# Does the story of Dhul Qarnayn mean the earth is flat?

*Does the story of Dhul Qarnayn refer to a flat earth? No*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/21/
- Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:14:32–1:15:00)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=4472s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/

**Topics:** Quran and science

**Question as asked:** How can the story of Dhul Qarnayn not refer to a flat earth?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** No, he says the story of Dhul Qarnayn does not refer to a flat earth, and Muslims should stop buying into the flat-earth narrative.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the story of Dhul Qarnayn does not refer to a flat earth.

**Evidence, his words at 1:14:32:** “well it doesn't refer to a flat earth for the love of god stop buying into this dumb young earth christian narrative of a flat earth” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=4472s)

## Longer summary

Asked how the story of Dhul Qarnayn can not refer to a flat earth, Mufti Abu Layth exclaims at the question and says it simply does not. He tells viewers to stop buying into what he calls the young-earth Christian narrative of a flat earth. He says it is embarrassing and makes them look foolish.

## Sources and names cited

- Dhul Qarnayn

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:14:32–1:15:00)

[1:14:32] how can it not refer to a flat earth well it doesn't refer to a flat earth for the love of god stop buying into this dumb young earth christian narrative of a flat earth okay it's stupid it makes you look handicapped uh just you know have some self-dignity [Laughter] it's embarrassing honestly it's embarrassing

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/21. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/21/

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