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

everything, and they will drink all the water of the world.” (Ibn Majah, Hadith No. 4081) That is to say that they will come to possess the world’s entire resources. What will happen after the breaking down of the physical barrier erected by Dhul-Qarnayn is recorded in the Quran in the chapter entitled “The Cave” (18:99): “On that Day, We shall let them surge against each other like waves, and then the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall gather them all together.” (18:99) Gog and Magog will surmount ancient geographical boundaries and interact with the rest of the world in general. The subsequent eating away of all the things and drinking all the water (i.e., using up all the resources) of the world (as referred to in the hadith mentioned above) relating to the events of the later phase when, after conquering nature, they would have ushered in the modern industrial age, thanks to which they would have the opportunity for global exploitation. Chapters 18 and 21 of the Quran describe Gog and Magog’s first and second stages. There were three significant periods of Gog and Magog: the period of