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Around 1720 in Fez A¿mad b. al-Mub¿rak al-Lamä¿, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master ¿Abd al-¿Az¿z al-Dabb¿gh. Al-Dabb¿gh shied away from official religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Mu¿ammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qur¿¿n, ¿ad¿ths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the Ibr¿z, describes how al-Dabb¿gh attained illumination and access to the Prophet, as well as his teachings about the Council of the godly that regulates the world, relations between master and disciple, the darkness in men's bodies, Adam's creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides.

In September 2019, a famous Muslim scholar in the West made the claim that Gog & Magog could refer to the zombie apocalypse. This resulted in an internet controversy with multiple Muslims even labeling the scholar a heretic for his new interpretation. But does Islam allow for re-interpretation in the issues related to the signs of the Last Day? Is the theory of Gog & Magog being a type of zombie plausible? In this short treatise, I analyze the principles and evidence behind this issue and clarify the correct Islamic perspective on the concept of Gog and Magog.