Who is Dhul-Qarnayn and who are Ya'juj and Ma'juj?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is meant by Dhul-Qarnayn and Ya'juj and Ma'juj?
The Shaykh:
Dhul-Qarnayn was a king among kings whom Allah empowered on earth. He was a Muslim king whom Allah empowered on earth and to travel through it, as Allah mentioned his story at the end of Surat al-Kahf. He was not a prophet; he was only a Muslim king. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Ya'juj and Ma'juj have come upon you.
The Shaykh:
Gog and Magog are a nation, a people from the descendants of Adam, who will emerge among the people in the end times. Their emergence is one of the signs of the Hour. They will spread corruption on earth, kill whoever they reach, and cause great distress to the people. They will drink up the waters, and the people will suffer from them. Then Allah will send upon them a disease in their necks, and they will die one after another, and the people will be relieved from their evil. Their emergence is among the signs of the Hour, until when the breach is opened[Al-Anbya 21:96-97] meaning their emergence is from among the major signs of the Hour. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is meant by Dhul-Qarnayn and Ya'juj and Ma'juj?
The Shaykh:
Dhul-Qarnayn was a king among kings whom Allah empowered on earth. He was a Muslim king whom Allah empowered on earth and to travel through it, as Allah mentioned his story at the end of Surat al-Kahf. He was not a prophet; he was only a Muslim king. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Ya'juj and Ma'juj have come upon you.
The Shaykh:
Gog and Magog are a nation, a people from the descendants of Adam, who will emerge among the people in the end times. Their emergence is one of the signs of the Hour. They will spread corruption on earth, kill whoever they reach, and cause great distress to the people. They will drink up the waters, and the people will suffer from them. Then Allah will send upon them a disease in their necks, and they will die one after another, and the people will be relieved from their evil. Their emergence is among the signs of the Hour, until when the breach is opened
Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend (97) And [when] the true promise has approached
يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [134] من هو ذي القرنين ومن هم يأجوج ومأجوج؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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