পৃষ্ঠা 260: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

Benefit: Concerning the disagreement regarding the etymological derivation of Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)

"Then they will emerge from their cities and strongholds and drive out their livestock to pasture, and their livestock will have no pasture except their flesh, fattening upon it in the best manner they ever grew fat. Even the beasts of the earth will grow fat and thrive abundantly from their flesh and blood. Then the Prophet of Allah, 'Isa, and his companions will descend to the lowlands of the earth, and they will not find in the earth the space of a single span except that their stench and grease from the corpses have filled it. Thus, they will cause distress to the people by their foul odor even more severely than during their lives. They will cry out to Allah for relief, so He will send a violent, dust-laden wind that will become like grief and smoke over the people, afflicting them with colds, but their affliction will be lifted after three days once their corpses have been cast into the sea."

In another narration: "Then the Prophet of Allah, 'Isa, and his companions will beseech Allah, so He will send birds with necks like those of Bactrian camels, which will carry them away and fling them wherever Allah, the Exalted, wills."

And in a narration: "Into the Fire"; and there is no contradiction here, for the sea will be set ablaze and turn into fire on the Day of Resurrection.

"Then Allah will send down rain from which no house of clay or tent of animal hair can provide shelter, and it will wash the earth until it leaves it like a polished mirror, such that a person can see his face in it due to its clarity. Then it will be said to the earth: 'Bring forth your fruit and restore your blessings.' On that day, an entire group of people will eat from a single pomegranate and find shade under its rind; and the Muslims will use the bows, arrows, and shields of Gog and Magog as firewood for seven years."

Benefit

Scholars have differed concerning the etymological derivation of Ya'juj and Ma'juj. It has been said: It is derived from 'ajij al-nar' (the blazing of fire), which denotes its flaring and combustion.

It has also been said: It is derived from 'al-ajjah' (with a doubled consonant), which signifies intermingling, confusion, or intense heat. It has also been said: It is from 'al-ajj', which denotes swiftness in running. And it has been said: It is from 'al-ujaj', which refers to exceedingly salty and bitter water.

According to all these derivations, their morphological weights are 'yaf'ul' and 'maf'ul'. This is the apparent implication of the recitation of 'Asim, for he was the only one among the prominent reciters who recited it with a hamzah (Ya'juj and Ma'juj). The same applies to the recitation of the others if the alif is understood as an eased hamzah (tashil).

It has also been said: Their morphological weight is 'fa'ul', derived from 'yajja' and 'majja'.

And it was said: Ma'juj is derived from 'maja' (to surge or heave), used when something is in a state of turbulence and commotion, and its morphological weight is likewise 'maf'ul'. This was stated by Abu Hatim, who said: 'Its original root form is mawjuj.'