The journey of Dhul-Qarnayn is one of the most enigmatic stories in the Quran… the setting of the sun, the rising of the sun, a people who could barely understand a word, a barrier of iron and copper, and a nation called Gog and Magog whose emergence is linked to the end times.

But the question we're trying to address in this episode is different:

Where did all this happen?

We'll return to the verses, the ancient interpretations, the authentic hadiths, Al-Idrisi's map, the journey of Salam the Interpreter, and the ancient and modern attempts to pinpoint the location of the barrier… and see why, the more we try to place the story on the map we know, the more questions arise instead of diminishing.

Have we misunderstood the story?

Or are we looking in the wrong place?

Or perhaps the map itself is smaller than the story?

I'm Sharif Ali, and this is… The Gateway.

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