Protohistory vs Prehistory

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Protohistory vs Prehistory




GOG and MAGOG Concept and story in Islam in reference to Hadith and Quran

In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, there is a mention of a mysterious race of human beings called “Gog and Magog’’ (Yajuj and Majuj) in Arabic. The story of Yajooj and Majooj, also known as the Gog and Magog, was popular to a nation that was barbaric. They acted like animals and created havoc for the Turks living nearby. Yajooj and Majooj destroyed the Turks’ crops, killed their children and made their lives miserable. Yajooj and Majooj used to come from a mountain that had a rift in it. These tribes made their way through that rift and created chaos for the people living beyond that area. Different religion has a variety of predictions and justifications made about which group of people this can be, however till date our understanding is far from being complete. Zul Qarnain(A.S) who was a pious and just ruler traveled to many lands and conquered them, establishing justice and the Law of Allah therein. Allah Ta’ala provided him with all forms and material strength through which he was able to carry out his conquests and missions.
He once carried out a mission in three directions, the far west, the far east, and then in a northerly direction. It was here that he came across a tribe of people who complained to him about the tribes of Ya'jooj and Majooj which inhabited the land behind two huge mountains and often emerged from behind these mountains to perpetrate acts of anarchy and plunder among them. They requested Zul Qarnain (A.S.) to erect a barrier between themselves and the tribes of Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj so that they could be saved from their atrocities. With the material strength at his disposal, Zul Qarnain (A.S.) enlisted their physical labor and set about erecting a high wall between the two mountains. The height of the wall or its exact length is unknown. What is known is that the height of this wall reaches that of the summit of both mountains. It is made with blocks or sheets of iron, which is further strengthened by molten lead. In this manner, Ya'jooj and Majooj are unable to scale the wall, or cross it, except when it is the will of Allah
Islam carries this epic story on the basis of Quran and Hadith the most famous historical accounts of the dominant culture. The Protohistory has a story of their own kind and later now sects adopted the story of the super and barbaric genesis of Yajooj and Majooj.



Yajooj and Majooj Hebrew Gog and Magog
Hebrew Bible also carries the genesis of Magog is a man, but no Gog is mentioned as an individual, land, and people. In Ezekiel, Gog is an individual and Magog is his land. These Jewish traditions later changed Ezekiel's Gog from Magog into Gog and Magog. Such form of the story later narrated in Book of Revelation people and individual emerged. The legend of Gog and Magog and the gates were also interpolated into the Alexander romances. Gog and Magog are said to engage in human cannibalism in the romances and derived literature. The conflation of Gog and Magog with the legend of Alexander and the Iron Gates was disseminated throughout the Near East in the early centuries of the Christian era. However, the literature about Yajooj and Majooj Gog and Magog have the story of human and the collective behavior of Bad and Good, Lazy and Great.


References
Buitenwerf, Rieuwerd (2007). "The Gog and Magog Tradition in Revelation 20:8". In de Jonge, H. J.; Tromp, Johannes. The Book of Ezekiel and its Influence. Ashgate Publishing.ISBN 9780754655831

Van Donzel, Emeri J.; Schmidt, Andrea Barbara (2010). Gog and Magog in Early Eastern Christian and Islamic Sources: Sallam's Quest for Alexander's Wall

Abu Said Al-Khudri Volume 2, Book 26, Number 663
Zainab bint Jahsh Volume 4, Book 55, Number 565
Abu Huraira Volume 4, Book 55, Number 566
Abu Said Al-Khudri Volume 4, Book 55, Number 567
Zainan bint Jahsh Volume 4, Book 56. Number 797
Hadith by Hadhrat Nawwas ibn Sam'aan (R.A.) Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
Hadith (Muslim) Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
Hadhrat (Bukhari and Muslim) Abdullah ibn Umar (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam
Hadith (Bukhari and Muslim) Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (R.A.)
Quran 21:97
Quran 18:98
Quran 2:29
Quran Surah Al-Kahf


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