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In Ibn Jarir's exegesis of the Qur'an, a slight different narration was reported byQatadah who said: ('I was told that a man said: (0 Allah's Messenger! I haveseen the dam of Gog and Magog. 'The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:(describe it to me. The man said: 'It looked like stripped garments, with red andblack stripes.' The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: 'You have seen it. '"It was mentioned that the Caliph, Al-Wathiq sent some messengers withmessages to different kings to allow them travelling from one country to anothertill they reach the dam and stand on its reality. When they came back to theCaliph, they described it to him saying that it has a huge door with many locks.It is a very high and tight building and that the remnants of its building materialsand tools are kept there in a tower. Also, there are still guards keeping an eye onit. They added that its location is on the northern-east side of the earth. It wasalso said that their land is very spacious and that they live on farming andhunting and that their numbers are countless.How can we compromise between the Qur'anic Verse that reads: {So they(Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)) could not scale it or dig throughit}. (Al-Kahf, 97) and the Prophetic Hadith that is transmitted by Imam Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim on the authority of Mother of the Believers, ZainabBint Jahsh (May Allah be pleased with her) as saying: That the Prophet (Peacebe upon him) once came to her in a state of fear and said: ('None has the rightto be worshipped but Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has comenear. An opening has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this," makinga circle with his thumb and index finger. Zainab Bint lahsh said: ('0 Allah'sMessenger! Shall we be destroyed even though there are pious persons amongus?" He said: "Yes, when the evil persons will increase." And in anothernarration: The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: "Allah has made an opening inthe wall of the Gog and Magog (people) like this, and he made with his hand(with the help of his fingers)." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)The answer is that: this means one of two things: the first is that this is anindication of the opening of gates of evil and turmoil and hence, this is a mereexample set for us. The second view considers this as narrating a concretematter for His Statement, {So they (Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)]could not scale it or dig through it}, i.e. at their time for the sentence is inthe past tense, the matter which does not contradict the possibility of its takingplace in the future with the Permission of Allah the Almighty. But, as for theother Hadith that is narrated by Imam Ahmed in his Musnad that the Prophet(Peace be upon him) said: "Verily, Gog and Magog dig through the dam everyday, till they could see the sun rays (through it), their leader would say: 'Go backand you will finish it tomorrow. ' On the next day, they find it as strong asbefore. Till when their appointed term comes and Allah desires to send themwww.islambasics.com