Who Was Yajuj and Majuj? The nations behind the wall in Islamic History
Before the worldBefore Adam
The first nationsAdam to Ibrahim
Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE
Arabia before Islam523–570 CE
Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE
After the Prophet ﷺ632–1260 CE
The end of timeStill to come
Ten signs before the Hour
Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering
Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗
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يأجوج ومأجوج
Yajuj and Majuj
The nations behind the wallAfter the Dajjal
Relied onNumbers beyond counting
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Undone byA worm in their necks
Countless peoples held back by Dhul-Qarnayn's wall of iron and copper. Released near the end, they will drink lakes dry, and Isa will shelter the believers on the mountain.
How it ended
Allah will send a worm into their necks, and they will die all at once, like a single soul.
Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
Named in the QuranNamed twice in the Quran. Their end is in Sahih Muslim.Sahih Muslim 2937a ↗
Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal
Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.
