- Dhul-Kifl
- Intro to Prophet Musa
- Dhul-Qarnayn
- Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog)
Prophet Musa (Moses)
This is the longest story on the Qur’an of any Prophet, mentioned in 30 different places (124 times). The Prophet* saw Musa on his night journey (Isra) prying in his grave and in the Ascension (Miraj) where Musa is on the 6th heaven.
2 phases of the life of Musa:
- With Pharaoh
- With Bani Israel
- This is the last Ummah before the Ummah of Prophet Muhammed
- Full of useful learning for us in terms of their journeys and mistakes
- Conflicts faced by Bani Israel similar to today issues
- Pharaoh is the archetypal tyrant / ruler / oppressor symbolised in the Qur’an (and we have many tyrants here today!)
The Prophet* said, "I was shown the nations, and I saw a Prophet passing by with his Ummah, another with a band of followers, another with ten followers, another with five, and another who was alone. I looked and saw a huge crowd of people, and I asked, "O Jibreel, are these my Ummah?" , "I hoped that this would be my Ummah, but I was told that this was Musa and his people." Jibreel then said, "No look at the horizon." I looked and saw a vast multitude. He said, "These are your Ummah, and the seventy thousand in front will not be brought to account or be punished."
Other Prophets:
Allah destroyed other nations before Musa’s time which are mentioned in the Qur’an but not much details about the stories / Prophets (People of Ar-Raas, of Ya-Seen).
Dhul-Kifl
Dhul-Kifl has been mentioned twice in the Holy Qur'an:
And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of constancy and patience. We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous ones. [TMQ 21:85-86]
And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of the Company of the Good. [TMQ 38:48]
Some say he is the same as Ezekiel mentioned in the Bible – but no definitive proof.
Dhul-Qarnayn
Literally "the possessor of two horns" or "the one who impacts upon two ages or generations". Some people think he Cyrus the Great and others Alexander the Great – unlikely to be the latter as he believed in many gods. No definitive historical proof.
The story of Dhul-Qarnayn appears in fifteen verses of the Quran, specifically verses 18:83-98:
They will ask thee of Dhul-Qarnayn. Say: "I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him. Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road. And he followed a road. Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word. They said: “O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog) are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute in order that you might erect a barrier between us and them?” He said: “That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier. Give me pieces (blocks) of iron,” Then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: “Blow,” till when he had made it (red as) fire, he said: “Bring me molten copper to pour over it.” So they [Ya'juj and Ma'juj] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it. Dhul-Qarnain) said: “This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise of my Lord is ever true.” And on that Day [i.e. the Day Ya'juj and Ma'juj will come out], We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.”
The Quraysh had sent a delegation to Medina to try to find out if Mohammed could be a Prophet and the Jews told them to ask three questions: about the Traveller to the East & West, the men in the cave and what is the Ruh (Spirit) and these verses were then revealed (found in Surah Kahf).
Main Topic: Ya'juj and Ma'juj and Dhul-Qarnayn
Ya'juj and Ma'juj are humans alive today but buried somewhere that will appear towards the end of time, after ad-Dajjal and the re-appearance of Isa. Dhul-Qarnayn didn’t only build the sadd (damn – vertical barrier), but he build radam – something that seals off completely.
The Prophet* said: "Ya'juj and Ma'juj dig into the barrier every day, until when they almost see the light of the sun, the one in charge of them says: "Go back home and dig again tomorrow." So they go home, and it returns to being as thick as it was before. Then when their time has come, and Allah wishes to send them upon the people, they will dig until when they almost see the light of the sun, the one in charge of them will make an exception by saying: "Go back home and dig again tomorrow, if Allah wills (InshaAllah)." Then they will come back to it and find it as they had left it. So they will dig through it, and come out upon the people. They will drink all the water, and the people will go for protection to their fortresses…So they [i.e. Ya'juj and Ma'juj] will shoot their arrows into the sky, and they will come back with the appearance of having blood on them. So they will say: "We have overcome the inhabitants of the earth, and conquered the inhabitants of the heaven." Then, Allah will send down upon them an-naghf in their necks which will kill them…Isa (Jesus) and his companions will then come down (from Tur mountain) and they will not find as much space as a single span that is not filled with decomposed remains of Ya'juj and Ma'juj’s corpses. Isa and his companions will then make du’a to Allah who will send birds whose necks would be like those (the necks) of Bactrian camels and they will carry them (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) away and throw them where Allah wills.
Then Allah will send rain which no house of mud-bricks or (tent of) camel-hair will keep out and it will wash the Earth until it resembles a mirror. Then, the Earth will be ordered (by Allah) to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, pomegranate will grow that will be enough for a group of people to eat and seek shelter under its skin. A dairy cow will give so much milk that (will be enough for) a group of people to drink. The milking camel will give so such milk that a whole tribe will be able to drink from it..."
Numbers:
The Prophet* said, "Allah divided mankind into ten parts. Nine tenths constitute Ya'juj and Ma'juj while the remaining one tenth constitutes the rest of mankind." (Ibn Hajar Asqalani)
"On the Day of Judgement, Allah will tell Adam to pick out the Jahanamis (people destined to Hell) from his progeny. Adam will ask, "O Allah, who are they?" Allah will say,"999 out of 1000 are Jahanamis while one is a Jannati (people destined to Paradise)." On hearing this, the Sahaba over taken by fear asked, "Who will the ONE Jannati (people destined to Paradise) be?" The Prophet replied, "Do not grieve, the 999 will be Yajuj and Ma'juj, while you will be the one Jannati (people destined to Paradise)." (Bukhari, Muslim)
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