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{{Quote|{{Quran|18|98}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|18|98}}| | ||
He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, '''He will make it into dust'''; and the promise of my Lord is true." On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and '''We shall collect them all together'''.}} | He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, '''He will make it into dust'''; and the promise of my Lord is true." On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and '''We shall collect them all together'''.}} | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|21|94-98}}|94. So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort, and indeed We, of it, are recorders. | |||
95. And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return | |||
96. <b>Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend</b> | |||
97. And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers." | |||
98. Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.}} | |||
The connection with the destruction of the wall and the end of times is further explained in the classic Qur'anic [[tafsir]] by Ibn Kathir. | The connection with the destruction of the wall and the end of times is further explained in the classic Qur'anic [[tafsir]] by Ibn Kathir. | ||