KN-OW-Imran-Nazar-Hosein-An-Islamic-View-Of-Gog-And-Magog-In-The-Modern-World

Sūrah al-Kahf here delivers an ominous warning that the second ofthe Qarnain (i.e. two ages) would witness the emergence of a worldorderin which power would rest on essentially godless foundationsdevoid of moral and spiritual values. Expediency, opportunism,oppression, a cynical disregard for the godly life of faith, mockery ofpiety and righteousness would characterize that world-order. Such aworld-order would target and oppress those who sincerely follow thereligious way of life. Indeed it would wage war on Islam andMuslims. In consequence such a world-order would displaydisharmony between the world hereunder and the heavenly worldabove. That is precisely the world in which we now live.-------------------------------® ث ُم أ َتبع سب ب 〈“Again, (for a second time) he chose to pursue an objective (or a goal)through the right means . . . (18:89)• Commentary:Here is another instance of how he used his power. He marchedeastwards and, once again, he chose the right means to achieve theright goal.-------------------------------® حتى إ ِذ َا بل َغ َ مط ْلع الشمس ِ وجدها تط ْل ُع عل َى َقوم ٍ ل َّم نجعل ل َّهممن دون ِها سترا〉‏“. . until when he (eventually) came to the rising sun (i.e. to thefarthest point eastwards that he could go since there was no landbeyond and it appeared like the end of the Earth and that the sun was131