KN-OW-Imran-Nazar-Hosein-An-Islamic-View-Of-Gog-And-Magog-In-The-Modern-World

ising from beyond that land); he found it rising on a people for whomWe had provided no covering (for protection from sunshine, weather,environment) other than (the natural) covering. (18:90)• Commentary:The implication is that he encountered another large sea whiletraveling East, as he had done while traveling West, and it was frombeyond that sea that he saw the sun rising. If the sea to the West wasthe Black Sea, it would imply that the sea to the East would be theCaspian Sea.Sūrah al-Kahf now delivers a second lesson on the use of power. Howwould Dhūl Qarnain use power when, for example, the rights of aprimitive people stand in the way of such material progress as theexploitation of huge (Caspian) oil reserves that are located in theirterritory? Would he give preference to the material value of the oil orto the value of human rights of even a poor primitive people? Wouldhe wage war and wreak havoc and destruction in order to gain controlof Caspian oil or would he give priority to human rights over greedfor oil resources?The verse may also indicate that people living in that region of theEarth may one day need more protection from the elements (such as,for example, atmospheric pollution or fallout from nuclear warfareetc.) than that which was given by nature.-------------------------------ك َذ َلك وق َد أ َحط ْنا ب ِما ل َديه خبرا〉‏“Thus (did he meet them and thus did he wisely and compassionatelyleave them undisturbed in their natural way of life); and We (i.e. AllahMost High) did encompass with Our knowledge his grasp of thesituation (and his response to it). (18:91)®132