Secret of Secrets

to the point that I call him a human, and he possesses strange forms of greatness and wonders
that are branching, the mention of which would be long. There is disagreement regarding his death.
One group said he died a death having reached a known old age,
while another group said he ascended to the heavens in a pillar of light.
Alexander’s good judgment and the breadth of his affairs reached what became famous about him,
including his triumph over kings and lands, his possession of
all kingdoms, and his administration of the regions of the earth by leagues,
in length and breadth. Nations submitted to him, both Arab and non-Arab,
for there remained for him no equal and no one to oppose his work, and he...