Gardens of the Righteous — Page 305
:. RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 305 will come back to them in the evening with high humps and full udders and fat sides. Then he will arrive among a people and will call them to his obedience but they will reject his call and he will turn away from them. They will be afflicted with drought and famine and will become destitute. He will pass through desert places and will call on them to put forth their treasures and their treasures will follow him like bees. He will then call a man in the glow of youth and will strike him with his sword and cut him into two pieces which will be separated from each other the length of an arrow. He will then call him and he will obey with a cheerful and smiling face. . While he is in the middle of all this, Allah, the Exalted, will raise the. Messiah, son of Mary, who will arrive close to the white minaret in the East of. Damascus, wearing two saffron-coloured garments, his hands resting on the wings of two angels. When he bends his head drops of water shining like silver will fall from it and when he raises it there will be drops like pearls falling from it. A non-believer who is touched by his breath will expire and his breath will reach as far as his look. He will pursue the Anti-Christ and will encounter him at the gate of Lud and will slaughter him. The Messiah will then come to people whom God had shielded from the Anti-Christ. He will wipe away the dust from their faces and will inform them about their grades in Paradise. While he will be so occupied, Allah, the Exalted, will send revelation to him: I have created some people whom no one will be able to fight and withstand. Therefore lead these, my servants, to Mount Sinai. Allah will then raise Gog and Magog and they will spread out leaping across every barrier of land and sea (21. 97). Their advance groups will pass over Lake Tabariah and drink up all its water and when its rear groups pass near it they will say: At one time there used to be water here. The. Prophet of Allah, the Messiah and his companions will be beleaguered till a calf's head will appear better to them than a hundred dinars appear to you today. . Then the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will turn to. Allah, the Exalted, and will supplicate Him so that Allah will create a germ in the necks of the people of Gog and Magog in consequence of which they will all die suddenly one day. Thereafter the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will descend from the Mount but will not find a hand's breadth of space free from the corpses of the followers of Gog and Magog and their stink. . Then the Prophet of Allah, the Messiah, and his companions will supplicate. Allah, the Lord of honour, and He will send birds like the necks of Bukhti camels which will carry the corpses and drop them wherever Allah wills. Then. Allah will send down rain whereby every dwelling whether made of clay or of hair will be cleansed and become like a mirror. Then the earth will be commanded to produce its fruits and to regain its blessing, so that a whole group of people will be filled by eating of one pomegranate and will be able to take shelter under the shade of its leaves. Milk will be so blest that the milk of one she-camel will suffice for a large company and that of a cow will suffice for a tribe and that of a goat will suffice for a family. While they are in this