The
Holy Qur’an mentions a great historic figure ‘Dhul Qarnayn’, under whose
sovereign, royal authority all the known lands of the ancient world submitted. A
wise and devout servant of God, Dhul Qarnayn was an impartial and just ruler
who administered the territories under his suzerainty with wisdom and
tolerance, with a view for social peace, tranquillity, and people’s welfare. Beyond
confirming the identity and veracity of a servant of God and ‘ideal ruler’ from
the ancient era as a matter of history and collective memory, the Book of God
also relates the description in this regard with great events of the future
when a Protective Shield of God would appear in turbulent times to set things
right.
Consider
these Qur’anic verses:
‘On that Day, We shall let them surge against each other like waves and then the Trumpet will be blown and We shall gather them all together. We shall show Hell to the disbelievers, those whose eyes were blind to My signs, those who were unable to hear. Did they think that they could take My servants as masters instead of Me? We have prepared Hell as the disbelievers’ resting place.’ [18: 100-103]