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{{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | {{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | ||
And king Alexander bowed himself and did reverence, saying, "0 God, Lord of kings and judges, thou who settest up kings and destroyest their power, I know in my mind that thou hast exalted me above all kings, and thou hast '''made me horns upon my head''', wherewith I might thrust down the kingdoms of the world; |pg 146 <ref>Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis, "The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes, Volume 1 (Google eBook)", The University Press, 1889; [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_History_of_Alexander_the_Great_Being.html?id=_14LmFqhc8QC] </ref>}} | And king Alexander bowed himself and did reverence, saying, "0 God, Lord of kings and judges, thou who settest up kings and destroyest their power, I know in my mind that thou hast exalted me above all kings, and thou hast '''made me horns upon my head''', wherewith I might thrust down the kingdoms of the world; |pg 146 <ref name="Budge">Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis, "The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes, Volume 1 (Google eBook)", The University Press, 1889; [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_History_of_Alexander_the_Great_Being.html?id=_14LmFqhc8QC] </ref>}} | ||
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{{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | {{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | ||
'''Give me power from thy holy heavens that I may receive strength greater than [that of] the kingdoms of the world''' and that I may humble them, and I will magnify thy name, O Lord, for ever, and thy memorial shall be from everlasting to everlasting, and I will write the name of God in the charter of my kingdom, that there may be for Thee a memorial always.|pg 146 <ref | '''Give me power from thy holy heavens that I may receive strength greater than [that of] the kingdoms of the world''' and that I may humble them, and I will magnify thy name, O Lord, for ever, and thy memorial shall be from everlasting to everlasting, and I will write the name of God in the charter of my kingdom, that there may be for Thee a memorial always.|pg 146 <ref name="Budge"/>}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|18|84}}|Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|18|84}}|Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.}} | ||
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And they put ships to sea and sailed on the sea four months' and twelve days, and they arrived at the dry land beyond the eleven bright seas. | And they put ships to sea and sailed on the sea four months' and twelve days, and they arrived at the dry land beyond the eleven bright seas. | ||
|pg 145, 147 <ref | |pg 145, 147 <ref name="Budge"/>}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|18|86}}|Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of '''murky water''': Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|18|86}}|Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of '''murky water''': Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."}} | ||