The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 306
306. Essence of Islam-III. Religious Disputes at the Time of <mark>Gog</mark> and Ma<mark>gog</mark>. There is yet another prophecy in the Holy Qur'ān, which predicts a spiritual union to follow physical union. It is as follows: وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ في بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَهُمْ جَمْعًا 215. This means that in the latter days, which will be the age of <mark>Gog</mark> and Ma<mark>gog</mark>, people will become involved in religious disputes and fights and nations will attack nations just as one wave of a river surges against another, and there will be many other conflicts as well. In this way, great division will spread in the world and great contentions, rancour and hatred will be generated among the peoples. And when these events reach their climax, <mark>God</mark> will blow His trumpet, that is to say, He will transmit a voice to the world through the Promised Messiah, <mark>who</mark> is like His trumpet, and upon hearing this voice all good people will come together under the banner of one religion. All dissension will disappear and the people of the world will become one. In another verse, He says: وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْكَفِرِينَ عَرْضًا 216. Hell will be presented to those <mark>who</mark> do not respond to the call of the Promised Messiah on that day. That is to say,. <mark>God</mark> will send down various kinds of calamities which will be a foretaste of hell. Then He says: الذين كانتْ أعْيُنَهُمْ فِي غِطَاء عَن ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا 217. Meaning that these will be people <mark>who</mark>se eyes will be veiled against the Call and Message of the Promised 215 Al-Kahf, 18:100 [Publisher] 216 217. Al-Kahf, 18:101 [Publisher]. Al-Kahf, 18:102 [Publisher]