The Evolution Deceit Surat al-Kahf, 091-100 Then he followed a
way until he reached the rising of the Sun, and found it rising
on a people to whom We had not given any shelter from it. We had
encompassed that he had "knowledge comprising essence" near him
[or all that he had in knowledge]. (Surat al-Kahf, 89-91) The
second time Dhu'l-Qarnayn (as) sets off, he goes east. Applying
the verse to a map, he could have gone to Korea, 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 devices
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