I
have also argued in my book that Gog and Magog were released into the
world in the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of
Allah Most High be upon him). The Qur’an itself has made mention
(Qur’an, al-Anbiyah, 21:94-5) of a ‘town’ which was destroyed
by Allah Most High, and the people of the town expelled, and then
banned from returning to reclaim their town until Gog and Magog were
not only released but, also, had spread out (around the world) in all
directions.
“But
there is a ban on a town which We have destroyed: that they (the
people of the town) shall not return (to reclaim that town as their
own); until Gog and Magog are let through (their barrier), and they
swiftly spread out in every direction (replicating themselves amongst
all the peoples of the world).” (Qur’an, al-Anbiyah, 21:95-96)
I
identified that ‘town’ to be Jerusalem. And since the Jews have
already returned to Jerusalem to reclaim it as their own, it follows
that Gog and Magog, like Dajjal, are also close to the end of their
mission. And Allah Knows best!
Another
entire chapter of ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’ is devoted to
explaining the subject of Gog and Magog. In addition, the fourth of
the quartet of books on Surah al-Kahf will be devoted to a
comprehensive explanation of this subject Insha Allah.
I
have argued in my book, ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an – An IslamicView of the Destiny of Jerusalem’, that Dajjal the False Messiah or
Antichrist was released into the world in the lifetime of Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him). He has
already completed the first stage of his mission that lasted for “a
day like a year”, and is about to complete the second stage that
lasts for “a day like a month”. The third and last stage of his
mission (of impersonation of the true Messiah) that would last for
just “a day like a week” would, I believe, commence when Israel
replaces USA as the ruling state of the world. And that would occur
when Israel wages a big war that would result in dramatic territorial
expansion “from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates”.
Israel would then seize control of the Suez Canal and all the oil of
the Arabian Gulf.
By
the end of that third stage, Dajjal the false Messiah or Antichrist
would have been born into the world of Jewish parents, would have
risen to become ruler of Israel and, hence, would have completed his
mission to rule the world from Jerusalem. And Allah Knows best!
An
entire chapter of the book is devoted to explaining the subject of
Dajjal. I am now writing a quartet of books on Surah al-Kahf of the
Qur’an, and one of the four books would be entirely devoted to a
comprehensive explanation of the subject of Dajjal, the false Messiah
or Anti-Christ in Islam Insha Allah.
Hudhayfah
ibn Usayd Ghifari, the companion of the Prophet, said, “Allah’s
Messenger came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a
discussion). He asked: What are you discussing? (The Companions)
replied: We are discussing (the subject of) the Last Hour. There upon
he said: It will not come until you see ten signs. 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’, ‘Gog and Magog’, ‘sinkings of the
earth 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 Yemen, and
would drive people to the place of their assembly’ (i.e., the place
where mankind will be assembled for judgment).” (Sahih Muslim)
Here,
then, are the ten major Signs of the Last Day as prophesied by
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon
him):
Dajjal
— the false Messiah or Anti-Christ,
Gog
and Magog,
Smoke,
The
beast of the earth or land (most likely the holy land),
The
sun would rise from the west,
Three
sinkings of the earth
one
in the east
One
in the west
and One
in Arabia,
A
fire would come out of Yemen and would drive people to their place
of assembly (for judgement),
• The
son of Mary would descend.
Although
these signs were not given by the blessed Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) in their chronological
order of occurrence, I have made an effort to put them in that order,
with the ones that have not as yet occurred at the bottom of the
list. How did I arrive at the above order? We know from the
prophecies of the blessed Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) that the third major ‘sinking of
the earth’, i.e., the one that would occur in Arabia, would swallow
an army that would be heading south to Makkah. That army would be on
its way to attack Imam al-Mahdi, the descendant of Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him). It was
prophesied that he would restore the Islamic Caliphate (or Islamic
model of a state) in the Arabian peninsula. It is after that sign has
occurred (i.e., the third major earthquake) that the son of Mary
would descend from the sky with his hands resting on the wings of two
angels, and would kill Dajjal the False Messiah or Anti-Christ. The
Qur’an itself has described Jesus (i.e., the return of Jesus) as
the ‘ilm (which here means the very key to the subject) of the Last
Hour:
“And
he (i.e., Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of
Judgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow Me:
this is a Straight Way.” (Qur’an, Zukhruf, 43:61)
It
follows that his return must come chronologically at the end of the
list. We also know that the ‘fire’ from Yemen would follow the
third earthquake. And so now that it appears that the major
earthquake in the East has occurred, we await four more major signs
that still remain to occur. When did the first six ‘major’ signs
occur?
