and remains unchanged to this day. Looks like you're the one who needs to get his facts checked. The Quran was not written by a man or inspired by any dumb book! But Rather it is a revelation from God (Allah). You can keep throwing non sense and spewing wrong facts as much as you want, but that will not change historical facts and reality. You're just another ignorant fella in a sea of ignorant people spreading ideas and opinions they think are correct or must be correct. Please next time keep things you based on formed opinions to yourself and don't use them as facts.
@@moeb9561 He can't provide anything from our books!! because he simply didn't read them! He is just another dude who reads what enemies of islam say about it and then regards their sayings as facts, instead of reading about islam itself rather then about what its enemies think of it.
@Rational Islam no he wasn't, give clues from the Sunna of the Prophet pbuh and the Sunna of his Sahaba and Tabi'on to back up your claim. And the Mutazila aren't the early muslims, and don't even follow the ways of the early muslims nor even the ways of the prophet pbuh! They're just a sect that sprouted out of the followers of Jahm bin Safwan, and adopted later on some notions of greek philosophy, now is that what the early muslims such the Sahaba followed?
Sassanid Persians: From my point of view, Alexander the Roman is an evil conqueror from Hell! Abbasid Persians: From my point of view, Alexander the Great is the righteous king sent by God! By the way, can you do a video about Oz Beg Khan, please?
@@seekeroftruth5389 Well, the caliphate has more than just Arabs for its citizens and that included the peoples like Persians as well. Besides, the Abbasid elites adopted many of the Sassanid Persian customs and traditions.
Hey kings and generals, I'm not Greek but I was wondering if you could do the Greek war of independence given the 200th anniversary is coming up next year as it would be the perfect time to explain another underrated part of history unknown to us foreigners. It would also pay respect to present day Greece.
The description of the man Dhul Qarnayn in the very few passages of Qur'an makes it quite clear that this can not be the same man as Alexander. The narrative of Alexander from any other sources does not have any similarities to Dhul Quarnayn from what we know from Qur'an.
The believe of Dhul Qurnayn is said to be prehistoric. Dhul Quarnayn was said to a strict monotheist. Alexander was a Polytheist which would contradict many Muslim ideology and beliefs. Some Muslim believe that he is Darius the Great or Cyrus. Most Muslim choose not to know who he is. On a side note the person that mentioned Alexander the Great was Abdul Yusuf Ali who wasn’t really good at Arabic and some scholars mention that he took credit from others.
@Odaenathus well, considering quran and hadith, it is still doubtful if it is Alexander either. Although yes the name has a reminescent translation of it. As hadith and/or other islamic representation called him "Iskandar" which is the arabic translation of Alexander. Example being Alexandria in Egypt it is called "Iskandariyyah" in arabic
Man you have been fooled!! Ask any muslim, there is no such thing as Alexander in the Quran. This guy is telling you fake stories and you all falll for it!
Jesus is David's grandson. If the Koran says that David's line is the legitimate master of the world, then Jesus is too. Even a book written 200 years after the events about a "prophet" that never prophesied and a "peaceful religion" that wants to wipe out anyone that disagrees with it has to be held accountable for its words. Jesus is the undisputed master of the world. Righteous King in a line that stretches back to David. Thanks for making this one easy.
@@zachfox5969 by Undisputed master of world I meant they he ruled every corner of world, and Jesus and David lived near 1000 years apart how is Jesus his grandson
In Javanese shadow puppetry and legends, a play that was frequently performed and talked about was Baron Sekender, (pronounced BA-rohn Suhkenthuhr for American and English speaking people) a Javanese rendition of Islamic Alexander the Great. It was only in 2020 that this story is brought on the stage again through an online performance following Covid-19 safety protocols.
Hi im an arab from city of alexandratte, the city which Alexander found, we have our own religious sect here, still islam but different in many aspects, we see Alexander as a prophet.
Very interesting and thorough video. I just have one question. When are you guys going to do a video on the man Alexander the Great admired? Cyrus the Great.
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
YES...VERY ENLIGHTENING IF YOU CAN PRODUCE VIDEOS SEPARATELY ON ALL THE CO- RELATED HISTORICAL GREATS: ie CYRUS, OGHUS KHAN, ZULKARNAIN, AND ALL THE REST YOU MENTION APPEARING IN THE HISTORY OF OTHER TRIBES AND NATIONS.
One of the most prominent polish legends, originating from Middle Ages, is the legend of a shoemaker from Kraków, which used to be tormented by a dragon living in a cave under Wawel hill, which later became the royal seat of polish kings. Anyway, anyone who'd be able to defeat the dragon would get the princess and kingdom. The brave shoemaker filled the dummy of a sheep with sulphur, which made dragon so thirsty, he'd drink the water from river Vistula untill he just "popped". I wonder if this one, and the Alexander dragon story might be connected somehow!
Oh, my God. I have heard stories of Dhu-al-Qarnayn (Zulkarnain in our local speech) all through my childhood and never realized it was about him. This video was a wild, nostalgic connect-the-dots experience. Thank you so much for this!
This is incorrect Alexander the Great wasn’t Dhul Qarnayn it was likely Cyrus the Great as Alexander doesn’t match up to the stories of Dhul Qarnayn as he was a monotheist and Alexander was Polytheistic.
@TheGamingMelon what is good or bad? Define this first and prove it or else , you are no different to them Control is everywhere even when you try to escape from religion ... cause of the knowledge you have , it stops you from doing some deeds because that knowledge call it "bad" or told you to do a deeds by call it "good" and you choose your own "god" wether it is your will your heart , your ratio , your feelings , ideology , method , or even a men , in order to achieve the goal you believe are going to be achieved only by following that " god" You define control from the reality of religion that they try to distance themselves from the will of themselves... yet in the reality they choose to be religious , whatever you told them they wont going away from that And when you see that you just call them blinded or close minded... now look at you which of you and religious people is controlled ? Both .
@@williamwallace4080 wont happen ... the number of atheism is increasing yes ... but can you stop the increasing number of religion's follower? What is the danger of having religion in this world when you yourself cannot prove the extinction of human is just wrong? STUPID PEOPLE live happily just like you ( or you dont actually?)
@Tyler B #2 100million did not die due to the edicts of atheism though. Those perpetuating violence did not use atheism as the bases for their slaughter. They rejected religion yes eg: stalin but he didn't say "we must kill because there is no god" he just attempted to take religion out of the picture to further his dictatorship. Where as religions far and wide call for violence or intolerance within their mandates. I'm not saying humans would be better without religion, but at least the fallacy or purpose wouldn't be so clouded in mythos. It would hopefully be glaringly kept in reality. "We fight because we want that land" not "we fight because god wills it". Reality should be important.
@@thecharmingnavigator9946 every thought could used to do right things and bad things, religions is a thought , and the great benefit of it that it gives the Spiritual and psychological reassurance for human to overcome the bad situations, by patience, and trust in God, the creator will not Disappoint his believers in his justice, and there will be certainly a good compensation for man who do the right and dedicate his life to Benefit people ; as our prophet of Islam Mohammed said " The best people are the ones who benefits people " , the religion gives the answers for the human fate, creation, death, the purpose of the life, etc, but the atheism does not give any answer, they just erase these questions ! and please dont mix science with atheism by saying in future science will let us know, because my life is short, and I can`t gamble my destiny?????
it cant be alexander because he was a polythiest ( he referred to himself as son of zeus etc, much like greek mythology) and dul qarnayn believed in one god and lived much longer than alexander
@@MrIrrepressible You're misinforming the public here. The verse after Surah An-Najm (53:20) goes as follows: أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ (Sahih International) Is the male for you and for Him the female? -Surah An-Najm, Ayah 21 تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ (Sahih International) That, then, is an unjust division. -Surah An-Najm, Ayah 22 إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ (Sahih International) They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance. -Surah An-Najm, Ayah 23 I hope this clears all the misinformation regarding the Surah (53) that you were posting, and may Allah SWT guide you and all of us. Allah knows best.
@@MrIrrepressible Nope, if you actually read the life and times of Muhammad SAW (written and compiled by Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, which I recommend you learn through scholars for better understanding cause some events that happened requires context, usually taken from the Quran or Hadith), all his life he never worshipped anything other than one true God, which is Allah SWT. Even during his childhood he refuse to worship the idols. Also, in order to better understand the satanic verse (which I think you were refering in your 1st comment), you need to learn from the Muslim scholars for a better explanation and understanding on what did and did not happened during that night. Reason why I keep on urging you or any others to learn from a Muslim scholar is because these days there are a lot of misinformation about Islam, especially on the internet. So in order to learn about Islam, you ned to learn from a scholar of Islam for the most authentic and trustworthy source, not from some agenda driven site on the web. Allah knows best.
no one knows who dhul qarnayn is exactly, it's all guess work, we can't say "this king was dhul qarnayn", it's best to leave it Allah, and not make such claims since there's nothing that proves exactly who dhul qarnayn was.
The reason I personally think iskandar (arabic/persian name for alexander) is the figure in the quran called thu lqarnayn is because a "qarn" doesn't just mean "horn" it also means century or an age So he may be the one of 2 horns (maybe referring to his helmet) or the one of 2 ages which can be interpreted as "from west to east" (rings a bell)
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
@@digadzeva today's modern world is based on the principles Cyrus The Great and one is his creation of first Human rights and yeah alexander was maybe superstar but Cyrus The Great's principals is something all human beings follows and that makes him The Father of Mankind because everyone is doing what he said and did like a Father would say and do PEACE . SALAM
Unfortunately the information about what has been mentioned in islam here are incorrect. Dul kharnain was not mentioned in reference to alexander nor was it on his period of time as this was mentioned in Quran that he was accompanying prophet Mousa (Moses) which is way before alexander was even existing in the world. Also more of this yaajoujmajooj ( gog magog ). This is a belief in islam that at the end of time those creatures that we call Yaajoujmajooj will actually plague the earth and it’s said that they will come in large numbers devouring all on their way as they walk through the sea their first line will walk and their second line will find it dry as a desert. And what dul kharnain has done is prevent them from devouring the land at that time. But in our islamic belief we know that there will be a day for them to successfully break through at the end of time.
What? I don't think this is the right consensus in Islamic Scholar, yes a few opinions point to Alexander, but the consensus of most scholars is not pointing to Alenxander. I think this is a wrong representation on your part.
@@AndrewStamelakis To put Quran side by side with middle eastern myths in the the title is a bit sensitive, because muslim believe that there is no myths in the Quran. In the video, though ibn Sina is polymath, he is not authoritative for interpret the Quran, those who capable is such as atthobari, ibn katsir, imam bukhari, imam syafi'i etc. It's diffrent science al together.
First of all it is utterly impossible for any text prior to the industrial Revolution to not contain any myths at all. There is just no way for such texts from any religion to contain only truths since they were written by mere men in eras where everything was spread by rumors that changed the content of the story every time they told them. So... But anyway, the subject is Alexander not Quran. So I don't see how it's offensive... He didn't say that Quran is mythical. How can it even remotely be considered offensive, that's crazy
@@KosovanWarrior1 said the guy that thinks he's descendant from Illyria with no evidence whatsoever for what language they spoke their traditions and culture but when you have evidence that Makedonia spoke greek had the same traditions and culture's with the rest city states and kingdoms spread Hellenism as far as Afghanistan and India then it's just silly to say that they are slavs
@@adler9213 I'm speaking from the Islamic perspective which believes that ever since Adam came to this earth religion was established, and Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world
@@shawdexter1586 _Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world_ while also leaving zero evidence of him spreading the "Word of God" anywhere in the world. He must have been remarkably unsuccesful, given his power.
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 don't make a fool out of yourself entering a matter concerning muslims only and discussing islam that you know nothing about, we have nothing to prove, except destroying the lie that alexander was zulqarnain
@@shawdexter1586 If you make claims about human history, be prepared to have your claims judged on a scientific basis by historians, sporto 😛 If you claim, following Mohammed, that a king ruled over vast areas of the world - or even *all* the world (!) and lived according to Mohammeds ideas while "spreading" (i.e. proselytizing) them, then you should have evidence for that claim.
This one is a bit of a passion project, as we love how history and mythos often mirrored each other. Consider liking and sharing. Your comments are all read, even the mean ones. :-)
As much as I love your videos, I think it would be better if you guys could work on the correct pronunciation of the foreign names such as Dhul Qarnayn
it's just a speculation nothing is known for sure could be him or Cyrus or someone else entirely
you strangely do a Quran topic and you don't even know a word in arabic and still you made a 17 long video
Quran means another person
"Zulqurnain"
King of media and parsa ,alexander didnt ever build a wall nor he was kind hearted to correct yourself you idiot zulqurnain or dhulqurnain was cyrus of persia get some knowledge
Through an Action, a Man becomes a Hero.
Through Death, a Hero becomes Legend.
Through Time, a Legend becomes Myth.
Through hearing a Myth, a Man takes an Action.
Where did you get this from?
@@bjmdolal probably from a music vid, remember seeing that there.
@Mohammed Afraz that quote has been copy-pasted in A LOT of music videos, and that probably includes victory indeed.
Isn't this from danmachi?
Through a comment you become Socrates
Imagine being so cool you’re talked about over 2000 years later.
@@ramez5881 yeah Alexander is talked 2,350 years and without as much advertising.
People like that truly are immortal
Makedonia was colder than Israel, therefore Alexander was more likely cooler than Jesus, but everyone has a different opinion on whom would live in a colder area in history... lol
@@ramez5881 dumb jokes are meant to be dumb
@@ramez5881 I prefer Mohammed
In Persian there is a proverb that states "Sekandar zamin-o zaman ra gereft be zur, ba yek moshte khali raft be gur", which roughly translates as Alexander conquered all the lands and the time forcefully but went to the grave empty handed. This proverb is usually used when one wants to state the importance of humility and the inevitability of death no matter how rich or great u become.
It is also said in Pakistan
@@wanderingRebel69 But who said he wasn't humble?
@@seedo201 he also burnt down persopolis for avenging something that happened 200 yrs before him
@@wanderingRebel69 Wtf you talking about lol, humble? LMAO
But he will be remembered for thousand of years, that is what all leaders and conquerors wants.
The man was offered mounted axe-wielding female warriors by a satrap in present-day Azerbaijan and even though they were fierce and skilled he didn’t want to risk losing them or having them get captured so kept them as rear guard and married them off to elite Companion cavalry to create the next generation of elite horse-mounted warriors. Despite burning too bright and too briefly, his long term, multigenerational thinking and respect for his former enemies/cultural multiplicity is truly inspiring.
Damn right.
This time we're going to space!
There's only one Alexander. Lol
Thats bs , there were no female warriors especially in Alexander's time .
And female warriors will not be beautiful at all , males warriors are .
Alexander is not great. He is just a blood thirsty dictator that slaughtered thousands in his conquest. Same as Genghis Khan whom the West call a brutal dictator. If Alexander is great, then Genghis Khan is greater.
This is clearly white washing his massacres. A dictator in the West is called great but a dictator in non Western countries are called evil.
Just as they glorify Columbus.
lol nice lie karen, MOST HEALTHIEST of women have testosterones rate of a dying 80 yo man Tf would they do? make sandwich for horses?
Her: He must be thinking about other girls
Him: How was Alexander mentioned in the Quran?
Good one, but Alexander is not mentioned in the quran
@@samhalemba verse in the bible please?
He’s the goat in the book of Daniel in the Bible.
@@mohamedelmoussaoui5531 White washing of the quran. This video is pure propaganda.
@@kafon6368 yes
"Killed by its own explosive insides" will be my epitaph after eating Chipotle
based and redpilled
A very scatological epitaph, hahahaha
Laughs in Indian
Too much red sauce and sour cream.
@Trz lol
Dhul qarnayn and alexander aren't the same person. Dhul qarnayn story is totally different from Alexander.
Yes there is some debate about dhul qarnyan. Some believe he is cyrus the great, founder of the achamaenid empire, but most scholars beleive he is alexander the great
@Truth Seeker they are totally different people as he was mentioned as a Muslim king i.e Dhul Qarnayn
@Truth Seeker that's the joke, some scholars want Alexander to be dhul qarnayn so badly they fail to reconcile the two, he simply isn't dhul qarnayn.
you're right
Well we don't know what really happened but there is a possibility that he had changed his religion given that he ruled over jews for quite a bit and jews had no complains regarding him
Dhul-Qarnayn, translated as "the possessor of the two horns," whilst Alexander the Great has no symbolic possession of a two horns otherwise it will be written in histories or engraved in his statue, Furthermore Dhul-Qarnayn was very respected never feared nor disliked by his people including his army for he was righteous rewarding those who does good and just punishing those who does evil but Alexander was betrayed by some of his generals and his army mutinied once thus gave a great speech recorded in history although what he said was unknown it deeply affected his army leading to an emotional apology to alexander. Also the very important difference is that Dhul-Qarnayn was worshiping only one God while Alexander was worshiping Idols and this is very important for he is mentioned in the Quran as a Muslim a person who submitted his will to only one God. Thus, Dhul-Qarnayn Can not be Alexander the Great both are great conquerors but not the same people so this is a very weak theory. Although, some scientists believes that he might be King Cyrus who is also mentioned in the Jewish scripturas as he is the one conquered Babylon and freed the Israelites and they praised this man who his name is Cyrus He used to worship only one God; Believe in only one God and was a righteous man. King Cyrus was also a great conqueror rather he conquered it before Alexander the Great and the world was open to him. Finally, Dhul-Qarnayn might have been King Cyrus or someone else entirely.
Apologies for my bad English and this is only to correct the misconception that Alexander the Great is Dhul-Qarnayn for he isn't. both are great conquerors but not the same person.
I've heard some people think Alexander was Dhul-Quarnain. Because his enemies claimed he had two horns under his thick, curly hair? Your English is excellent by the way.🙂
Agree
In many coins and statues Alexander the Great is portraited with two horns indeed.
When Alexander entered Egypt and Alexandria, the tetradrachms was done with Alexander's face with the horns of the god Amun which, in fact, had 2 horns.
Cope
Alexander: in just nine years built an empire bigger than the Roman empire
Me: in nine years got into high-school.
Yeah and he lost it immediatly after his death, whereas the Romans lasted for roughly 2000 years.
@@justinianusiii289 2000 years, really ?
@@jpm8782 he refers to Byzantine empire
@@jpm8782 technically, the kingdom of castile, now spain, still holds the right for the byzantine throne.
Hence, Rome still lives.
@@orlandofurioso392 ok thks
Alexander at the age of 22 was conquering Continents. While in the year 2020 we've got 30-year-olds doing Tik Tok Challenges.
He conquered the world at the age of 21.
He didn't have tiktok
@@lazarturanjanin8110 Imagine if Alexander takes a selfie and posted on his instagram of every place he has conquered.
Anything above the age of 13 using TikTok shouldn’t be allowed to live.
Pacifism. Fuck war.
Mythic Alexander: I will travel to India to seek knowledge, show my piety, and engage wise men in philosophical debates.
Real Alexander: Bro what if we kept going east and never stopped
That's just another way to colonize America
If he lived long enough, he could've been in touch with Eastern Civilization before Spring and Autumn Period
@engosama design dude,this was in no way attacking Islam since early Muslim scholars also hypothesized that they're the same person,also you're the one spreading hate and misinformation about the channel,you also admitted that you judged the channel without watching the video,it just shows how much of an idiot you are,also why assumr he's Christian out of nowhere?you just seem like the type of person to blame everything bad in your country on people you don't like
"Your grace, we have conquered enough territory and captured enough treasure to rule over a stable and prosperous empire. There is no need to go further."
"Cool, but India has elephants and I want to ride one there."
@@Monke-fj2qz I mean,he got a point,there do be elephants
On the contrary, story of Dhul Qarnain is more closely related with campaigns of Achaemendic Cyrus the Great, not Alexander
Kuroosh e Azam
It was Darius not the boys lover alexander.
@wanka wanka Alexander took out Darius the 2nd or the 3rd not 1st because of family disputes and betrayal.
Yes thank you
@@anubhavswami5730 how?
tfw Alexander spent his life conquering the world at the age of 20 and I've spent my life watching history videos and hentai
rip your ass
Blame your father for not being the King of Macedon
dude we are just a common people some are born with greatness already but still luckily we live in a modern age
Don't be too depressed, Alexander carried his thousands of bara troupe with him for a live OnlyFans. And he can only do what he did because he continues what his father was already planning to do.
I see no issue with this.
Are we finally heading for a series about Alexander’s battles? Can’t waitttt
Didn`t they make a series on it already?
Or maybe that was BazBattles.
@@newname4941 that was baz battles alright.
epic history tv already made a full series about him. check it out
There already are a few really good series on them (bazbattles, epic history tv, etc), but I’d definitely understand if you’d want one in their (amazing) style
I wouldn't mind another great series
Guys harping about "it's not Alexander"... the video literally addresses this 4 minutes in. It's one of many possibilities.
That's the truth & everything they quoted in the video is in some Islamic books. Perhaps some are afraid that these types of legends found ways into scripture
That right Alexander havet much time for building that wall that wall buil by akemenid empier
it is alexander he converted to Islam and never went back to Macedonia basically said fuck Greece
He was named a god by greeks and Egyptian and acted like it . I don't think there's something further from monotheism than that.
this shows that many of their viewers are quite retarded
Over 2000 years later and his military strategies are still being taught, battles still being studied and the legend is known throughout the world. Truly is The Great.
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
@@Universal.. you're on a mission to steal everything Greek arent you my little jealous Albanian
@@Universal.. the Albanian flag is it from the byzantine empire?
he actually managed to gain the secret of inmortality, how people remember you after you re not here anymore.
Maybe hes still here maybe he found the fountain and was told to never tell anyone about it and he could never remain a king after that. Main reason why no one to this day knows where hes buried.
Secret to immortality?
Well his remains lies beneath the ground as I type. So how can you say that. Without a thought.
@@saajidrasheed8707 who is your great-grandfather? No one remembers him and no one will remember you 100 years after you die.
Alexander the Great is still remembered after thousands of years.
@@petert802 he never mentioned about me though. Why you adding own spices to the conversation. Truth cannot be changed. Yes Alexander has a name but what has he really achieved? He has no legacy. Only two small states of Greek and Mecodonia remains.
@@jamescawl6904 I don't even know my great - grandfather. Unlike yours we ain't had any education in those times in Maldives 🇲🇻.
Just people were religiously educated. They don't had nothing, but they knew how to survive in the most unsuitable and harsh environments.
They were great sea men's. They build boats ( search Maldivian Dhoni ). They made sails out of palm leaves. They build a civilization out of nothing in small islands.
So yea they might not be great as Alexander. They are still something.
Also I don't have any hate for Alexander. It's just that the way he said it. The fact is we all will perish in this world and one day world will end.
Doesn’t matter who you are, or what you did, greatness is admired by everyone.
And then there is Hitler.
@@godtiermindfricker8376 entry-nick
Well, except by those who always focus on the fact that to be called great, you need to break an apportionate number of proverbial eggs. Or, like me, who point out that Alexander takes a lot of credit for his father's achievements.
@@godtiermindfricker8376 give it 200 years then he will be lauded
@@godtiermindfricker8376 hitler has movies, books, etc made about hit yearly. He is already widely revered
As a historian in love with Alexander, this videos was more than marvelous. Excellent job guys!
thats kinda gay bro....
I am a student of Islamic studies. Dhul Qarnayn is not Alexander. Early muslim scholars rejected this. That's a huge misinformation
@UCihLgNfBg5hQxud30rxhl4g the whole human history is full of occupation and oppression we cant just go on one guy alexander even used to help poor lost land tribes in his asian campaigns
@@dcanedemboyz7431 Members get access to the videos early.
@@southwestsaxon what a sad comment, what you said can be applied to pretty much every country and religion out there
Alexander was a pagan and Zul Qurnain was Monotheist ... they are not the same
Zul quranai is Cyrus the Great
Also Alexander didnt build the wall
@@funnyclips4550 not confirm yet. Maybe their have similar but many intellectual still believe dhul qarnayn was different person
Zul qarnain era is thousands years before Alexander
@@zacharybasil Yes I believe so too
There is a old proverb in India - " Jo jeeta wo Sikandar" Means "the one who won is Alexander" 😄😄
We can see where that got him...
@@ricky-sanchez ye, influencing million people, spreading theaters, libraries, roads and bridges around the world, be one of the best general of the History
yup
@@psypsynos That kid Ricky is all over the comment section trying to spread hate over Alexander. Seems he gets butthurt whenever he hears about anything related to Europe, lol.
What does it means?
As a Muslim I respectfully disagree. Dhul Qarnayn literally means "two horns", Islamic Scholars think him of Cyrus the Great as he indeed did possess the two-horned ram, gave favorable laws to the Jews at the time and was a follower of Zarathushtra's teaching; a monotheistic religion at the time.
Historicity gives much more support to Cyrus the Great in these regards.
As a Christian I have to agree with you. Persia is symbolized as a two horned ram in the book of Daniel. Cyrus the great having been it's greatest ruler.
Yeah, I found it weird that they would consider Alexander a follower of God considering he was widely regarded to be pagan. Cyrus makes more sense since Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion and the Jews are already known to hold the Persians in high regard.
@@thomaswilson3827 Exactly, it wouldn't make sense for Monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity,Judaism) to give religious support to a pagan over a monotheist.
Also the Jews gave their support to Cyrus the Great historically speaking and spoke very favorably of him in their scripture.
@@jeffreycarroll1632 Also, Cyrus the Great liberated the Jews from Babylonion captivity, resettling them and allowing them to rebuild Jerusalem.
Would this not prove Cyrus the Great's support for Monotheism and give him the honors of favorable mention in the scriptures?
@Yolo Swaggins
That could also be the case. Main point is that Cyrus the Great actually liberated the Jews from Babylon and allowed them to settle in Jerusalem again after such a long time. He did a lot for the monotheistic religions at the time and was directly mentioned in the Torah favorably.
I do agree Alexander the Great has been romanticised extensively in most cultures, though the title of "Two Horns" ( Dhul Qarnayn) would probably be a weak argument from a historicitical point of view as compared to Cyrus the Great.
I always hear my dad play your videos and whenever I’m walking around the house he’d shush me
"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep"
-Alexander the Great, probably
AN ARMY OF DEER LED BY A LION IS MORE TO BE FEARED THAN AN ARMY OF LIONS LED BY A DEER.
Philip II
Sounds about right I guess.
@engosama design yours is the type of ignorance that causes wars
@@236jad As a Muslim representative we don't claim him 😂
@@236jad it’s copypasta. I’ve seen it in many places. He needs to understand mistakes can be made and secular authors often have different interpretations as Islamic sources are very challenging
Me: About to do schoolwork
Kings and Generals: New video just uploaded
Me: Schoolwork can wait
'schoolwork' can always wait :)
this guy is soo confused; It's just pure suppositions from a story teller, dragons?! loool he mixed it so bad trying to discredit the Qur'an..God said "And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples." No one really know the real story of Alexander & no one have a single solid evidence that Alexander is Dhul Quarnayn.
One day Alexander went in person to Diogenes; and he found him lying in the sun. Diogenes raised himself up a little when he saw so many people coming towards him, and fixed his eyes upon Alexander. And when that monarch addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, "Yes," said Diogenes, "stand a little out of my sun."
Then alexander said "if I wasn't alexander the great then I would want to be diogenes"
Alamana Iqbal
Thanks man. This is an amazing story. Makes your mind think so much with so few words. Thank you that you studied my people's history.
@@PranabMallick. you do realize this story is over 2300 years old and may have changed with time; although, you are correct
@@mohamedelhediissa289 Then Diogenes said, "If weren't Diogenes, I would still want to be Diogenes."
Alexander was truly great, how can a man be this great that his name and character is also recognized and respected after thousands of years.
drinking that european kool-aid, stop it!
@@ASHAH925 so u saying he wasnt great..? lol cope harder, he is right
If his father had not gotten drunk and raped a boy, and therefore not been assassinated, then we would be hailing Philip the Great. Alexander got lucky. He was not the one who developed the army, the strategy nor the tax base.
@@ASHAH925 cope, he was great
@@Jondoe297c i cant cope with something that isnt true
Alexander... So great that I didn't even know there were 2 other Alexanders before him.
Eyy indo
@Ephraim Matthew Sebastian Situmorang .. are your parents drunk when they give you this name?
@@xananymous431 umm it's actually family name judging by "situmorang" word
Last time I was this early, Hadrian hadn't yet expelled all Jews from Palestine/Judea
you mean Syria Palestina?
He didn’t expelled all of them
Judea*
Palestine will be free
@DuyDD Pham Based.
The dislikes are from Darius the third and his persian homeboys.
Edit: this video fails to mention the fact that Alexander was not a good figure in persia. Both in shahname of ferdowsi and in zoroastrianism. It's been said he burnt the old avesta containing 815 seasons. What was left of avesta was actually copies in other cities that was ordered by vologases of parthia to be collected and the resulting version ended up being 348 seasons.
And clearly by reading poems of shahnameh one can understand that ferdowsi wasn't happy about Alexander having three Persian wives.
"ببستند آذین به شهر اندرون
لبان پر ز خنده دلان پر ز خون"
This is a couplet referring to the marriage of Alexander and roxana which I made a cheap translation of it:
They ornamented the city as celebration
While lips smiling, hearts full of blood.
@Ariyan Eighty Thu Alqarnain is in the Quran referring to Alexander the Great which means “ the man of Two horns “
But in Arabic Thu also means person from The place which could be Two horns also he owns a tool consists of two horns.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ktheterkuceder6825 Alexander the great is NOT Dhul Qarnain.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 ALEXANDER NEVER LOST THE BATTLE. ANYONE LOVE HIM AND YOU HAVE MANY CITIES BY HIS NAME ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT KANDAHAR - IS KANDAHAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND MORE.
@@vildanetemi6186 there are scores of generals who've never lost a battle. I guess they're all Alexander now.
Besides, I dont hate him.
The figure in Qur'an (Dhu Al Qarnayn) literally translated as (The one with the 2 horns) weren't Alexander or Cyrus and most likely believed that he came along time before them.
Sure buddy.
Agree, it is more ancient...he was the king of the world right after nimrod
My hypothesis he was fereydoun, legend king in shanameh. His vazir is khidr - known as melchizedek in judaism tradition -
They both live in time of Abraham, and i think he is elamite
And I’m pretty sure Alexander the Great was a polytheist, while Dhul Qarnayn might have been a Prophet but we don’t know that for sure, but we do know he was a pious Muslim and helped build the walls against Yajuj And Majuj.
Yes it is right.
Do you know that the word "Qarn" also means state, territory, reign, or kingdom, or realm
The animation is so good, sometimes I forget to listen.
It's crazy to think that some people have had such an impact when they lived that we are here years and years later still talking about them.
And People like him will likely NEVER be forgotten because no one can repeat what he did anymore.
@@Janibek35 that's the reason we preserve history, brother. So that none of it may be forgotten. For even the worst part of history always contain one grain of lesson in it.
Alexander: Ima name all new cities after myself. I'm gonna be the greatest influencer there ever was!
The greatest influencer tho is Mohammed peace be upon him
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 maybe Jesus then? Since there are more Christians?
@@surendravelamuri7162 wait guys don't fight
*grabs a popcorn
ok let's start
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 no, the greatest influencer is man itself. If nobody followed muhammad or jesus, there will be no islam or christians. It all comes down the the individuals of humanity
@VAIBHAV LOHITASHV yep, the power comes from individuals that choose to follow an individual. One man alone cant do much without followers, and followers who cant find someone to follow/lead them wont progress.
*It's a big misconception that Alexander is mentioned in Quran, he is not*
We have no clear knowledge of who Dhul Qarnayn was. Most of Muslim scholars disagree on Dhul Qarnayn being Alexander, since he was a Polytheist and claimed himself to be a God, whilst in the Quran Dhul Qarnayn worships only one god. So the scholars agree that the best claim to Dhul Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great
No, he was a pagan too
@@saifaladwan9321 Cyrus was far more Monotheistic tho
@@saifaladwan9321 not pegan. he believe in one god.
@@monarchblue4280 prophet in Old Testament
@Kdrgrpkdrgrp The time is too far and sparse to be sargon. Nebuchadnezzar is an option but its unlikely since their empire got conquered as well.
The fly in 5:33 was indeed annoying........ soooo glad the lizard took care of it .....😂😂😂😂😂
Mannnn i love this channel !!!!
@engosama design Noone will unsubscribe from this channel just because you called them "hatred ignorant extremist christian". You must be delusional. lol
@engosama design it was either Darius or Cyrus but allah knows best
@engosama design
I never liked this channel it is the definition of a shit hole there is a channel much better than it called History Marche but i don’t know why I dislike it is it because it’s content which suits people who live in a fantasy world far away from historical accuracy or the painfully annoying voice of the narrator that is supposed to be for anime episodes not historical videos
@@alimoradi8454 I like History Marche but the narrator often feels like he is pushing himself to sound overly dramatic.
@engosama design WELL SAID . HE EVEN SAID THAT ALEXANDER FAME SPREAD AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND MADE IT INTO QURAN WHEREAS THE HOLY QURAN WAS COMPLETED LONG BEFORE THE MUSLIM CONQUEST
Honestly love this channel so much. As a Muslim, I'm impressed by the research done for this video. The channel never lets me down.
I see you are a man of culture as well 😌
But dou alqarnayn was not Alexander
@@yacinemaamardine364
Most Muslim scholars said that Alexander or a king from yemen(Like Biruni) is dhul qarnayn. It can be him.
@@shapurthegreat8314 It is not you fool, this alexander was a non Muslim.
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
The majority of Islamic scholars said that Dhu Elqarnin in the our holly book (Quran) can by no means be compared to Alexander cuz Alexander was a pegan who worshiped multiple gods while Dhu El-qarnein was a monotheistic king who worshiped Allah the one true God
Teenage girls on Instagram wish they could influence half as many people as this mad lad
😑🔪💉 for comparing thots to a LEGEND...........kidding but really don't make that comparison
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
“Born on 3rd and thought he hit a triple “ very fitting goal for an Instagram socialite
Cyrus the Great is more likely to be "Dhu Al-Qarnayn".
Agreed. Alexander is nothing like Dhul Qurnain.
Most probably it is Cyrus the great
Historycally, yes. But Allah know best.
@Fekir 2k may be bro
Most scholars beleive that he is alexander, some beleive he is cyrus, only allah knows
Really inspired by the editing and narrative of this one!
Ayyy History Dose, I loved your video on Stilicho
That legend of the dragon in Abyssinia could have been inspired by the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda(the lady he rescued from a dragon) -this story was also located in Abyssinia also known as Ethiopia.
I am a Muslim Egyptian, and I follow your channel for long time,
The Qur'an mentioned the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn that's true but no one know for sure who is really he, some say it "might" be Alexander the Great but no one knows for sure it's all only oppinons,
And for the place of this story it's also an oppinon no one know for sure,
But from the story we can have some clues for the place like he reached a place that when he was standing there while the sun was setting it appeared to him that the sun is setting in a spring of murky water, so some said that he might was at the cacusus mountains and this water might be the black sea
So All of this is only oppinons but the story in the Qur'an didn't mention it's name or the place name
Actually, some people believe that Dhul Qarnayn was Cyrus the Great, or Darius. It would make more sense to include them since, unlike Alexander, they were Monotheistic.
They werent monotheistic , Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion
@@mihailupu5107 Muslim sources considered them as such, so in this case, it counts
@@kuroazrem5376 Well, you choose to believe whatever you want.
@@kuroazrem5376 Muslims don't consider Zoroastrianism as monotheistic your Quran and swahabah call them Fire Worshippers it doesn't mention their God I'll like to see how you're going to go against your Quran
@@eons8941 first of all, I'm not Muslim. Second of all, Zoroastrians were considered dhimmi, or protected people, which was a title only people Muslims considered followers of revealed religions had
Alexender was a pagan. the Quran talks about a monotheist king.
he adopted jewish believes.
yeah
agree with you Damiad
Exactly
This myth about Alexander the Great in Quran need to be demolish .
I've always viewed Alexander as the living embodiment of the Achilles legend. To Mega Alexandros! 👍👍👍
According to Plutarch Alexander always carried a copy of the iliad.
It uh was more tied than even he knew...Reincarnation is a hell of a drug.
True he really was!
His mother was telling him that his ancestor was Achilles actually :O
The Cyrus the king only mentioned in Quran without mention his name, but some people who have lack of knowledge in islam thinks he would be Alexander
Alexander was idol-worshipper. Dulqar nain was mentioned in Quran as monotheist. Alexander cant be Dulqar nain. May be its Cyrus the great or Oghuz Khan(the father of oghuz turk)
Cyrus is not mentioned. Dhulqarnain is. We don't know who he is. He might be Cyrus, but for all we know, he might be somebody modern history doesn't even know of.
@@mahfuzurrahman1894 Oghuz Khan was also a Pagan. Later on, Islamified in the oral tradition.
@@maverick7291
Zoroastrian religion was the first monotheistic religion
And some of the things in Zoroastrianism are similar to Islam
@@dahmani79 Are you kiding me
Great Video guys, however just a minor correction : There is no consensus among Islamic scholars as to who the actual identity of who "Dhu Al Qarnain" was, Alexander is one of the ones whom historians have suggested that maybe the former, but others dispute it, as Alexander was not a monotheistic believer and by Islamic traditions would be considered a pagan, hence why other scholars dispute the claim. Another well done video, though.
did he not only worship zeus?
"Both things is he: both a goodly king and a mighty warrior" (Homer Iliad 3.179)
According to Moralia 331C, Alexander judged this verse to be the greatest of all.
@engosama design then why are u here? go back to the mosque
@@mynamejeb8743 He copy-pastes the same message under every comment. Just report it for spam wherever you see
I like the way of his logical explanation. This channel don’t know that it helps many students in history subject in schools and colleges
Thank you!
Welcome sir.
May Allah bless you
@@KingsandGenerals Why don't you make any more videos about Cyrus the Great in different inscriptions? So far, you have made more than 12 videos of Alexander and only 1 video of Cyrus, while videos about the character of Cyrus can be much more than just one! Example:
- Cyrus in the Bible
- Cyrus in Cyropedia
- Cyrus in the Shahnameh under the name of Kay Khosrow
- Cyrus cylinder
- Dr.Llloyd llewellyn Jones's interesting theory of the similarity between the story of Zal and Cyrus in myth
- Cyrus' interest in gardening and Paradise of Pasargad
-The battle of Pasargad and the important role of Persian women in this battle on side of Cyrus the great
-General Pantea Arteshbod, the female general of Cyrus and the organizer of the Immortals for the first time -interesting information about his nomadic lifestyle (of Cyrus the great) and the uniqueness of his appearance in ancient times
- his cultural impact in modern society and human rights, and more.....
I’m still waiting for a Netflix series about Alexander rise and death
@@dustinvonsoosten9539 tf that gotta do with anything
@@scribbles1424 wtf 😂😂😂 Netflix has produced a lot of good series and movies shut your goofy asss
Netflix Troy had a Black man for Zeus. It will be a disaster
@Peter D he been dead long long time
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
He is not mentioned in the Noble Quran, zulqarnain is someone who is a monotheist, believed in in one God, ie a Muslim, probably few thousand years before Alexander.
Well, myths get changed over time and new religions have always tried to change and integrate older myths and tales to add their fame to the new religion.
@@olenickel6013 Islam isn't/wasn't a new religion. And he's right, Zulqarnain is not Alexander, in fact this is for the first time I have heard someone saying Zulqarnain is Alexander, you won't find it any translations.
Back then, no one was a monotheist except the jews ofc. I have not heard that he was a monothiest. My guess is that dul qarnayn was either alexander the great or cyrus the great, boh of whom were polythiests
@@olenickel6013 could easily have been a zoroastrian monotheist
@@meroqero1476 Zoroastrianism isn't monotheist.
In his 20s he so lively and passionate, damn what a man.
Wkwkw 🇮🇩
Iya mas anak 20 tahunan sekarang, taunya pubg sama mobile legend. Termasuk saya
He was very rare and unique, and transform our present time over 2000 years ago. He might have been a good or a bad person but there is no doubt that he solely did the ground base work for the world that we live in today. Alexander you are more than great, u were divine.
ALL THESE CONQUERORS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO SPREAD OUT TO THE WORLD AND EXPAND THE DIVINE PURPOSE OF CONNECTING HUMANS IN ALL THE DIVERSE REGIONS SO THAT THEY ALL ACHIEVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CIVILIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS...
Whether he be ZULKARNAIN OR ALEXANDER their role in mankinds progress is to ensure all humans know what is going on in the other diverse parts of earth.
Without such characters we all remain aborigines locked in the cave age livelihoods.
GOD CREATED THOSE CHARACTERS TO ENSURE COMMUNICATION AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE LANDS OF EARTH WHERE HUMANS LIVE AND BREED..
SO THAT BY TODAY WE HAVE MORE OR LESS UNIFORMITY IN THE WAYS OF OUR RESPECTIVE CIVILIZATIONS.
SO whoever Alexander or Zulkarnain was...both have same role to play ie let human learn and be civilized at uniform standards OR THERE WILL BE PEOPLE STILL IN STONE AGE WHEN CERTAIN OTHERS HAVE REACHED THE NUCLEAR AND INTERNET AGE...
100% bro
Most of if not all the credit goes to Alexander's father, Philip II who built a great well organized powerful army and his son inherited it. He is certainly great, but there are many greater figures throughout history that him.
@@moonvenerable7897 I agree, my father in Macedonia, Greece, named Alexander, named me after him.
MAKEDONIJA EXIST 25 CENTURIES ! ! Greece 190 years.
Story about Alexander the great was really awesome, sometimes i wonder what his daily life look like
Thinking, planning, eating, sleeping..
And fighting ofc
Pansexual orgies...
The man who was mentioned in the Holy Quran who seemed to be Alexander was a king who treat other nations with justice and believe in the one divine god
And his title in the holy Quran is ( the man with the two horns ) ( Thul Qar nayn ) ( ذو القرنين )
And it is very close to be Cyrus the great ( the first Achaemenid king )
First because Alexander was a pagan
Second because he was know that he killed lots of civilians in his invasion
Thirdly and most importantly:
the infidels of Mecca were trying to disprove the prophecy of prophet Muhammad PBUH ,
And they went to the some Jews to know how they could do it
The Jews told them to ask Muhammad ( PBUH ) 3 questions
One of those questions was about a the man with the two horns ( his story , etc...)
And Cyrus the great was a king wearing a crown that have two horns and known to the Jews
@MU'TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة
يا اخ تكلم معي بالعربي من البدايه دام انا الاثنين نعرف عربي
فكرة ان ذو القرنين هو كوراش الكبير المؤسس الاول للامبراطورية الاخمينية الفارسيه هو اجتهاد
انا شاهدته و سمعته من عمر ذيبان
اعتقد ان مسلم من الهند هو من بدأ بهذا البحث
استخدم في هذا البحث علاقة اليهود الذين كانوا يعرفوا ذو القرنين بأنه ملك ساد الارض
وبأنه كان يرتدي تاج عليه قرنين
وبأنه لم يكن وثنيا مثلما كان الاسكندر المقدوني
و يبقى هذا مجرد اجتهاد يحتمل الصواب والخطأ احببت انا ان اسمع عنه
فائدته هو تعلم وسماع و تدبر احاديث وايات مختلفه و جديده من القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية
و تبقى القصص في القرآن الكريم كما سمعت انا الشيخ نبيل
العوضي هو لاخذ للحكمه والعبر منها
All I'm saying is that when Alexander's Wall is finally destroyed signaling the beginning of the Apocalypse, the 'Attack on Titan' theme song had better start playing.
A man of culture I see
Gog and Magog are the half of our size and titans are like really huge
@@Leilapeach so we're literally going to fight midgets/dwarves.
Zulqaernain is not Alexander in Quran . it is about "Cyrus the great".
Not Cyrus too !!
Cuz in the Quran it was written he is a believer!!
Both Cyrus and Alexander were pagan !!
So not them at all 100%
@@memomashash1287 true
Zulqarernain he was praying to God ,
Alexander the Macedonian he was paganism , he was praying to zeus and .... ( Bu.. shit) hahaha 😂😂
@@memomashash1287 Cyrus was not a pagan, man do your research!
@@leeseman Dhulqarnayn was just a title, Cyrus may have not been mentioned by name in the Quran, but if you do your research you will find Cyrus to be dhulqarnayn. The rabbis of Medina wanted to question Muhammad (pbuh) to see if he really was a prophet. One of the questions they asked was about the 2 horned great traveller which according to their scriptures was Cyrus the great. This is when Allah revealed the last part of surah kahf and Muhammad (pbuh) told the story of dhulqarnayn.
Didn’t they cite that Alexander found the edge of the world and that the sun sets in a puddle of mud? I wonder how Muslims still believe the Koran is 100 percent accurate....it’s mind boggling
This video is complete bullshit , dont believe what this atheist channel trying twist the dhul qurnan thing . The whole point of dhul qurnan is that we arnt supposed to know who he is . And All the historical comparisons are just theory's with no proof at all . Infact tha dhul qurnan has more links to cyrus the great than alexander lmao
Must of them never read their book. if you say that to them they gonna behead you even though its written in their book😂😂😂
if you read the Quran you would have known that it is describing the scene in front (from first person point of view) of him like watching the sun setting in the sea in a coastal city during the sunset
And by the way if your allegation is true then we would have found that early muslim scholar interpreting this verse as your allegation(since they didn't know the true size of the sun) which is not true they interpreted the verse as I described
This video sums up everything I used to search and read. However, I’d like to mention few mispronunciation of words.
Dhu Al-Qarnayn is not pronounced like how its spelled. It is an Arabic word and pronounced as Zulkarnanin/Zulqarnain and at 11:23, Iskandar/Sikandar is a Persian word, pronounced as Sikandar (See-kan-der), which means the great king.
Thankyou.
Alexander isn't Zhul Qarnain
Alexander was a pagan Zhul Qarnain worshipped Allah
I can't believe you left out the obvious one when he mentioned Al Khidr
Tatko na ALEKSANDAR -- FILIP KRAL NA MAKEDONIJA.
Majka na ALEKSANDAR -- Princeza OLIMPIJA od EPIR.
This was one on the most {} episode :]
Yani Zülkarneyn=Büyük İskender mi
What a great video ! Thank you
I am Greek and i feel so proud about my ancestors.
Alex. The great is macedonian NOT greek
We destroyed your ancestors😄😄😄😄
@@orhunta Macedonians are Greeks. Alexander was Greek. Macedonia is a Greek kingdom and Alexander was the king of all Greeks. Wtf are u talking about learn some history and geography
@@prakashyadav-kx4yv what do u mean and why you hate in a historical video.
@@orhunta saying macedonian is not greek is as stupid as saying athens or corinth wasnt greek
Dhu-al-Qarnayn
i donot think its refer to him
@@ahmedibrahim9082 he was a pagan too
@@ahmedibrahim9082 Cyrus, Dhul Qarnain was most probably pre historic figure, cause Alexander definitely doesn't match his personality, not does Cyrus, although Cyrus is more similar
@@umaransari9765
Cyrus isn't pagan fully.....
Some says he was Moses follower......
Kinda like Jew
The reason why he let Jews to be in Jerusalem again!!
Its Darius the first.Cyrius father
He restored jewish temple to worship one God
@@saifaladwan9321 backward middle eastern always calling non muslim as pagan as if islam is the superior religion even though we're already in the 21st century.
Yes some Quran commentators said Dhul Qarnayn was Alexander....but he was really not......
This was a good video 👍👍👍
It was scholars in the nineteenth century who said dhul qarnayn is Alexander
@@saifaladwan9321 traitors of Islam, could they be Shia scholars?
Yeah I don’t know how they assumed it was Alexander the great
The quran doesn’t even refer to his actual name nor his era
@@jkphilosophy101 no not shias...
This was a great video. Thank you. Alexander truly deserves the title "Great".
Just last year I read an Islamic book on the Stories of the Prophets (compiled by Hajjah Amina Adil) which had an entire chapter on Alexander the Great. It's content was quite similar to the video including the story of the dragon, and all sorts of strange encounters like the Amazonian women ruled by their queen. Alexander missed the fountain of youth but Khidr and the Prophet Elias found it and they drank of it. As for his religion it was said that he followed the religion of Abraham and was advised throughout his life by his master Aristotle. The book also mentioned that Oğuz Han is Alexander(or Dhul Qarnayn of the Quran). And Gog and Magog according to the book are a tribe descendants of the son of Noah - Japeth.
Alexander the great is in the book of Daniel as the goat with one horn that tramples the ram (medes and persians)
Greetings, Daryl S. I am currently searching for people to join a Discord server reserved for those who love Alexander. Let me know if you are interested. "Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters."
@@noble3784 Greetings Noble, thanks for the invite. Will let you know, time has become so demanding these days.
Interesting.....
agreed, the 2horned mentioned in quran is definitely not Alexander..
I'm Pakistani and when my brother had his DNA tested, we discovered some Greek blood -- history is so interesting.
are you from the Kalash tribe? i know that North India has caucasian blood
Through roman empire, in north india, ramained some ancient greek populations and villages..search it 🙂
@byblis persephone haha, perhaps! I don't care about my genealogy, but it can be interesting to show human migratory patterns throughout history.
@@dumebiokosa3138 Not Kalash.
@@AliAhmed-dh4pl ok.
Could you do a series on the Assyrian missionaries during the dark ages or the Assyrian universities/scholars during the Middle Ages that helped Byzantium and Arabian empires?
Im assyrian
@engosama design There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
@Anonymous nice hahahaha
Ok u are fake u are not who u are.
Its so ez to be idiot and just say no ur not.
Man we are assyrians from north Assyria(hakkari nowdays) after the fall of. Assyria 600 b.c many assyrians fled to mountins in hakkari. We have same history and launguge and tradiotions and clothes and music and hats and faces and beards like the old assyrians
@Anonymous i can guess also that u are a gay.
It's not true. Alexander is not dhulkernine. Alexander had no relation with allah. Dhulkernine was muslim king
Alexander the great isn't dhul qarnayn
cause dhul qarnayn was a good hearted monotheist king
Alexander was a pagan
And Cleopatra was Geek yet most people today think she was actually Egyptian... There's a difference between story and reality.
Mate, the Quoran was written hundreds of years after Alexander died and multiple empires took over and changed the story,, and this story is basically taken from Iranian or Jewish writings and their view based on Alexanders propaganda, so don't expect actual truth...
Just cos the real Alexander was a pagan doesn't mean he's not the person who inspired the Shul story... It hundreds of years of the story passed down up until the point you only have fables.
@@lovinmclovin5290 listen their is no scholar of islam that ever said it was alexander the quran only recognizes monotheistic individuals and the Quran denounces pagans past and present and it outright calls them nonbelievers and enemies of Allah and alexander was exactly that and if you want to disagree then provide your evidence from our books
@@lovinmclovin5290 who told you the Quran is based on jewish or iranian writings? It simply is not and remains unchanged to this day. Looks like you're the one who needs to get his facts checked. The Quran was not written by a man or inspired by any dumb book! But Rather it is a revelation from God (Allah). You can keep throwing non sense and spewing wrong facts as much as you want, but that will not change historical facts and reality. You're just another ignorant fella in a sea of ignorant people spreading ideas and opinions they think are correct or must be correct. Please next time keep things you based on formed opinions to yourself and don't use them as facts.
@@moeb9561 He can't provide anything from our books!! because he simply didn't read them! He is just another dude who reads what enemies of islam say about it and then regards their sayings as facts, instead of reading about islam itself rather then about what its enemies think of it.
@Rational Islam no he wasn't, give clues from the Sunna of the Prophet pbuh and the Sunna of his Sahaba and Tabi'on to back up your claim. And the Mutazila aren't the early muslims, and don't even follow the ways of the early muslims nor even the ways of the prophet pbuh! They're just a sect that sprouted out of the followers of Jahm bin Safwan, and adopted later on some notions of greek philosophy, now is that what the early muslims such the Sahaba followed?
Sassanid Persians: From my point of view, Alexander the Roman is an evil conqueror from Hell!
Abbasid Persians: From my point of view, Alexander the Great is the righteous king sent by God!
By the way, can you do a video about Oz Beg Khan, please?
@@comradekenobi6908 the fore father of turks
Abbasids are not Persian
@@comradekenobi6908 I think he meant Oz Beg Khan, the Khan of the golden horde. He was the first Golden Horde leader to convert to Islam.
@@seekeroftruth5389 Well, the caliphate has more than just Arabs for its citizens and that included the peoples like Persians as well. Besides, the Abbasid elites adopted many of the Sassanid Persian customs and traditions.
@@Hammadz-li No Ozbeg Khan
Hey kings and generals, I'm not Greek but I was wondering if you could do the Greek war of independence given the 200th anniversary is coming up next year as it would be the perfect time to explain another underrated part of history unknown to us foreigners. It would also pay respect to present day Greece.
The description of the man Dhul Qarnayn in the very few passages of Qur'an makes it quite clear that this can not be the same man as Alexander. The narrative of Alexander from any other sources does not have any similarities to Dhul Quarnayn from what we know from Qur'an.
@MU'TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة Alexander was a pagan polytheist.
@Rational Islam All accounts of Alexander indicates he was a pagan.
@Rational Islam Alexander is not Dhul Qarnayn. If you think otherwise then substantiate your claim with proof.
@@1488EVERGETES yah gods, hence a pegan.
The believe of Dhul Qurnayn is said to be prehistoric. Dhul Quarnayn was said to a strict monotheist. Alexander was a Polytheist which would contradict many Muslim ideology and beliefs. Some Muslim believe that he is Darius the Great or Cyrus. Most Muslim choose not to know who he is.
On a side note the person that mentioned Alexander the Great was Abdul Yusuf Ali who wasn’t really good at Arabic and some scholars mention that he took credit from others.
It would make more sense for Dhul Qarnayn to be Cyrus the Great rather than Alexander the Great in my opinion.
Indeed, considering Cyrus has a "soft" tendencies towards Jews at that time while Alexander wasn't much care about it
@Odaenathus well, considering quran and hadith, it is still doubtful if it is Alexander either. Although yes the name has a reminescent translation of it. As hadith and/or other islamic representation called him "Iskandar" which is the arabic translation of Alexander. Example being Alexandria in Egypt it is called "Iskandariyyah" in arabic
@Odaenathus We don’t know who Dhul Qarnayn is bozo.
This channel is so great that I can't find words describing it. It is like history becomes alive. History enters the 21 century.
Really good one. Want more like these combining myth and history.
Bro are you muslim?
When I started watching this history channel . I become addicted to his great and unbiased explanation.
Man you have been fooled!! Ask any muslim, there is no such thing as Alexander in the Quran. This guy is telling you fake stories and you all falll for it!
@@abayomrunkojemusa9086 it's a thumbnail serve as clickbait, he technically say the truth if he put word "speculation" In it.
Dhul Qarnain, along with Solomon son of David, were among two righteous rulers who were undisputed master of world, according to Islamic sources
Solomon son of David
@@moaazaql1904 yeah got confused
Jesus is David's grandson. If the Koran says that David's line is the legitimate master of the world, then Jesus is too. Even a book written 200 years after the events about a "prophet" that never prophesied and a "peaceful religion" that wants to wipe out anyone that disagrees with it has to be held accountable for its words. Jesus is the undisputed master of the world. Righteous King in a line that stretches back to David. Thanks for making this one easy.
@@zachfox5969 by Undisputed master of world I meant they he ruled every corner of world, and Jesus and David lived near 1000 years apart how is Jesus his grandson
@@zachfox5969 and talk about peaceful Religion, you don't want me to get started believe me
If history was an anime then Alexander would be the OP MC of the earlier season.
Imagine if there was an anime of Napoleon or Caesar too that would be pretty epic
@@mohammedmaster672Yep it would be great.
Then then what about Justinian anime? Will fit typical "wise king" anime with middle age (or "greekish") aestheticc
Kamina from Gurren Lagann? He's not OP but at least he's an MC who died before the anime finished
In Javanese shadow puppetry and legends, a play that was frequently performed and talked about was Baron Sekender, (pronounced BA-rohn Suhkenthuhr for American and English speaking people) a Javanese rendition of Islamic Alexander the Great. It was only in 2020 that this story is brought on the stage again through an online performance following Covid-19 safety protocols.
I would love to see it.
It could've been an unknown prophecy event like the Alexander Romance.
Hi im an arab from city of alexandratte, the city which Alexander found, we have our own religious sect here, still islam but different in many aspects, we see Alexander as a prophet.
20 minute video about Alexander the Great? You have my attention and time.
Very interesting and thorough video. I just have one question. When are you guys going to do a video on the man Alexander the Great admired?
Cyrus the Great.
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
instead of Cyrus or others, we can have a series about less famous dynasties.
@@shapurthegreat8314 like when Shapur The Great slapped roman Emperor on his face and then the Emperor kissed Shapur's feet
@@zaroonyakhyakhan4514
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YES...VERY ENLIGHTENING IF YOU CAN PRODUCE VIDEOS SEPARATELY ON ALL THE CO- RELATED HISTORICAL GREATS: ie CYRUS, OGHUS KHAN, ZULKARNAIN, AND ALL THE REST YOU MENTION APPEARING IN THE HISTORY OF OTHER TRIBES AND NATIONS.
One of the most prominent polish legends, originating from Middle Ages, is the legend of a shoemaker from Kraków, which used to be tormented by a dragon living in a cave under Wawel hill, which later became the royal seat of polish kings. Anyway, anyone who'd be able to defeat the dragon would get the princess and kingdom. The brave shoemaker filled the dummy of a sheep with sulphur, which made dragon so thirsty, he'd drink the water from river Vistula untill he just "popped". I wonder if this one, and the Alexander dragon story might be connected somehow!
The story Dragon story also resembles St George's story. The man who brought Christianity to Romania
The other thing is, before you write about the Qur’an, you must verify your words by reading the writings of the commentators
Oh, my God. I have heard stories of Dhu-al-Qarnayn (Zulkarnain in our local speech) all through my childhood and never realized it was about him. This video was a wild, nostalgic connect-the-dots experience. Thank you so much for this!
Dhu-al-Qarnayn
i donot think its refer to him
@Knowledge Explosion could be some claim this too
Alexander the great is not Dhu al qarnayn, they got it wrong in this one
Alexander is Eskander and he is not mentioned in quran, one non prophet person is mentioned in quran and she is Mary mother of Jesus
This is incorrect Alexander the Great wasn’t Dhul Qarnayn it was likely Cyrus the Great as Alexander doesn’t match up to the stories of Dhul Qarnayn as he was a monotheist and Alexander was Polytheistic.
I think western peoples needs to know more about Islam ; beyond the media and politics
I think religions need to be eradicated from the world.
@TheGamingMelon what is good or bad? Define this first and prove it or else , you are no different to them
Control is everywhere even when you try to escape from religion ... cause of the knowledge you have , it stops you from doing some deeds because that knowledge call it "bad" or told you to do a deeds by call it "good"
and you choose your own "god" wether it is your will your heart , your ratio , your feelings , ideology , method , or even a men , in order to achieve the goal you believe are going to be achieved only by following that " god"
You define control from the reality of religion that they try to distance themselves from the will of themselves... yet in the reality they choose to be religious , whatever you told them they wont going away from that
And when you see that you just call them blinded or close minded... now look at you which of you and religious people is controlled ? Both .
@@williamwallace4080 wont happen ... the number of atheism is increasing yes ... but can you stop the increasing number of religion's follower?
What is the danger of having religion in this world when you yourself cannot prove the extinction of human is just wrong?
STUPID PEOPLE live happily just like you ( or you dont actually?)
@Tyler B #2 100million did not die due to the edicts of atheism though. Those perpetuating violence did not use atheism as the bases for their slaughter. They rejected religion yes eg: stalin but he didn't say "we must kill because there is no god" he just attempted to take religion out of the picture to further his dictatorship. Where as religions far and wide call for violence or intolerance within their mandates. I'm not saying humans would be better without religion, but at least the fallacy or purpose wouldn't be so clouded in mythos. It would hopefully be glaringly kept in reality. "We fight because we want that land" not "we fight because god wills it". Reality should be important.
@@thecharmingnavigator9946 every thought could used to do right things and bad things, religions is a thought , and the great benefit of it that it gives the Spiritual and psychological reassurance for human to overcome the bad situations, by patience, and trust in God, the creator will not Disappoint his believers in his justice, and there will be certainly a good compensation for man who do the right and dedicate his life to Benefit people ; as our prophet of Islam Mohammed said " The best people are the ones who benefits people " , the religion gives the answers for the human fate, creation, death, the purpose of the life, etc, but the atheism does not give any answer, they just erase these questions ! and please dont mix science with atheism by saying in future science will let us know, because my life is short, and I can`t gamble my destiny?????
it cant be alexander because he was a polythiest ( he referred to himself as son of zeus etc, much like greek mythology) and dul qarnayn believed in one god and lived much longer than alexander
@@MrIrrepressible ignorance is bliss?
@@MrIrrepressible You're misinforming the public here. The verse after Surah An-Najm (53:20) goes as follows:
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
(Sahih International)
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
-Surah An-Najm, Ayah 21
تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ
(Sahih International)
That, then, is an unjust division.
-Surah An-Najm, Ayah 22
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
(Sahih International)
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
-Surah An-Najm, Ayah 23
I hope this clears all the misinformation regarding the Surah (53) that you were posting, and may Allah SWT guide you and all of us. Allah knows best.
@@MrIrrepressible Nope, if you actually read the life and times of Muhammad SAW (written and compiled by Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham, which I recommend you learn through scholars for better understanding cause some events that happened requires context, usually taken from the Quran or Hadith), all his life he never worshipped anything other than one true God, which is Allah SWT. Even during his childhood he refuse to worship the idols.
Also, in order to better understand the satanic verse (which I think you were refering in your 1st comment), you need to learn from the Muslim scholars for a better explanation and understanding on what did and did not happened during that night.
Reason why I keep on urging you or any others to learn from a Muslim scholar is because these days there are a lot of misinformation about Islam, especially on the internet. So in order to learn about Islam, you ned to learn from a scholar of Islam for the most authentic and trustworthy source, not from some agenda driven site on the web.
Allah knows best.
@MU'TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة please stop spreading misinformation he wasn’t dhul qarnayan because he was pagan
ALEXANDER THE GREAT IS MACEDONIAN. VERY NICE ! !
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!...As usual!
This is incorrect... zou karnen in Quran is not alexander the great ...with all due respect to him
many scholars of Islam indeed accept Alexandar as Hazrat Zulkarnain (pbuh)
@@drmujahidulislamnaeem5154 And many do disagree as well, him being Zulkarnayn(pbuh)
@@drmujahidulislamnaeem5154 zulkarnain was most likely cyrus the great, alexander dont make me laugh...
Dhul qarnain helped jews from babylon, and there was no babylon when alexander invaded asia, there was achaemanid empire
no one knows who dhul qarnayn is exactly, it's all guess work, we can't say "this king was dhul qarnayn", it's best to leave it Allah, and not make such claims since there's nothing that proves exactly who dhul qarnayn was.
The reason I personally think iskandar (arabic/persian name for alexander) is the figure in the quran called thu lqarnayn is because a "qarn" doesn't just mean "horn" it also means century or an age
So he may be the one of 2 horns (maybe referring to his helmet) or the one of 2 ages which can be interpreted as "from west to east" (rings a bell)
True
Alexander the Great is quickly becoming the biggest RUclips star 😄, good video 👍
Speak for yourself.
I hate Alexander the gay.
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
@@zaroonyakhyakhan4514 who cares, he's still a superstar ☀️
@@digadzeva today's modern world is based on the principles Cyrus The Great and one is his creation of first Human rights and yeah alexander was maybe superstar but Cyrus The Great's principals is something all human beings follows and that makes him The Father of Mankind because everyone is doing what he said and did like a Father would say and do
PEACE . SALAM
Unfortunately the information about what has been mentioned in islam here are incorrect.
Dul kharnain was not mentioned in reference to alexander nor was it on his period of time as this was mentioned in Quran that he was accompanying prophet Mousa (Moses) which is way before alexander was even existing in the world.
Also more of this yaajoujmajooj ( gog magog ). This is a belief in islam that at the end of time those creatures that we call Yaajoujmajooj will actually plague the earth and it’s said that they will come in large numbers devouring all on their way as they walk through the sea their first line will walk and their second line will find it dry as a desert. And what dul kharnain has done is prevent them from devouring the land at that time. But in our islamic belief we know that there will be a day for them to successfully break through at the end of time.
What? I don't think this is the right consensus in Islamic Scholar, yes a few opinions point to Alexander, but the consensus of most scholars is not pointing to Alenxander. I think this is a wrong representation on your part.
Yep, most scholars who I know agree Dhul Qarnain is pre historic figure, and definitely not Alexander, but it's interesting topic anyways
He never said that this is the truth or something lol
@@AndrewStamelakis To put Quran side by side with middle eastern myths in the the title is a bit sensitive, because muslim believe that there is no myths in the Quran. In the video, though ibn Sina is polymath, he is not authoritative for interpret the Quran, those who capable is such as atthobari, ibn katsir, imam bukhari, imam syafi'i etc. It's diffrent science al together.
First of all it is utterly impossible for any text prior to the industrial Revolution to not contain any myths at all. There is just no way for such texts from any religion to contain only truths since they were written by mere men in eras where everything was spread by rumors that changed the content of the story every time they told them. So...
But anyway, the subject is Alexander not Quran. So I don't see how it's offensive... He didn't say that Quran is mythical. How can it even remotely be considered offensive, that's crazy
it's an important point to bring up at the beginning since some of the works refered to later in the video refer to alexander in that context
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He was Macedonian ; )
@@Jose-xh5qb and the sun rises from the east what's your point?
@@KosovanWarrior1 said the guy that thinks he's descendant from Illyria with no evidence whatsoever for what language they spoke their traditions and culture but when you have evidence that Makedonia spoke greek had the same traditions and culture's with the rest city states and kingdoms spread Hellenism as far as Afghanistan and India then it's just silly to say that they are slavs
@@Δούρειος_96 I was expecting to trigger a firestorm between the Greeks and Macedonians in the comment sections.
@@Jose-xh5qb well seems like it worked more or less. Still thought, you shouldn't say inaccurate things even if it is just for fun
I am a very simple man, I see Alexander the great and I can do nothing else but click 😁
It's a big misconception that Alexander is Zulqarnayn, Zulqarnayn was a believer and a servant of God, Alexander wasn't.
Good
@@adler9213 I'm speaking from the Islamic perspective which believes that ever since Adam came to this earth religion was established, and Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world
@@shawdexter1586 _Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world_
while also leaving zero evidence of him spreading the "Word of God" anywhere in the world. He must have been remarkably unsuccesful, given his power.
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 don't make a fool out of yourself entering a matter concerning muslims only and discussing islam that you know nothing about, we have nothing to prove, except destroying the lie that alexander was zulqarnain
@@shawdexter1586 If you make claims about human history, be prepared to have your claims judged on a scientific basis by historians, sporto 😛
If you claim, following Mohammed, that a king ruled over vast areas of the world - or even *all* the world (!) and lived according to Mohammeds ideas while "spreading" (i.e. proselytizing) them, then you should have evidence for that claim.