Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1343b
"عَنْ أَبِى الورْقَاءِ قَالَ: قُلتُ لعَليِّ بْنِ أبى طَالِبٍ: ذُو القَرْنَيْنِ مَا كَانَ قَرْنَاهُ؟ قَالَ: لَعَلَّكَ تَحسبُ أَنَّ قَرْنَيْهِ ذَهَبٌ أَوْ فِضَّةٌ؟ كَانَ نَبِيّا فَبَعَثَهُ الله إِلَى نَاسٍ فَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الله تَعَالَى، فَقَامَ رجَل فَضَرَبَ قَرْنَهُ الأيْسَر فَمَاتَ، ثُم بَعَثَهُ الله فَأحْيَاهُ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ الله إِلَى نَاسٍ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَضَرَبَ قَرْنَهُ الأيْمَنَ فَماتَ، فَسَمَّاه الله ذَا القَرْنيْنِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abiá al-Wrqāʾ
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"From Abu al-Warqa' who said: I said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: What were the two horns of Dhu al-Qarnayn? He said: Do you think his two horns were gold or silver? He was a prophet. Allah sent him to a people and he called them to Allah the Exalted. A man stood up and struck his left horn and he died. Then Allah sent him back and revived him. Then Allah sent him to a people, and a man stood up and struck his right horn and he died. So Allah named him Dhu al-Qarnayn."
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أبو الشيخ في العظمة
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