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despite the fact that it has become a best-seller this writer stillawaits a scholarly refutation of the basic thesis of that book.As events continue to unfold in the world validating‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’ as well as ‘An Islamic View of Gog andMagog in the Modern World’, we hope to provoke our critics toaccept the belief that Jesus (‘alaihi al-Salām) would one day returnand, that Dajjāl the false Messiah or Anti-Christ as well as Gogand Magog have long been released into the world and are now thedominant actors in world affairs.The supreme importance of the subject of Gog and Magog liesin the fact that it is grounded in the Qur’ān, whereas the ‘word’Dajjāl never appears in the Qur’ān (even though there are passagesin the Qur’ān which indirectly relate to him). It is with this subjecttherefore, that Islamic scholarship must make the effort to provokea reluctant world of scholars to grapple with major ‘Signs of theLast Day’ as they impact upon the modern age.Appearance and reality are opposite to each otherWhat is the reality of the world today? Our first response isthat appearance and reality are opposite to each other; and whilethose who, like Dajjāl the false Messiah, see with only ‘one’ eye(the external) and recognize today’s world to be the best ever, thereare others like Khidr (‘alaihi al-Salām) of Sūrah al-Kahf of theblessed Qur’ān who see with ‘two’ eyes (the external and internal),and who consequenrly recognize it to be the worst ever.The blessed Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)declared in a Hadīth recorded in Sahīh Muslim that Dajjāl wouldcome with two things, namely “a river and a fire”, but his “river”40