The Iron Wall - BC Muslim School

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The Quran is full of exciting stories, adventures, teachings and
prayers, which show Allah’s love for us and explain what He
requires from us as believers in and sincere servants of our
Creator.
The Quran Stories for Little Hearts series is specially designed
to provide an easy way to help your children understand more
about the stories of the Quran by enjoying them and learning
from them in a natural way. It’s a wonderful way to explain
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illustrations will captivate young, active minds.
and encourage them to explore the meaning and purpose of
The Iron Wall is a beautifully illustrated and
the word of Allah. A simple text and magnificent color
creatively written story about the King Dhul
Qarnayan. It will capture the interest of children
both at home and in the classroom.
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Long long ago, during the sixth century B.C.
there was a magnificent king whose name
was Dhul Qarnayan.
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Black Sea
Aegean
Sea
Tur
urkk ey
Caucasus
Mountain
range
Caspian
Sea
He made military conquests from the
Aegean Sea to the Indus River. His
sway extended over East and West.
Iran
Mediterranean
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Egypt
r
ve
Ri
Arabia
India
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He was just and righteous, protecting the weak
and punishing the law-breakers.
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When Dhul Qarnayan took his armies to the North-East
of Iran, he reached the Caucasus mountain range which
runs between the Caspian and the Black Seas.
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On these journeys he met different tribes in different places.
Once he met a tribe whose members were hardly able to
communicate with him.
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Once, in that region, he met a tribe who begged him
to protect them from the wild tribes, the Yajuj and the
Majuj (Gog and Magog) who kept coming through
the mountain passes, and attacking them.
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Dhul Qarnayan said, “Lend me a body of men, and I
will raise a wall between you and them. Come,
bring me blocks of iron.”
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He told them to ply their bellows and when
the iron blocks which they brought became
red hot, Dhul Qarnayan asked them to pour
molten brass on them.
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In this way he helped in damming
up the valley between the two
mountains.
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In this way, Dhul Qarnayan erected an
Iron Wall to save them from Yajuj and
Majuj.
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After conquering a major part of the then
inhabited world and building an iron wall, Dhul
Qarnayan lost none of his humility.
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He gave the entire credit for these feats to the blessing of Allah.
Of the iron wall he had built, he said:
“This is a blessing from my Lord. But when the promise of my
Lord will come to pass, He will make it to dust. And the promise
of my Lord is true.”
Find Out More
To know more about the message and meaning of Allah’s words,
look up the following parts of the Quran which tell the story of
the King Dhul Qarnayan.
Surah al-Kahf 18:83-98
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ILLUSTRATED BY GURMEET SINGH
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