HAVE GOG AND MAGOG BEEN RELEASED INTO THE WORLD AS YET?

 

An Islamic View of Gog Magog in the Modern World

 

 

HAVE GOG AND MAGOG BEEN RELEASED INTO THE WORLD AS YET?

 

Those who insist that Gog and Magog have not as yet been released into the world cannot deny the inescapable implication that emerges from such a claim, namely that Allah Most High has not as yet destroyed or leveled Dhul Qarnain’s barrier. This book insists that such doubters have had a religious obligation for the longest while to search for the barrier, which according to them is still standing.

 

There may be some who stubbornly reject all the arguments raised so far in this book, as well as in ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’, in support of the view that the release of Gog and Magog commenced in the Prophet’s lifetime and has been continuing ever since. Such people may choose to disregard arguments based on the Qur’an as well as Ahadith quoted in this book in support of the view mentioned above. They may do so by way of ingenious misinterpretations of such verses of the Qur’an or Ahadith. 

 

Let us commence this chapter by directly addressing those doubters. We do so by directing attention to the indisputable and irrefutable fact clearly established in the Qur’an that Dhul Qarnain built a barrier with blocks of iron and then coated it with molten copper. As a consequence of the construction of the barrier, Gog and Magog were effectively contained since they could neither penetrate nor scale over the barrier. Also indisputable is the fact established in the Qur’an that Allah Most High would Himself one day level or destroy the barrier and only then would Gog and Magog be released into the world. 

 

Those who insist that Gog and Magog have not as yet been released into the world cannot deny the inescapable implication that emerges from such a claim, namely that Allah Most High has not as yet destroyed or leveled Dhul Qarnain’s barrier.  

 

Search for the barrier

This book insists that such doubters have had a religious obligation for the longest while to search for the barrier, which according to them is still standing. If they made absolutely no effort whatsoever to embark on that search, they must at least provide some form of an explanation which justifies this curious act of omission in their duty towards the Qur’an. They must also explain why no one in the more than a thousand years has ever seen the barrier standing. In addition, they must inform us whether they ever intend to embark on such a search.  After all, this is an age in which the exploration of the Earth has advanced to an unprecedented extent and satellite technology has made it possible for literally every square inch on the Earth to be photographed (see Google Earth). 

 

Such an exploration to locate Dhul Qarnain’s iron barrier should be of very great importance indeed to them in the light of another Hadith quoted by Ibn Kathir in Al-Bidayah wan Nihayah (i.e., ‘the beginning and the end’) in which Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet said: 

 

"Every day, Gog and Magog are trying to dig a way out through the barrier. When they begin to see sunlight through it, the one who is in charge of them says, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow,' and when they come back, the barrier is stronger than it was before. This will continue until their time comes and Allah wishes to send them forth. They will dig until they begin to see sunlight, then the one who is in charge of them will say, 'Go back; you can carry on digging tomorrow, Insha’ Allah.' In this case he will make an exception by saying Insha’ Allah, thus relating the matter to the Will of Allah. They will return on the following day, and find the hole as they left it. They will carry on digging and come out against the people  .  .  .” (Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ahmad) 

 

There are serious implications in this Hadith for those who stubbornly insist that the barrier is still standing to this day (since they believe that Gog and Magog have not as yet been released into the world). For example, the barrier must today be stronger than ever before hence it should not be difficult to recognize and locate it. Secondly, when once they locate the barrier they will not have to even search for Gog and Magog. According to the Hadith Gog and Magog would themselves be coming daily to the barrier to continue their effort to dig through it. Should that opportunity to actually see Gog and Magog themselves digging not be sufficient to rouse our critics to pack their bags and embark on the quest to find that barrier?

 

If such rejectionists do not pack their bags and embark on a search to locate Dhul Qarnain’s barrier which they insist is still standing somewhere on Allah’s Earth, and if they offer no explanation why no one has ever seen that barrier in the more than a thousand years and yet obstinately persist in their rejection of the view that the barrier has already been leveled or destroyed and Gog and Magog have already been released into the world, we advise our dear readers to regard the objections of such critics as frivolous and not meriting serious consideration. Those readers who choose to reject this advice of ours and persist in believing that there is merit in the view that the barrier is still standing would now themselves have to explain why they are not prepared to embark on the search to locate the barrier.

 

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to be continued . . . .

 

The end of history

 

An Islamic View of Gog Magog in the Modern World

 

The end of history

The viewpoint of Islam is that the End of History would occur when the religion or ideology that is authentically founded on ‘truth’ achieves its final and conclusive triumph over all other rival religions and ideologies and, just as important, when the authentic expression of truth prevails over all rival sects within that religion or ideology. The Qur’an has thrice repeated a verse which clearly refers to such an end of history:

“He it is who has sent forth His Messenger with the (task of spreading) guidance and the religion of truth, so that (eventually at the end of history) He may cause it to prevail over all (false) religions (ideologies etc.), however hateful this may be to those who ascribe divinity (sovereignty, supreme authority, supreme law, etc.) to aught beside Allah.”  (Qur’an, al- Taubah, 9:22; al-Saff, 61:9) 

 

“He it is who has sent forth His Messenger with the (task of spreading) guidance and the religion of truth, to the end that He make it (eventually) prevail (at the end of history) over all (false) religions (ideologies etc.), and none can bear witness (to the truth) as Allah does.”  (Qur’an, al-Fath, 48:28) 

 

The most spectacular and compellingly insistent of all ideological claims to truth emerged in the world when modern Western secular civilization was born. With this civilization a ‘sun’ has risen triumphantly on the world from the ‘west’ with an emphatic declaration that all claims to truth that preceded it are now superseded and redundant. Arnold Toynbee was quite honest when he declared “Western civilization is aiming at nothing less than the incorporation of all of mankind in a single great society and the control of everything in the earth, air and sea . . .” (Toynbee, Civilization on Trial, p 166)

 

Not only has this civilization succeeded in dominating the whole world but in addition, it has laid audacious claim to bringing history itself to an end. Western philosophers of history such as Francis Fukuyama argue that this civilization represents the culmination of the historical process and the end of history since there is nothing that can possibly challenge or replace its triumphant dominance over all of mankind and over all its rivals including Islam.  

 

However, Fukuyama was completely innocent about the real movement of history which would culminate with the dramatic return of the true Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary.

 

While this writer confesses his sense of surprise and astonishment at the absolutely amazing spectacle of a Western sunrise that continues to rise triumphantly, he recognizes it nevertheless to be a false sunrise and, indeed, to be the fulfillment of one of the Signs of the Last Day as prophesied by Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), i.e. that the ‘sun would one day rise from the west’. The above verse of the Qur’an, repeated three times in that blessed book, has conveyed a Divine assurance that history will end differently. Islam is destined to prevail over modern secular Western civilization as well as all other rivals at the end of history. 

 

The Islamic view on the subject is further revealed in verses of the Qur’an and prophecies of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) that depict the final triumph of truth and the consequent end of history to occur at the time of the return of the true Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, and the advent of the Imam al-Mahdi. Together they would rule the world from Jerusalem with justice and such rule would also represent the triumph of truth in the religion of Islam over all its rivals. Islam has designated that moment in time as the major or ultimate ‘Sign’ of the Sa‘ah’ (i.e. Last Hour) and it is in connection with that ‘Last Hour’ that Prophet Muhammad prophesied ten (major) Signs. 

 

Since the dramatic return of the true Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, would validate Islam’s claim to truth, it may be that with his return the Sa‘ah will commence. And Allah Knows best! But the Last Hour would not end until the material universe ceases to exist. All the Signs occurring prior to Jesus’ return would be Signs foretelling the approaching Sa‘ah. 

 

Some of these Signs are plainly visible. A dramatic example of this was recorded in the Qur’an. The disbelievers of Makkah taunted the Prophet: “If you are indeed a Prophet then why do you not split the moon and we will then believe in you.” The Prophet responded by praying to Allah Most High to grant him this miracle and the moon was promptly split. One half was seen over Mt. Saffa and the other half over Mt Kaikaan. The Qur’an made reference to this event and declared that it represented a Sign that the Sa‘ah or Last Hour had now drawn near:

 The Last Hour draws near, and the moon is split asunder! (Qur’an, al-Qamar, 54:1)

 

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to be continued . . . .

 

Top leaders of Gog and Magog and allied fasaad groups belong to the Children of Israel

 

An Islamic View of Gog Magog in the Modern World

 

 

Top leaders of Gog and Magog and allied fasaad groups belong to the Children of Israel

In another description of secret fasaad group meetings, the leading members and the top leaders (satans) are identified as belonging to the same group (“when they secretly meet with each other,” wa idhaa khalaa ba'duhum ilaa ba'd qaaloo atuhaddithoonahum bimaa fataha Allahu alaikum. . . Qur’an, alBaqarah, 2:76). Who is this group?

 

The context here refers to a group that conspires to reject Islam despite precise Torah description of its prophet. The group is identified as the Children of Israel whose fasaad behavior has not changed over the ages (Qur’an, al-Baqarah, 2:40-73) and will not change in the future (hearts turned into stone, will never believe in the Qur’an, al-Baqarah, 2:74-75). Their conspiratorial behavior is characterized by the cow incident (Qur’an, al-Baqarah, 2:67-73). Allah ordered them to slaughter a cow and hit the victim's body with its parts. The victim temporarily came back to life and named his killers (qataltum nafsan, you [plural] killed a person). The whole community of the Children of Israel had conspired to cover up who did it (wallahu mukhrijun ma kuntum taktumoon, and Allah will bring out what you [plural] were concealing).

 

In the Qur’an, the Children of Israel (banu isra'eel) also are referred to as Jews (al-yahood) or the People of the Scripture (ahl al-kitab). This last term also refers to Christians. Sometimes the context of the Qur’an determines which community is meant, but sometimes it is left open to refer to both communities.

 

Allah also tells us that “a group from among the People of the Scripture” (the context implies that these are either all Jews or a subgroup of them) abandoned the Torah and adopted in its place the recitations of jinn satans (ma tatloo ash-shayaateen, Qur’an, alBaqarah 2:101-102). These recitations may be included in the Talmud, one of the holy books of Judaism.

 

Moreover, Allah tells us that all Jews (al-yahood) collectively work hard (yas'awna, plural) to create fasaad (wa yas'awna fil ardi fasaadan, Qur’an, al-Maa'idah 5:64). This includes religious fasaad and all other kinds of fasaad. Righteous People of the Scripture (righteous Jews), the exception to this rule, are those who accept the Qur’an (Aal 'Imraan 3:113-115). 

 

Based on the above arguments, I conclude that the human satans who lead Gog and Magog and the fasaad groups that work for them must belong to the Children of Israel who follow the recitations of jinn satans.

 

In the previous sections, I have established the Qur’anic basis of the relationship between Gog and Magog. This link is crucial for the discussion of the second set of verses that mention Gog and Magog.

 

Gog and Magog have returned the Children of Israel to “their city” (Jerusalem)

In surah al-Anbiya', verses 21:95-97, Allah mentions a city in connection with Gog and Magog. 

The city had been destroyed and the verses state that its people are prohibited from returning to it until the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1. Gog and Magog have been unleashed.

2. Gog and Magog have spread their presence all over the world. “Min kulli hadabin yansiloon” has at least the following realizations:

a) Gog and Magog have interbred with and have descendants in every royal family and ruling elite.

b) Gog and Magog have infiltrated every organization (hadab = raised structure, organization).

c) Gog and Magog are rushing down every hill (are launching attacks or making war everywhere).

 

These conditions suggest that Gog and Magog would be helping the people of the destroyed city to return to it. In Chapter Six, Shaykh Hosein successfully connects these verses to the history of Jerusalem. He points out that the Children of Israel have indeed been brought back to Jerusalem in the last century after the city was destroyed long ago and they were chased out of it. These verses explain why Israel has been created and why the Children of Israel were forced to return to their old city (Jerusalem). Shaykh Hosein correctly argues that those who accomplished this act must be Gog and Magog.

The fact that the leadership of Gog and Magog belongs to the Children of Israel explains the motivation for this feat.

 

By the time Gog and Magog have accomplished this mission, the True Promise (al-wa'd al-haqq, the Last Hour) would be near. This possibly means the return of Jesus whom the Children of Israel rejected and tried to crucify. At this time, those who disbelieved in his true mission will stare with wide-open eyes at the truth (shaakhisatun absaarul ladheena kafaroo) and realize that it is too late to avoid certain doom.

 

Shaykh Hosein's argument about Jerusalem being the destroyed city in the verse is confirmed by the following. Allah tells us that He has decreed that the Children of Israel shall twice rise to power on Earth and establish fasaad (Qur’an, al-Israa', 17:48). The first rise to power has already happened (wa kaana wa'dan maf'oola: and it was an appointment executed). I argue that we are witnessing the second rise to power of the Children of Israel (the phrase “wa'dul aakhirati” in this verse means “the appointment of the last one [rise to power]”). As prophesied in a later verse, when this last rise happened (same phrase: “wa'dul aakhirati”), the Children of Israel were brought to Jerusalem by others from many different countries (fa idhaa jaa'a wa'dul aakhirati ji'naa bikum lafeefa, Qur’an, al-Israa', 17:104).

 

Dajjal (False Messiah), the leader of Gog and Magog

I have established above that the top leaders of Gog and Magog must be from those Children of Israel whose holy book is the recitations of jinn satans. One of them must be the very top leader of Gog and Magog. Hadith confirms this conclusion and refers to a Jewish personality named al-Maseeh (the Messiah) adDajjal (liar, confuser, conman) which refers to the False Messiah (they rejected the real Messiah, Jesus 'alaihissalaam). The Prophet salla Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam identified him as Ibn Sayyad, a young Jewish man living in Medina. Hadith also told us that Dajjal was present at the same time in a different form on a certain island. Obviously, Dajjal appears in different forms and phases. In his book, Jerusalem in the Qur’an, Shaykh Hosein deals with the phases of the Dajjal.

 

Gog and Magog have infiltrated religious sects

Based on the Qur’an's description of the typical structure of fasaad groups, Ibn Mas'oud radiallahu 'anhu (the famous companion of the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) called the Muslim sects emerging in his time “the Jews of Islam.” What he meant was that they manifested typical characteristics of fasaad groups that are masterminded by Jews. Hadith tells us that all sects are in Hell. Only the mainstream who stick to Qur’an and Sunna are saved.

 

In Chapter One, Shaykh Hosein reviews Muslim sects and challenges them to take a proper stand on the issue of Gog and Magog. Certain Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist and polytheist sects also manifest some characteristics of fasaad groups.

 

Naturally, these sects ally themselves with the most powerful fasaad group, Gog and Magog. As we speak, the leaders of these sects may be coordinating with Dajjal. Maybe this is why Allah prohibits Muslims from ever taking Jews or Christians as sponsors or allies (awliyaa'). He warns that they are only sponsors and allies of each other (ba'duhum awliyaa'u ba'd, Qur’an, al-Maa'idah, 5:51). Shaykh Hosein specifically points to the alliance between European Jews and Christians as the embodiment of Gog and Magog.

 

Implications

Shaykh Hosein ponders in depth the spiritual, social and political consequences of the release of Gog and Magog. I believe that the most important question is this: how do we avoid being persuaded by the sweet talk of charismatic satanic leaders into joining apparently good activities that are in fact evil fasaad activities? Surah al-Kahf offers an answer: withdraw from cities. Hadith recommends this approach, too. In Chapter Seven, Shaykh Hosein suggests the “Muslim Village.”

 

The collective integrity of the Ummah (the global Muslim community) has been shattered long ago. The Islamic Khilafah (central government) can never be restored so long as the Gog and Magog world order maintains its control over the earth. Surah asSaff 61:1-14 gives an overview of world history and future events. Those of the Children of Israel with twisted minds who have betrayed Moses and Jesus 'alaihimassalaam will try in vain to blow out Allah's light. They offer their False Messiah, Dajjal, instead of Jesus. Their Gog and Magog troops have overrun the globe. But Imam al-Mahdi ‘alaihissalaam will start the final battle against them, and Jesus ‘alaihissalaam will end it. And then he will rule the Earth according to Islam. 

Tammam Adi

Safar 1430

 

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to be continued . . . .