The Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj
During the reign of Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) people will live an extremely
peaceful life filled with prosperity and abundance. Then the wall
which imprisons Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj will break andthey will surge
forth in large numbers.
"But when Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj are let loose and they rush headlong
down every hill" (Quran 21:97)
Who are the Ya'jooj and Majooj?
Zul Qarnain (A.S.) who wasa pious and just Ruler travelled to many
lands and conquered them, establishing justice and the Law of Allah
therein. Allah Ta'ala provided him with all forms and material
strength throughwhich he was able to carry out his conquests and
missions.
He once carried out a mission in three directions, the far west, the
far east, and then in a northerly direction. It washere that he came
across a tribe of people who complained to him about the tribes of
Ya'jooj and Majooj which inhabited the land behind two hugemountains
and often emerged from behind these mountains to perpetrate acts of
anarchyand plunder among them.They requested Zul Qarnain (A.S.) to
erect a barrier between themselves and the tribes of Ya'jooj and
Ma'jooj so that they could be saved from their atrocities. With the
material strength at his disposal, Zul Qarnain (A.S.) enlisted their
physical labor and set about erecting a high wallbetween the two
mountains. The height of the wall or its exact length is unknown. What
is known is that the height of this wall reachesthat of the summit of
both mountains. It is made with blocks or sheets of iron, which is
further strengthened by molten lead. In this manner Ya'jooj and Majooj
are unable to scalethe wall, or cross it, except when it is the will
of Allah.
"And when the promise ofmy Rabb approaces, He will level it to dust"
(Quran 18:98)
They are situated in a land of ice which is hidden from our gazes and
the exact location of which is unknown. Though many interpretations do
exist inthis respect, none of thesecan be said to absolute.
Ya'jooj and Majooj are human beings and according to a narration they
are from the progeny of Yafith ibn Nooh (A.S.).
Some Ahadith...
In a lengthy hadith by Hadhrat Nawwas ibn Sam'aan (R.A.) Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) is reported to have said:
"...Allah will send revelation upon Eesa (A.S.)that 'Such a creation
of mine is now going to emerge that no power will be able to stop
them. Therefore take my servants and ascend the Mount of Toor.' Then
Ya'jooj and Majooj will emerge and surge forth inall their fury. When
those from among them who constitute the former partof their army pass
the lake of Tiberias (which is in northern Palestine), they will drink
up all the water of that lake and by the time those that constitute
the latter part of that same army pass the lake, they will say,"There
used to be water here (long ago). When they reach the Mount of Khamr
in Jerusalem, they will arrogantly proclaim: 'We have conquered the
people of the earth, now we will annihilate those in the sky.' So
saying they will fire their arrows towards the sky. When the arrows
return to the ground they will be bloodstained.
In the meantime, Eesa (A.S.) will be on the Mountof Toor with his
followers.At that time the head of and ox will be as valuableas is a
hundred dinars to you in this day. [This indicates the scarcity of
provisions]. Faced with these hardships, Eesa (A.S.)and his followers
will make dua unto Allah (to remove this calamity). As a result, Allah
will cause sores to appear on the necks of each and every individual
of these peoplewhich will cause their death suddenly. When Eesa (A.S.)
and his followers descend from the Mount of Toor there will not be a
single space on the land where the dead rotting bodies of these people
is not littered, giving off a horrendous odour. Eesa (A.S.) and his
followers will once more supplicate unto Allah as a result of which
Allah will send down huge birds whose necks will be as thick as that
of the necks of camels, and they will dump these bodies in a place
where Allah wills. (According to a narration by Tirmidhi, they will be
dumped at a place called Nahbal).
Allah Ta'ala will then senddown a heavy rain, the waters of which will
flow in every part of the earth cleansing it thoroughly. It will rain
for a period of forty days.
The Muslims will then burn the bows and arrows of the Ya'jooj and
Ma'jooj for a period of seven years.
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