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

Based on Hadith terminology, early Muslims referred to Gogand Magog as al-Turk (the Turks), named after their ancestor Turk.This is not to be confused with modern day Turks.The age of Gog and MagogWhen Allah declares, “and on that day, we shall let themmerge into each other like waves (wa taraknaa ba'dahum yawmaidhin yamooju fee ba'd, Qur’ān, al-Kahf 18:99), what does Hemean by “that day”?One “day” (yawm) of Allah's time—a divine day—is not 24hours, but a period lasting a thousand lunar years or more. Thereare divine days of different length, but in general, a divine day is1,000 lunar years long, a millenium (wa inna yawman 'indarabbika ka alfi sanatin mimmaa ta'uddoon, Qur’ān, al-Hajj 22:47).In Chapter Three, Shaykh Hosein discusses different divine days.The Qur’ān discusses the lengths of only three special divine days:1. A divine day that is 50,000 lunar years long in whichall the angels ascend to Allah (Qur’ān, al-Ma'aarij70:4). Surah al-Ma'aarij describes what happens inthis long period. Among other things, people areresurrected and the disbelievers are sent to thehellfire. Some mufassiroon believe that it is Yawm al-Qiyamah, the Day of Resurrection.2. A divine management cycle that consists of twodivine days: a management millennium in whichAllah uses angels to manage the sending andexecution of commands from the sky down to the25