یاجوج ماجوج: جدید تعبیرات اور معاصر اقوام پر اطلاق و انطباق: ایک تجزیاتی مطالعہ

Gog and Magog Interpretations by Modern Scholars and its Application on Contemporary Nations: An Analytical Study According to the Islamic point of view Gog and Magog (Ya’jūj Ma’jūj), are two such supernatural and aggressive powers that will reveal from some unknown place. According to Islamic sources the two disbelieving powers (tribes) are the children of Yāfith son of Noah. Humanity will affect badly at their severely harmful activities on the earth. In the beginning they were free into some unknown place. The famous king Dhulqarnayn imprisoned them behind an unknown thick wall in human history. There are many conjectures regarding the wall, and it is sometimes considered in any Norwegian country because of too long duration of sunrise in these countries. Their population will be 10 times more than the World’s populations. They will be so much trouble creating nation from the race of Noah (A.S) even Isa (Christ) will take refuge on the mountain of Toor and Muslims will pray Allah to get rid of them. Today some modern Islamic researchers have been claiming that they are in fact, Chines or Russians as we find their resemblance in prophet's traditions. In this article, an attempt has been made to unveil the disputed matter that either they exist in current age in form of living peoples or some hidden which will be revealed before the end of time. The purpose of this research is to revisit different speculations about Gog and Magog as we find them also into the Bible. Many Muslims research took effect from Bible’s concept ignoring the traditions of the prophet and find out many different solutions which, according to me are to be seen into the true and clear facts by Quran and Sunnah.

Effect of Trace Elements Profile of Different Soil and Forages on Gastrointestinal Helminthiasis in Sheep

Helminths especially gastrointestinal (GI) nematodes impose severe threat to sheep in terms of mortality, morbidity, treatment cost and control measures. In parasitized sheep, reduction in immunity to fight against GI parasites may occur due to trace element deficiencies. The rangelands of Punjab province have diversified forages used for small ruminants grazing. These forages are a natural source of trace elements for animals. This study was executed at Chakwal district of Punjab, Pakistan for the qualitative and quantitative determination of GI parasitic fauna; estimation of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo) and selenium (Se) of sheep, forages and soils of rangelands. A correlation was established between trace element profile and GI parasitic burden in sheep. Microscopically scanned faecal samples of sheep (n=384) revealed an overall prevalence of 65.62 % of GI helminths. The prevalence was significantly higher at Kalar Kahar (77.22 %) followed by Talagang (74.51 %), Choa Saidan Shah (70.97 %) and Chakwal (44.55 %) tehsils (administrative sub divisions of district). The identified parasitic fauna included Haemonchus contortus (60.94%), Ostertagia trifurcata (21.88%), Trichostrongylus spp. (6.25%), Strongyloides papillosus (7.03%), Marshallagia marshalli (6.25%), Avitellina centripunctata (9.64%), Fasciola (F.) gigantica (4.43%) and F. hepatica (1.56%). Nematodes represented higher level of infection than cestodes and trematodes. Rangeland forages reflected higher levels of Zn, Cu and Co than the recommended critical dietary levels for animals; whereas, Se level was within the normal limit. The forage levels of Mn and Mo were below the critical dietary limit. Grazing site soils showed relatively higher levels of Zn, Cu, Mn and Co than the critical levels. Selenium level in soils was below the critical limit; while, Mo level was within the recommended critical limit. Rangeland sheep sera had normal levels of Cu, Mo and Se; while, higher and marginally deficient levels of Mn, Co and Zn, respectively were noted in sheep. Sheep flocks at tehsil Kalar Kahar revealed the highest magnitude (660.21) of egg per gram (EPG) of faeces followed by those of Talagang (610.16), Choa Saidan Shah (506.36) and Chakwal (467.47). Nevertheless, trace elements seem to have no correlation with EPG magnitude in naturally parasitized sheep flocks of the study area. In conclusion, trace elements profile of naturally infected sheep flocks exhibited no significant role in reducing GI parasitic burdens, despite of the fact that rangeland forages and soils contained sufficient levels of most trace elements to cater the requirements of sheep flocks.