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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 96

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٩٦

21:96 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 330 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:96

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ ۝٩٦

Transliteration

ḥattā idhā futiḥat yajūju wamajūju wahum min kulli ḥadabin yansilūna

Translation

Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

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Verse 96 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:96), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 330 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 96

Al-Mukhtasar

They will never return, even until the barrier of Gog and Magog is opened and they begin emerging, hurriedly descending from every high piece of land.

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Other translations of verse 96

until when Gog and Magog are let loose, swarming swiftly from every mound,

Until, when Ya’jûj and Ma’jûj (Gog and Magog)8 are let loose (from their barrier), and they swoop down from every mound.

Notes

[8] (V.21:96) See the footnote of (V.18:94).

Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound,

Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier), and they swiftly swarm from every hill.

Even when Gog and Magog are let loose and they shall break forth from every elevated place.

Till, when YaÉjûj and MaÉjûj (Gog and Magog) are opened up, and they press down from every slope, (i.e., broken themselves into sects)

Verse 96 word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā Until
  2. إِذَا idhā when
  3. فُتِحَتْ futiḥat has been opened ف ت ح
  4. يَأْجُوجُ yajūju (for) the Yajuj
  5. وَمَأْجُوجُ wamajūju and Majuj
  6. وَهُم wahum and they
  7. مِّن min from
  8. كُلِّ kulli every ك ل ل
  9. حَدَبٍ ḥadabin elevation ح د ب
  10. يَنسِلُونَ yansilūna descend ن س ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Hadith qudsi Sunan Ibn Majah 4079

"Gog and Magog people will be set free and they will emerge as Allah says: "swoop(ing) down from every mound."[21:96] They will spread throughout the earth, and the Muslims will flee from them until the remainder of the Muslims are in their cities and fortresses, taking their flocks with them. They…

"‏ تُفْتَحُ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ فَيَخْرُجُونَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏‏{وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ}‏ فَيَعُمُّونَ الأَرْضَ وَيَنْحَازُ مِنْهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ بَقِيَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 4081

"On the night on which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken on the Night Journey (Isra'), he met Ibrahim, Musa and 'Eisa, and they discussed the Hour. They started with Ibrahim, and asked him about it, but he did not have any knowledge of it. Then they asked Musa, and he did not have any knowledge…

لَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لَقِيَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى فَتَذَاكَرُوا السَّاعَةَ فَبَدَءُوا بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْهَا فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهَا عِلْمٌ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Other hadiths (3)

Verses related to verse 96

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Kahf 18:98–99

    قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا …

    [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true." …

  • Fatir 35:14

    إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ

    If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Aware [of all matters].

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