Cited to challenge Quranic 'scientific miracles' by arguing Dhul-Qarnayn literally finds the sun setting in a muddy spring, which the speaker presented as a scientific blunder.
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Quran 18:85-86
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85 and he followed a way 86 until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and he found nearby a people. We said, 'O Dhool Karnain, either thou shalt chastise them, or thou shalt take towards them a way of kindness.'
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Quoted as a scientific-critique text: used to argue the Quran teaches that Dhul-Qarnayn found the sun setting in a muddy spring.
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