Page 183 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

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he second time Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as) sets off, he goes east.
Applying the verse to a map, he could have gone to Korea,
T T China, or Manchuria (northern China).
The verse mentions "a people to whom We had not given any shelter
from the Sun." The Arabic word for shelter is "sitr" (to cover, to hide). It
is derived from the root "satara." Thus, in the context of this verse, it
means "a cover in the form of cloths or a building."
Therefore, it can be assumed that these people did not live in houses
but rather in the open, wide land. They had no forms of shelter or de-
vices like umbrellas. They may have been nomadic, or a people who
worked at night and spent the days in underground shelters. Or, they
might have been a people who had no clothes or civilization. Omer
Nasuhi Bilmen interprets the verse in this way:
"Dhu’l-Qarnayn, in this journey, came to the land of the rising sun
(where the sun is born). For these people there was no protection from the
rays of the sun like a piece of cloth, a building, or a mountain. These peo-
ple were either entering the sea or an underground cavity when the sun
rose and came out to do their work when the sun set." 4
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