They make possible the return of people to their ‘town’ (Qur’an) (In our view the Qur’anic verse (al-Anbiyah’, 21:95-6) refers to the return of the Jews to Jerusalem, and that explains the restoration in the Holy Land of a State of Israel)
This part of the Gog and Magog profile (or what we describe as footprints) that is located in the Qur’an in Surah al-Anbiyah’, is by far the most important of all their footprints with which they can be recognized. The Qur’an delivered the astonishing news that the people of a ‘town’ (that was destroyed by Allah Most High) would never be able to return to their town (i.e. after Allah Most High had expelled them and banned their return) to reclaim it as their own, until Gog and Magog were released and, in addition, they had spread out in all directions (hence take control of the world). We have argued in our book entitled Jerusalem in the Qur’an that the ‘town’ is Jerusalem:
“There is a ban on a town (i.e. Jerusalem) which we destroyed (and whose people were expelled) that they (the people) can never return (to reclaim that town as their own) until Gog and Magog are released and they spread out in all directions (thus taking control of the world while establishing the Gog and Magog world-order).” (Qur’an, al-Anbiyah’, 21:95-6)
This is a dramatic instance of such verses of the Qur’an which can only be penetrated and correctly understood through employing the system of meaning methodology as well as through an acute examination of emerging data located outside of the Qur’an. It is this Gog and Magog footprint that Allah Most Wise has located for us in the blessed Qur’an which must be recognized to be supremely important and which must be given priority over any contradictory footprint located in the Ahadith.
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