قال: «فاحتفر له جبل حديد، فقلعوا له أمثال اللبن، فطرح بعضه...

قال: «فاحتفر له جبل حديد، فقلعوا له أمثال اللبن، فطرح بعضه على بعض فيما بين الصدفين، و كان ذو القرنين هو أول من بنى بناء على الأرض، ثم جمع عليه الحطب و ألهب فيه النار، و وضع عليه المنافيخ، فنفخوا عليه He -asws said: ‘So they dug up for him a mountain of iron (ore), and they took it out for him like the milk. So he placed parts of it upon (other) parts in what is between the two cliffs.

And it was so that Zulqarnayn, he was the first one who built a construction (of a fortified barrier) upon the earth. Then the firewood was gathered for him, and the fire was ignited in it, and the bellows were placed upon it, and they blew into it.

فلما ذاب قال: آتوني بقطر- و هو المس الأحمر، قال- فاحتفروا له جبلا من مس فطرحوه على الحديد، فذاب معه و اختلط به- قال- فَمَا اسْطاعُوا أَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَ مَا اسْتَطاعُوا لَهُ نَقْباً يعني يأجوج و مأجوج قالَ هذا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّي فَإِذا جاءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاءَ وَ كانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقًّا». إلى ها هنا رواية علي بن الحسين و رواية محمد بن نصر So, when it melted, he said, ‘Bring me with molten copper!’ – and it is the red brass.

So they dug up a mountain for him from brass, and they placed it upon the iron, and it melted along with it, and mingled with it. So they were neither able to scale it nor were they able to make a hole in it [18:97] – meaning Yajouj and Majouj. He said: ‘This is a Mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He will Make it level, and a Promise of my Lord would always be true [18:97] ’. Up to here is the report of Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws and report of Muhammad Bin Nasr.

And there is an addition by Jibraeel Bin Ahmad, in his Hadeeth, by chains from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata: – و زاد جبرئيل بن أحمد، في حديثه بأسانيد عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، عن علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام): «وَ تَرَكْنا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ يعني يوم القيامة، و كان ذو القرنين عبدا صالحا، و كان من الله بمكان، نصح لله فنصح له و أحب الله فأحبه، و كان قد سبب له في البلاد، و مكن له فيها حتى ملك ما بين المشرق و المغرب ‘From Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws (having said): ‘ And We will Forsake some of them on that Day surging among others [18:99] – Meaning the Day of Judgment.

And Zulqarnayn was a righteous servant, and he had a position from Allah -azwj . He advised for the Sake of Allah -azwj , So He -azwj Advised him, and he loved Allah -azwj , Al He -azwj Loved him. And He -azwj had (Given him a) course in the cities, and Enabled for him in these until he ruled whatever is between the east and the west.

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