Gog and Magog - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Gog and Magog - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Cook, David B.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061793
Doc. NO	:	ALei2190
Main Entry	:	Cook, David B.
Title & Author	:	Gog and Magog - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Cook, David B.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(610 words)
Abstract	:	Gog and Magog (Yājūj wa-Mājūj) are two subhuman peoples, mentioned in the Qurʾān (Q 18:94, 21:96), located usually in the region of Central Asia or northern Asia, who, as part of the apocalyptic events prior to the end of the world, will invade and destroy large sections of the Muslim world. Yājūj and Mājūj are based upon the biblical peoples of Gog and Magog, first mentioned in Ezekiel 38–9, and amplified in Revelation 20:7–9 and in Christian early-Islamic-era apocalypses (Pseudo-Methodius, 133–
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2190.pdf