Dabbat al-ard

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Dabbat al-ard (Arabic: دابة الأرض‎) is an Arabic phrase meaning beast of the earth. In Islam it is one of the signs preceding the Day of Judgment.

Religious context

The phrase appears in the Qur'an, in Sura An-Naml:

The term also appears in the hadith, which expand upon the activities of the beast. (In Islam they are called Yajuj Majuj which are two tribes that will emerge from the earth's core)