The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 308
308. Essence of Islam-III luxuries. They have brought about an amazing revolution in the culture of mankind and have displayed such mastery in statecraft and in providing equipment for war and peace, as has no parallel since the creation of the world. . Thus, centuries after the prophecy of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the rise of. European powers is the event in accordance with the sign specified in his prophecy. As God has disclosed the meaning of Gog and Magog and events have proven that a certain people fit the signs that have been mentioned, refusal to acknowledge this would be denial of an established verity. No one can stop a person from persisting in his denial, but every just-minded one who is a seeker after truth would, on being informed of all these particulars, testify with full confidence that these people are. Gog and Magog. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 23, pp. 83-88]. There would seem to be a contradiction in the Aḥādīth, for on the one hand it is stated that, at the time of the advent of the Promised Messiah, Gog and Magog will have spread all over the world, and, on the other, it is stated that the Christians will prevail in the world; for instance, it is said that the. Promised Messiah will break the cross, which means that the Christians will be dominant at that time. Another Hadith also indicates that the Romans, i. e. , the Christians, will be in power. At the time of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) the Roman Empire was Christian, as Allah says in the Holy Qur'ān: غلبت الروم في أدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ 0 218 218 "The Romans have been defeated, in the land nearby, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious. '-Al-Rūm, 30:3-4 [Publisher]