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{{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part One|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part Two}} | {{Main|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part One|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part Two}} | ||
In these verses, the author presents a version of a popular [[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|Syriac legend]] | In these verses, the author presents a version of a popular [[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|Syriac legend from the mid 6th century]] (which used to be dated to the early 7th) in which Alexander the Great visits the place where the sun sets and also describes its rising place in a similar way to the Quran. Later he builds a wall to block Gog and Magog among other close similarities. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|18|86}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|18|86}}| | ||