The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 309
God and Magog 309. Here the word Romans refers to Christians. Some. Aḥādīth also indicate that at the time of the appearance of the Promised Messiah, Dajjāl would be supreme all over the world with the exception of Mecca. . Now will any Maulavī Ṣāḥib tell us how this contradiction can be reconciled? If Dajjāl prevails over the earth, where will the dominion of the Christians lie, and where will Gog and Magog go, whose world empire is foretold by the Holy Qur'ān? These are the errors from which those who reject me and call me a disbeliever suffer. . Events bear out that the characteristics of both Gog and. Magog and of the Dajjal are to be found in the European powers. As described by the Aḥādīth concerning Gog and Magog, no power will be able to withstand them in battle, and the Promised Messiah too will only have recourse to prayer against them. These characteristics are unquestionably found in the European powers. The Holy. Qur'an too confirms this, as it says: وهُمْ مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبِ يَنْسِلُونَ 219. About Dajjāl, it is stated in Aḥādīth that he will use deception and create religious mischief and turmoil. According to the Holy Qur'ān, this particular characteristic belongs to the Christian clerics. For instance it says: 220 يُحرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ ). All this shows that all these three groups are actually one. . That is why Surah Al-Fatihah teaches definitively that we should seek security against the mischief of Chris219 And they shall hasten forth from every height. '-Al-Anbiyā', 21:97 [Publisher] 220 They pervert the words from their proper places. '-Al-Nisā”, 4:47 [Publisher]