Re: Gog and Magog
Narrated An-Nawwas, son of Sam’an: Allah’s Apostle mentioned of the Antichrist one day in the morning. He sometimes described him as insignificant and sometimes described (his turmoil) as very significant (and we felt) as if he were in the cluster of the date-palm trees. When we went to him (to the Holy Prophet) in the evening and he read (the signs of fear) on our faces, he said:
“What is the matter with you?” We said: “Allah’s Apostle, you mentioned the Antichrist this morning (sometimes describing him) as insignificant and sometimes very important, until we began to think he was present in some (nearby) part of the cluster of the date-palm trees.”
So he said: “I harbor fear in regard to you in so many other things besides the Antichrist. If he comes forth while I am among you, I shall contend with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth while I am not among you, a man must contend on his own behalf, and Allah will take care of every Muslim on my behalf (and safeguard him against his evil). He (the Antichrist) will be a young man with twisted, cropped hair, and a blind eye. I compare him with Abdul Uzzak son of Qatan.
He who among you will survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses of Surah al-Kahf (Chapter 18 of the Qur’an). He will appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and will spread mischief right and left. O servant of Allah! Adhere (to the path of Truth).”
We said: “Allah’s Apostle, how long will he stay on earth?” He said: “For forty days, one day like a year, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the rest of the days will be like your days.”
We said: “Allah’s Apostle, will one day’s prayer suffice for the prayers of the day equal to one year?” Thereupon he said: “No, but you must make an estimate of the time (and then observe prayer).”
We said: “Allah’s Apostle, how quickly will he walk upon the earth?” Thereupon he said: “Like cloud driven by the wind. He will come to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion);
they will affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He will then give a command to the sky: there will be rainfall upon the earth, and it will grow crops. Then, in the evening, their pasturing animals will come to them with their humps very high, their udders full of milk, and their flanks distended. He will then come to another people and invite them. But they will reject him, so he will go away from them; they will have a drought and nothing will
be left with them in the form of wealth.
“He will then walk through the desert and say to it: ‘Bring forth your treasures.’ The treasures will come out and gather before him like a swarm of bees. He will then call someone in
the flush of youth, strike him with a sword and cut him into two pieces, and then place these pieces at a distance equivalent to that between an archer and his target.
“He will then call (that young man), and he will come forward laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness). It will be at this very time that Allah will send Christ, son of Mary. He will
descend at the white minaret on the eastern side of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron, and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he lowers his head, there will fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he raises
it up, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every non-believer who smells the odor of his body will die and his breath will reach as far as he is able to see. He will then search for him (Antichrist)until he catches hold of him at the gate of Lod and kills him. Then a people whom Allah had protected will come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he will wipe their faces and inform them of their ranks in Paradise. It will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal
to Jesus these words:
‘I have brought forth from among My servants such people against whom none will be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur (Mount Sinai), and then Allah will send Gog and Magog, and they will swarm down from every slope. The first of them will pass the lake of Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them passes, he will say: ‘There
was once water there.’
“Jesus and his companions will then be besieged here (at Tur, and they will be so hard pressed) that the head of the ox will be dearer to them than one hundred dinars. Allah’s Apostle, Jesus, and his companions will supplicate Allah, Who will send to them insects (which will attack their necks), and in the morning they will perish as one single person. Allah’s Apostle, Jesus, and his companions, then come down to earth and they will not
find on Earth as much space as a single span that is not filled with putrefaction and stench. Allah’s Apostle (Muhammad, God bless him) said, Jesus (God bless him), and his companions will then beseech Allah, who will send birds whose necks would be like those of Bactrian camels, and they will carry them away and throw them where Allah wills.
“Then Allah will send rain, which no house of mud-bricks or (tent of) camelhair will keep out and it will wash the earth until it resembles a mirror. Then the earth will be told to bring
forth its fruit and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, there will grow (such a big) pomegranate that a group of people will be able to eat it and seek shelter under its skin, a dairy cow will give so much milk that a whole party will be able to drink it.
The milking camel will give such (a large quantity of) milk that the whole tribe will be able to drink from it, and the milking-sheep will give so much milk that the whole family will be able to drink from it. At that time, Allah will send a pleasant wind, which will soothe (people) even under their armpits. He will take the life of every Muslim and only the wicked will survive who will commit adultery like asses and the Last Hour would come to them.”
Tur means “mount” in Arabic and most likely refers to Mount Sinai, where Jesus and his followers will go in order to escape Gog and Magog. It could, however, be another mountain.
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