[1] The story of Yajouj and Majouj (Gog and Magog) is...

[1] The story of Yajouj and Majouj (Gog and Magog) is covered in a separate article. Yajouj and Majouj – Gog and Magog | Hubeali Zulqarnayn Built a Barrier between his people and Yajouj and Majouj Allah -azwj Describes the request of the nation of Zulqarnayn, in the Holy Quran: قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا {9418:} They said, ‘O Zulqarnain!

Yajouj and Majouj are making mischief in the land, so can we make a remuneration for you upon that you will make a barrier to be (built) between us and them?’ [18:94] عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، عن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، قال: سئل عن ذي القرنين؟ قال: «كان عبدا صالحا و اسمه عياش، و اختاره الله و ابتعثه إلى قرن من القرون الاولى في ناحية المغرب، و ذلك بعد طوفان نوح (عليه السلام)، From Al Asbagh Bin Nubata, ‘From Amir Al-Momineen -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘He -asws was asked about Zulqarnayn.

He -asws said: ‘He was a righteous servant, and his name was Ayaash, and Allah -azwj Chose him and Sent him to a generation from the former generations in an area around the west, and that was after the flood of Noah -as .

فضربوه على قرن رأسه الأيمن، فمات منها، ثم أحياه الله بعد مائة عام، ثم بعثه إلى قرن من القرون الأولى في ناحية المشرق (عليه السلام)، فكذبوه فضربوه ضربة على قرنه الأيسر فمات منها، ثم أحياه الله بعد مائة عام، و عوضه من الضربتين اللتين على رأسه قرنين في موضع الضربتين أجوفين، و جعل عز ملكه آية نبوته في قرنيه But they struck him upon a top on the right side of his head, and he died from it. Then Allah -azwj Revived him after a hundred years.

Then He -azwj Sent him to a generation from the former generation in an area around the east. But they belied him and struck him with a strike upon a top on the left, and he died from it. Then Allah -azwj Revived him after a hundred years, and Remedied him from the two strikes which were struck upon his head, two tops in place of the two interior wounds, and Made the might of his kingdom to be a Sign of his Prophet-hood in his generation.

ثم رفعه الله إلى السماء الدنيا، فكشط له عن الأرض كلها، جبالها و سهولها و فجاجها حتى أبصر ما بين المشرق و المغرب، و آتاه الله من كل شي‏ء علما يعرف به الحق و الباطل، و أيده في قرنيه بكسف من السماء فيه ظلمات و رعد و برق Then Allah -azwj Raised him to the sky of the world and Peeled off from the earth, all of it – its mountains, and its coasts, and its mountain ranges, until he saw what is between the east and the west.

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