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===Journey to the Fetid Sea=== | ===Journey to the Fetid Sea=== | ||
{{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | {{Quote|The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version| | ||
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Kevin Van Bladel, blah blah, tells us in his analysis of the text that "The water at the place where the sun sets is "fetid" in both texts, a perfect coincidence of two uncommon synonyms (Syria sarya, Arabic hami'a)". <ref name="VanBladel"> Van Bladel, Kevin, “The Alexander legend in the Qur‘an 18:83-102″, in "The Qur’ān in Its Historical Context", Ed. Gabriel Said Reynolds, New York: Routledge, 2007. See full text on google ebook: [http://books.google.com/books?id=DbtkpgGn4CEC&pg=PA175] </ref> | Kevin Van Bladel, blah blah, tells us in his analysis of the text that "The water at the place where the sun sets is "fetid" in both texts, a perfect coincidence of two uncommon synonyms (Syria sarya, Arabic hami'a)". <ref name="VanBladel"> Van Bladel, Kevin, “The Alexander legend in the Qur‘an 18:83-102″, in "The Qur’ān in Its Historical Context", Ed. Gabriel Said Reynolds, New York: Routledge, 2007. See full text on google ebook: [http://books.google.com/books?id=DbtkpgGn4CEC&pg=PA175] </ref> | ||
===Punishment of Wrongdoers=== | |||
And Alexander and his troops encamped, and he sent and called to him the governor who was in the camp, and said to him, "Are there any men here guilty of death?" They said to him, "We have thirty and seven '''men in bonds who are guilty of death'''." And the king said to the governor, "Bring hither '''those evil doers'''." And they brought them, and the king commanded them and said, "Go ye to the shore of the | And Alexander and his troops encamped, and he sent and called to him the governor who was in the camp, and said to him, "Are there any men here guilty of death?" They said to him, "We have thirty and seven '''men in bonds who are guilty of death'''." And the king said to the governor, "Bring hither '''those evil doers'''." And they brought them, and the king commanded them and said, "Go ye to the shore of the fetid sea, and hammer in stakes that ships may be tied thereto, and prepare everything needful for a force about to cross the sea." And the men went, and came to the shore of the sea. Now Alexander thought within himself, "If it be true as they say, that everyone who comes near the fetid sea dies, '''it is better that these who are guilty of death should die'''," and when they had gone, and had arrived at the shore of the sea, '''they died instantly'''. (pg 147-148) | ||
He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before). (18:87) | He said: "'''Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish'''; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and '''He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before)'''. (18:87) | ||
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