history of humanity. It was as a result of this that the race of
Gog and Magog, by dint of prolonged strenuous effort, were
able to produce a scientific and industrial civilization, thanks to
which, such great opportunities opened up as had never hitherto
been witnessed.
Dajjal
will become a great deceiver only by
making negative use of these modern opportunities, while
Mahdi
,
or
Masih
, will make positive use of these modern resources. Had
these opportunities not existed, neither could deception have
been so widespread, nor could the opportunities for God
realization and
dawah
work have been availed of to such a high
degree.
The approach of Doomsday
A
CCORDING
TO
THE
Quran and Hadith, Doomsday will be very
near at the time of the appearance of Gog and Magog. A long
tradition has been recorded in the books of hadith: “At the time
of the appearance of Gog and Magog, Doomsday will be so close,
that it could be likened to a pregnant woman whose pregnancy
has fully matured, and whose child may be delivered at any time,
day or night.” (Ibn Majah, Musnad Ahmad).
The appearance of Gog and Magog and the subsequent
events are no simple matters. It is, in actual fact, the time for
the final call of Truth before the end of human history. Such
circumstances will come into existence as will enable the
believers to perform the task of calling people to the truth in its
most superior form. This will be like the trumpet of
dawah
prior
to the trumpet of Doomsday. In such a situation the appearance
of the great deceiver would be indicative of man having finally
lost any justification for his inhabiting the present earth any
longer.
The approach of Doomsday
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