conduct, but condescends to explain his conduct. 83-86 Dhu al Qarnain journeys to the setting sun which is located in a muddy pool 87-88 He finds a people, whom he is permitted to treat as he will 89-94 He travels east and north, where he finds an ignorant race, who plead his protection against Gog and Magog 95-97 He builds a rampart against them 98 Gog and Magog to be let loose before judgment-day 99 All creatures being resurrected and gathered by the trumpet blow of Israfil. 100-108 The rewards and punishments of judgment-day 109 The ocean's insufficiency to write all the words of God with ink 110 Muhammad's morality and humanity Exegesis 9-26 "Companions of the cave" Verses 9–26 of the chapter retell the Christian folktale of the "companions of the cave". A few young believers lived in a time when they were tortured for their beliefs. Upon the guidance of God, they fled the city where believers were persecuted, together with their dog, and took refuge in a cave where they fell asleep. When they awoke they found that the people of the city had become believers. 27 No room for diversity in interpretation of the Quran The commentary by Ozma Nasir Makarim Shirazi says, "There is no room for diversity to enter into His Words and Knowledge. His Speech and His Knowledge is not like the speech and knowledge of human beings which, as a result of a new invention or information, has to be changed". Ibn Kathir says this verse means of the words in the Quran, "no one can alter them, distort them or misinterpret them." 32-45 The parable of the two men In verses 32–44 the surah discusses a parable of two men, one of whom had been given blessings from God and the other poor. The rich one wronged his soul and started showing off with his wealth and noble lineage. Verse 36 explains that The rich man also told his companion that he doubted the existence of Judgment Day. At the end of the parable, God destroys what He had given the man. Q18:45 Imam Musa al-Kadhim narrates in Kitab al-Kafi that Ali would bequeath his companions to view this world with the vision of an ascetic because it dislodges its residents. Ali provides them with the parable of a lush, green garden with scented dew that accumulates under the blades of