The Two Phases of Gog (Yajuj) and Magog (Majuj

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF HUMAN HISTORY However, over the years, this wall built by DhulQarnayn disintegrated, and then it became possible for the later generations descended from Gog and Magog to cross this boundary and spread out across the outer world. Subsequently, this aggressive race of Gog and Magog was replaced by a more moderate race. It was the second stage, when, passing through various phases, they made uninterrupted progress towards a more advanced civilisation. This latter stage can be divided into two periods: pre-Renaissance and post-Renaissance. At this stage, according to the traditions of the Prophet of Islam, that event took place, which was referred to by the Prophet as ‘making a hole in the barrier of Gog and Magog’. Although the wall built by Dhul-Qarnayn was a material wall that disintegrated by a natural process after some time, the wall mentioned in the Hadith was probably not that material wall but was instead an intellectual barrier. With the destruction of the actual stone wall, Gog and Magog had the opportunity to spread throughout the neighbouring areas, but the destruction of the other “wall” is an event of far greater significance than the former, which allowed Gog and Magog to spread out globally. In the words of the hadith, a time will come when “they will eat