There is mention of the Gog and the Magog (Yajooj and Majooj)
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There is mention of the Gog and the Magog (Yajooj and Majooj) who Zulqarnain
fought, in Surah Kahf. There is also mention of the Gog and Magog appearing
during Qayamat. Is there a connection between the two? Can you please elaborate
on these people.
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Answer:
Gog and Magog
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Statement: There is mention of the Gog and the Magog (Yajooj and Majooj) who
Zulqarnain fought, in Surah Kahf.
Yajooj
and Majooj are the names of the people of two wild tribes of the north-east
Asia, who from the earliest times, had been making inroads on settled empires in
Asia and
It
is related in the Holy Quran that Allah sent a great ruler and believer
(Zul-Qarnain), and he built a wall of molten lead to contain the menace of the
tribes of Yajooj and Majooj.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 18 Surah Kahf verses 94-97:
94 They said: "O
Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (people) do great mischief on earth: shall we
then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us
and them?"
95 He said: "(The
power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute): help me
therefore with strength (and labor): I will erect a strong barrier between you
and them:
96 "Bring me blocks of
iron." At length when he had filled up the space between the two steep
mountain sides he said "Blow (with your bellows)." Then when he had
made it (red) as fire he said: "Bring me that I may pour over it molten
lead."
97 Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to
dig through it.
Your
Statement: There is also mention of the Gog and Magog appearing during Qayamat.
Indeed
it is related in the Holy Quran and in the authentic traditions of the Prophet
(saws) that near the end of time, the
descendants of the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj will emerge again, and cause a
terrible menace. The authentic hadiths
further relate that this will happen after Prophet Jesus (a.s.) has returned to
earth and ridden the world of the menace of the anti-Christ, Ad-Dajjal. The tribes of Yajooj and Majooj will then
lay siege upon the believers, and Prophet Isa (a.s.) and the believers will
ascend the Mount of Tur for safety. The
Prophet Isa (a.s.) and the believers will then supplicate Allah Subhanah to
help them against the might of the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj; and Allah will
accept their supplication and cause the whole tribes to be annihilated.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 21 Surah Anbiyaa verses 96-97:
96 Until the Gog and Magog
(people) are let through (their barrier) and they swiftly swarm from every
hill.
97 Then will the True
Promise draw nigh (of fulfillment): then behold! The eyes of the unbelievers
will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! woe to us! we were indeed heedless of
this; nay we truly did wrong!"
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6931 Narrated
by Hudhayfah ibn Usayd Ghifari
Allah's Messenger (saws) came to us all of a sudden as we were
(busy in a discussion). He (saws) said:
‘What do you discuss about?’ (the
Companions) said: ‘ We are discussing about the Last Hour.’ Thereupon he (saws) said: ‘It will not come until you see ten signs
before and (in this connection) he made a mention of the smoke, Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Allah be
pleased with him), The Gog and
Magog, and landslides in three
places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which
fire would burn forth from the Yemen,
and would drive people to the place of their assembly.’
Your
Question: Is there a connection between the two?
Beloved
brother, whatever we know for sure about the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj is
what has been related and made to us by Allah Subhanah in His Glorious Quran
and in the authentic and established traditions of the Messenger of Allah
(saws). What is evident from these
sources is that the descendants of the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj will be
absolutely huge in number and in might, and they will re-appear, siege the
believers, and will be annihilated by Allah Subhanah before the end of time.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows
Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister