The Alarm of Doomsday

part of Europe. When Noah’s ark landed here, three of his sons Ham, Sam, and Yafis (Japheth) were with him. Ham and Sam began their new lives in Asia and Africa, while the children of Japheth initially settled in Russia, later spreading throughout different European and neighbouring countries and ultimately to Australia and America. Probably these children of Japheth who settled in Western countries, Russia and China are the people who are referred to as Gog and Magog. There was nothing mysterious about them. Nor were they destined to follow the wrong path. They were men just like any other men. All the situations they faced were explainable in common natural laws. The Two Phases of Gog (Yajuj) and Magog (Majuj) Gog and Magog have been mentioned in the Quran at various points, at one place with reference to Dhul-Qarnayn (18:94) and another without any such reference (21:96). A study of these verses reveals that the two phases of Gog and Magog will occur one after another. It appears that the wall built by Dhul-Qarnayn pertains to the initial phase of Gog and Magog. It remained standing for a very long time and acted as a check to their malicious activities.