In the Quran Alexander the Great is called Dhul-Qanain or Two-Horned One, likely because of historical images of him wearing a helmet with two rams horns (Al-Kahf, The Cave 18:86-100). Stealing from an ancient legend that Alexander built a wall to keep out Gog and Magog of the north (18:94) the Quran claims that Alexander traveled to the place where the sun sets in a spring of black mud (18:86). Any questions? Ask Allah (or the tooth fairy).
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