The Quran is more authentic than any Hadith. If you disagree, then you may want to ask yourself these questions:
- When was the last time Jews had a sovereign nation-state (prior to 1949)? Why is there such a massive gap in between?
- Why were Jews expelled from the Holy Lands?
- What is the meaning of these verses (21:95-96), its relation to anything, and why are they revealed to us?
How long does it take for people to lose hope & faith? The way things are going right now in the Muslim world, I’d say most people will lose it in a couple of decades (if not sooner).
- I don’t know which verses you are referring to, but sure, they may be.
- They could be anyone attacking from that location.
- The non-Muslim population is very high, along with the populations of the UN, EU, NATO.
- Please provide the appropriate referrences. If you are looking for people who are willing to eat everything (including sand, cement, wood, and rocks), then you will probably never find them. Some things only make sense metaphorically. I know for a fact that the US accounts for less than 5% of the global population, yet consumes over 30% of the world’s resources (followed by EU). What do you make of that?
- Again, provide the authentic referrences, and refer to the answer below.
- The Mongolians? :lol: Yajuj & Majuj could be anyone (or everyone). You are searching for the answer with a predetermined conclusion that only one single nation can be Yajuj & Majuj. What about other referrences where it is stated that 999/1000 will be Yajuj & Majuj? If we were to distribute that number among today’s population, Y&M would include many Muslims (or those who think they are adherents of Islam).
Here are a few verses and facts that may clear up your confusion:
“Corineus and Gogmagog were two brave giants who richly valued their honour and exerted their whole strength and force in the defence of their liberty and country; so the City of London, by placing these, their representatives in their Guildhall, emblematically declare, that they will, like mighty giants defend the honour of their country and liberties of this their City; which excels all others, as much as those huge giants exceed in stature the common bulk of mankind.”
Lord Mayor’s Show: Gog and Magog
The statuest of Yajuj & Majuj are present in London, and if I remember correctly, they have some local festival each year, based on these figures.
“Zainab bint Jahsh reported that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) got up from sleep saying: There is no god but Allah; there is a destruction in store for Arabia because of turmoil which is at hand, the barrier of Gog and Magog has opened so much. And Sufyan made a sign of ten with the help of his hand (in order to indicate the width of the gap) and I said: Allah’s Messenger, would we be perished in spite of the fact that there would be good people amongst us? Thereupon he said: Of course, but only when the evil predominates.”
[Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 6881]
*"Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (S) 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, in shaa’Allah.’ In this case he will make an exception by saying in shaa’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. They will drink all the water, and find the hole as they left it, and the people will entrench themselves in their fortresses. Gog and Magog will fire their arrows into the sky, and they will fall back to earth with something like blood on them. Gog and Magog will say, ‘We have defeated the people of earth, and overcome the people of heaven.’ Then Allah will send a kind of worm in the napes of their nacks, and they will be killed by it…‘By Him a in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the beasts of the earth will become fat.’” *
[Tirmidhee, Abwaab al-Tafseer: Surat al-Kahf (Hadith 5160), 8/597-99; Ibn Maajah, Kitaab al-Fitan, (Hadith 4080), 2/1364. Ahmad, Musnad, 2/510, 511.]
“Zainab bint Jahsh, the wife of Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported that one day Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) came out in a state of excitement with his face quite red. And he was saying: There is no god but Allah; there is a destruction in store for Arabia beciuse of the turmoil which is near at hand as the barrier of Gog and Magog has been opened like it, and he (in order to explain it) made a ring with the help o his thumb and forefinger. I said: Allah’s Messenger, would we be destroyed despite the fact that there would be pious people amongst us? He said: Yes, when the evil would predominate.”
[Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 6883]
“This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition that Gog and Magog would walk until they would reach the mountain of al-Khamar and it is a mountain of Bait-ul-Maqdis and they would say: We have killed those who are upon the earth. Let us now kill those who are In the sky and they would throw their arrows towards the sky and the arrows would return to them besmeared with blood. And in the narration of Ibn Hujr (the words are):” I have sent such persons (Gog and Magog) that none would dare fight against them."
[Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 7016]
“… Allah would send Gog and Magog and they would swarm down from every slope. The first of them would pass the lake of Tibering and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: There was once water there.”
[Muslim :: Book 41 : Hadith 7015]
*"Narrated Abu Said: *
*The Prophet said, “Allah will say, ‘O Adam!. Adam will reply, ‘Labbaik and Sa’daik (I respond to Your Calls, I am obedient to Your orders), wal Khair fi Yadaik (and all the good is in Your Hands)!’ Then Allah will say (to Adam), Bring out the people of the Fire.’ Adam will say, ‘What (how many) are the people of the Fire?’ Allah will say, ‘Out of every thousand (take out) nine-hundred and ninety-nine (persons).’ At that time children will become hoary-headed and every pregnant female will drop her load (have an abortion) and you will see the people as if they were drunk, yet not drunk; But Allah’s punishment will be very severe.” *That news distressed the companions of the Prophet too much, and they said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Who amongst us will be that man (the lucky one out of one-thousand who will be saved from the Fire)?” He said, “Have the good news that one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog, and the one (to be saved will be) from you.” The Prophet added, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I Hope that you (Muslims) will be one third of the people of Paradise.” On that, we glorified and praised Allah and said, “Allahu Akbar.” The Prophet then said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I hope that you will be one half of the people of Paradise, as your (Muslims) example in comparison to the other people (non-Muslims), is like that of a white hair on the skin of a black ox, or a round hairless spot on the foreleg of a donkey.”
[Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 76 :: Hadith 537]
..drunk, yet not drunk. Literally speaking, it does not make any sense at all. Nobody said everything has to be metaphorical, however, as you can see, somethings make no sense literally, yet make perfect sense metaphorically. The Prophet taught Islam to bedouins of ancient times, not rocket scientists of the modern age. Many of the prophecies (that I, along with many scholars believe) which were revealed to the bedouins were done so in a simplistic way so they could get an idea of that which was beyond their ability to perceive, yet within the ability of the people of later times. Let me give you an example:
What would an ancient bedouin (or any person trying to understand, literally) make of the following Quranic verse?
“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if no fire touches it. Light upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever He wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has knowledge of all things.”
[Qur’an, 24:35]
Lets see if you can figure out what this metaphor refers to, and when you do, hopefully you will understand why the bedouins would not have understood this idea literally.
Y&M are supposed to come in waves: the Mongol invasions may have been the first of the waves, but certainly not the last. The Quranic verse has nothing to do with figuring out who Y&M are, but is testament to the fact that they have been released and are present amongst us now. Umar (as) once said something like “that door (barrier of Y&M) will not be opened, it will be broken and thus never close again”.