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

and that this gate would be broken so that it could never be closedagain. Wouldn't Gog and Magog have broken this barrier(assassinated Umar)? Wouldn't they have censored discussing Gogand Magog in Islamic literature and scholarship, just as Zionistsnowadays censor their own mention in the American media bycalling it anti-Semitic?Gog and Magog: a destructive nation capable ofbecoming the sole superpowerDhul Qarnain's kingdom was an unchallenged superpowerwith unlimited technology (innaa makkanna lahoo fil ardi waaataynahu min kulli shay'in sababaa, Qur’ān, al-Kahf 18:84). Heconquered every nation of the known world, from the far west tothe far east, punished the unjust and rewarded the righteous(Qur’ān, al-Kahf 18:85-91). When he reached a place near themiddle of the Two Barrier-Mountains (assaddain, Qur’ān, al-Kahf18:93), he received a peculiar cry for help from a people who livedthere.® ق َال ُوا يا ذ َا ال ْق َرنين ِ إ ِن َّ يأ ْجوج ومأ ْجوج مف ْسِدون َ في ال ْأ َرض ِ ف َه ْلنجعل ُ ل َك خرجا عل َى أ َن تجعل َ بيننا وبينه م سدا“They said, 'O Dhul Qarnain, [the nation of] Gog and Magog are certainlyperpetrators of destruction on Earth [or perpetrators of global destruction,mufsidoona fil ard]. Shall we raise a tax for you in return for converting(taj'ala) what is between us and them [the Two Barrier-Mountains,assaddain, which have a pass between them and thus are not a completebarrier] into a [complete] barrier [saddan, a single barrier without apass]?' ” (Qur’ān, al-Kahf, 18:94)21