Who are Gog and Magog (Ya‘juj wa Ma‘juj)?

Huzoor^aa was asked:

1. who Gog and Magog were…

Huzoor^aa, in a letter dated 14 January 2020, gave the following reply: 

1. “Dajjal [the Antichrist], Gog and Magog are specially mentioned among the afflictions and tribulations that Islam was to endure in the Latter Days. Indeed, all of them are various manifestations of the same trial. Dajjal is the name of the religious aspect of that trial, which means that that group will corrupt the religious beliefs and views of people in the Latter Days. 

“The group that would destabilise the state of political affairs and destroy the political peace and order has been referred to as Gog and Magog. What is meant by both of these groups is the worldly power and the religious facet of the Western Christian nations. 

“However, Allah the Exalted also informed us through His beloved Prophet^sa that when the trials of Dajjal and Gog and Magog would arise and Islam would have weakened, He would appoint the Promised Messiah to safeguard Islam. Muslims would not enjoy material power at that time but the Jamaat of the Promised Messiah^as would relentlessly work with prayers and preaching, thanks to which Allah the Exalted Himself will destroy those evils.”

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