The Yajooj and Majooj During the reign of Hadhrat Eisa alayhis salaam people will live an extremely peaceful life filled with prosperity and abundance. Then the wall which imprisons Yajooj and Majooj will break and they will surge forth in large numbers. But when Yajooj and Majooj are let loose and they rush headlong down every hill (Quran 21:97) Who are the Yajooj and Majooj? Zul Qarnain alayhis salaam who was a pious and just Ruler travelled to many lands and conquered them, establishing justice and the Law of Allah therein. Allah Taala provided him with all forms and material strength through which 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 was here that he came across a tribe of people who complained to him about the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj which inhabited the land behind two huge mountains and often emerged from behind these mountains to perpetrate acts of anarchy and plunder among them. They requested Zul Qarnain alayhis salaam to erect a barrier between themselves and the tribes of Yajooj and Majooj so that they could be saved from their atrocities. With the material strength at his disposal, Zul Qarnain alayhis salaam enlisted their physical labor and set about erecting a high wall between the two mountains. The height of the wall or its exact length is unknown. What is known is that the height of this wall reaches that 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 Yajooj and Majooj are unable to scale the wall, or cross it, except when it is the will of Allah. And when the promise of my 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 in this respect, none of these can be said to absolute. Yajooj and Majooj are human beings and according to a narration they are from the progeny of Yafith ibn Nooh alayhis salaam. Some Ahadith... In a lengthy hadith by Hadhrat Nawwas ibn Samaan radhiyallahu anhu Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam is reported to have said: ...Allah will send revelation upon Eisa alayhis salaam 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 Yajooj and Majooj will emerge and surge forth in all their fury. When those from among them who constitute the former part of 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 blood stained. In the meantime, Eisa alayhis salaam will be on the Mount of Toor with his followers. At that time the head of and ox will be as valuable as is a hundred dinars to you in this day. [This indicates the scarcity of provisions]. Faced with these hardships, Eisa alayhis salaam 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 people which will cause their death suddenly. When Eisa alayhis salaam 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. Eisa alayhis salaam 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 Taala will then send down 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 Yajooj and Majooj for a period of seven years. Allah will order the earth to yield forth its crops in abundance and there will be such blessing and prosperity that one pomegranate will be sufficient for a whole group while the peel thereof will suffice to cast a shadow over them. The milk of one camel will be sufficient for many groups while one milk giving cow will be sufficient for a whole tribe. One milk giving goat will be sufficient for a whole family...
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