Have Gog and Magog been released?

There is a ban on a town which we destroyed (and whose people were then expelled) that they (i.e. the people of the town) can never return (to reclaim that town as their own) until Gog and Magog are released and they spread out in all directions (Thus taking control of the world while establishing the Gog and Magog world-order)

Surah Al-Anbiya 21:95-96

Our analysis is based on the system of meaning of the subject, our method by which we identified the town is to also search our Quran and Hadith database to locate any such town which is connected to Gog and Magog, and sure enough 'Jerusalem’ emerges as the only such town. And Indeed the people of Jerusalem were expelled from Jerusalem and to be more precise those people are the Jews. Even historically speaking the Jewish Diaspora is quite well known to the world.

Hence we understand by the verse that the only time when the Jews could get back to Jerusalem (to reclaim it as their own) is when Gog and Magog are released. In other words, the Jews cannot get back to Jerusalem (To reclaim it as their own) unless Gog and Magog are released.

Who are Gog and Magog?

Allāh ﷻ describes Gog and Magog as Mufsidoon / those who corrupt

Surah Al-Kahf 18:94, They said, “O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land.

Fasād is when the deliberate and systematic destruction of human life by mass murder or by thorough destruction of key elements of life, including the life of the hereafter. Gog and Magog are called mufsidoon, but no type of fasaad is specified. They are thus a group whose collective profession or lifestyle is the creation and practice of all kinds of fasaad. Gog and Magog are described as mufsidoon fil ard (Qur’ān, al-Kahf, 18:94). Loosely translated phrase as “perpetrators of destruction on Earth.” Mufsidoon is the plural of an actor form, mufsid. This means “people who collectively do something.” In this case, it refers to a group whose collective profession or lifestyle is to cause a certain type of harm called fasād.

1. Religious fasād – 2:27

"Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it..“

Blatant abandonment of the whole Divine Covenant by a group that has solemnly committed itself to this covenant. When an avowedly strict or orthodox religious sect systematically breaks the laws of their own scripture, this is called fasaad. This behavior destroys the life of the Hereafter for the group.

2. Family ties fasād – 2:27 “..and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth.” Systematic tearing up of all family. This means separating wives from husbands, children from parents, brothers from each other, and so on.

3. Genocidal fasād – 2:30 “They said, “Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood..” Mass murder (yufsidu feeha wa yasfikud-dimaa’, literally, “sheds all the bloods,”

4. Agricultural fasād – 2:205 “..to cause corruption therein and destroy crops..”

Systematic destruction or spoiling of all crops. This includes, for example, the ruining of whole agricultural systems or the genetic modification and insertion of poisons into seeds.

5. Fasād to offspring (nasl) – 2:205 “..to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and offsprings..” Systematic destruction of all human reproduction or mass murder of all children.

6. Economic fasād – 7:85 “..So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation..” A trade system that enables the powerful to underpay people or deny them their dues.

7. Sodomy fasād – 29:29-30. لَتَاْتُوْنَ الرِّجَالَ “..you approach men..” الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ.“..the corrupting people." Socially acceptable practice of homosexuality. This culminates in “gay marriage” and undermines real marriage.

These were some verse examples that realize the formula of fasaad.

Is there anyone who denies that these things are not happening in the world?

If you recognise these things taking place around you then what is the explanation for it? Qur’ān explains all things, then what does the Qur’ān has in store for us on this subject?

“You cannot explain today’s world without understanding the subject of Gog and Magog”

Verily, Gog and Magog have taken control of the world (min kulli hadabi yansiloon/they descend from every height, hence taking control of the power in the world, in the world order of Gog and Magog). I would like to remind the reader that our primary source should always be the Qur’ān and not one solitary Hadīth that says 'Gog and Magog will be sent after Isa (as) has killed Dajjāl', (and that too with a misunderstanding of the Hadīth because it says “Allāh ﷻ will send Gog and Magog not release!) “

". . . It will be under such conditions that Allah will reveal to Jesus these words: I have brought forth from among My servants such people against whom none will be able to fight; you take these people safely to the mountain, (fa yab’athullahu Y’ajūja wa M’ajūj) and then (in those periods of history which lead to such events) Allah will send or raise Gog and Magog (this does not necessarily imply that the release or unleashing of Gog and Magog will have to take place only after Jesus returns) and they will spread out in every direction or occupy every place of advantage. The first of them will pass by Lake Tiberias (i.e. the Sea of Galilee) and drink out of it and when the last of them would pass (and that would have to be a very long time later), he will say: ‘There was once water here . . . .’” Sahīh Muslim

This Hadīth has been almost universally understood to state or imply that the release of Gog and Magog into the world cannot take place until Jesus (‘alaihissalām) has returned and has killed Dajjāl. We reject the use of such a defective methodology which focuses attention on a solitary Hadīth interpreted in a way that nullifies all the evidence to the contrary that has been amassed from both the Qur’ān and Ahadīth.

Gog and Magog consume an excessive amount of water (Hadīth)

The Qur’ān has declared that Allāh Most High created every living thing from water

Sūrah Al-Anbiyāh 21:3, "And made from water every living thing?"

Water therefore enjoys the status of ‘mother’ of all living things including human beings.The Qur’ān has further declared that Allāh’s ‘Arsh (i.e. the command center from which He controls the entire creation) rests on water

Sūrah Al-Hūd 11:7, "And His Throne had been upon water"

The Prophet ﷺ said : Allāh’s Throne is over the water. (Sahīh Bukhāri)

Water thus occupies a unique status in all of creation. The religious way of life is one which insists on respect for water and which prohibits waste or excessive consumption of water. Yet the profile of Gog and Magog emerging from the Ahadīth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is that of a people who consume water so excessively (and foolishly) that even the Sea of Galillee in the Holy Land, would eventually become dry.

Hence they are the authors of their own destruction: “. . . the first of them (i.e. Gog and Magog) will pass by Lake Tiberias (i.e. the Sea of Galilee) and drink out of it, and when the last of them passes, he will say: ‘There was once water here . . . .’” (This implies such excessive consumption of water that nature will not be able to replenish such water and that the water-level would constantly decrease until the Lake would dry up). Sahīh Muslim

“They will so drink (i.e. consume) the water of the world that when some of them pass by a stream they will drink all that is in it and leave it dry.” Kanz al-Ummāl, Hadīth No 2157

In addition they commit Fasād, hence they can be expected to corrupt and destroy not only the water resources of the world but, also, ‘respect’ for water. This has ominous implications for the preservation of the Sunnah in respect of both the quantity and purity of water used in Wudu (ablution) and Ghusl (bath).

Gog, Magog and the Sea of Galilee (Hadīth)

The above Hadīth also discloses that a constantly diminishing water level of the Sea of Galilee (until it runs dry) would be evidence of a continuing passage of Gog and Magog to the Grand Finale in Jerusalem. Scholars who undertake a study of this subject while neglecting to examine that critically important part of the Gog and Magog profile relating to the water level of the Sea of Galilee, would make a very grave mistake indeed.

Gog and Magog will take most of mankind into the hellfire hence they are an essentially godless and sinful people (Hadīth)

The Hadīth narrated by Abū Saīd al-Khudri and recorded in the Sahīh of Imām al-Bukhāri contains within it a Hadīth al-Qudsi (i.e. direct speech of Allah Most High) indicating that Gog and Magog would transform 999 out of every 1000 of mankind into Ahlu Y’ajūj wa M’ajūj (i.e. members of their household) and, as a consequence, all those people would enter into the hellfire. The inescapable implication is that the Gog and Magog mainstream way of life would be godless and sinful and would lead to the hellfire.

They are linked to the abandonment of the Hajj (Hadīth)

A Hadīth recorded in Sahīh Bukhāri disclosed a link that exists between Gog and Magog and the abandonment of the Hajj: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, “The people will continue performing the Hajj and ‘Umrah to the Ka‘ba even after the appearance of Gog and Magog.” Narrated Shu’ba : The Hour (i.e. Last Hour) will not be established till the Hajj (to the Ka’ba) is abandoned.

What this prophecy does is to direct attention to the eventual abandonment of the Hajj and to inform that the release of Gog and Magog into the world is an event that would precede that abandonment of the Hajj. In other words, when the Hajj is abandoned it would no longer be possible for any Muslim to deny the release of Gog and Magog.

(This writer expects the Hajj to be finally abandoned at that time when Israel wages her big war and attempts to take control of all territory between “the river of Egypt and the river Euphrates” (see Genesis: -15:18, “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying: To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates . . .”) Israel’s great war can take place at any time now, and will most certainly take place before Jesus (‘alaihissalām) returns.

We may not have long to wait before this important part of the Gog and Magog profile manifests in the world to silence all critics who reject the view that Gog and Magog have already been released into the world.