In the Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Mordor is the name of the region controlled by the Dark Lord Sauron, who represents Satan. Tolkien’s inspiration for Mordor, however, lay in what’s now Saudi Arabia.
Tolkien incorporated the Prophet’s description of the Najd (Also known as Nejd) region of Arabia during the end-times in his Lord of the Rings cycle. Just as all of Middle Earth’s geography incorporates real-life regions from the Middle East, the Mediterranean regions of North Africa, and Southern Europe, through different periods of time. This is because Tolkien makes complex use of geographical symbolism to represent different nations and periods through different times in our real history, and the mythic chronology of his Cycle.
In Tolkien’s work Mordor in the East represents the Najd region in Eastern Arabia. He represents the wahabis led by the Saudi clan as orcs.
While this is crystal clear in his text, what’s more remarkable is the way Tolkien’s story is visually interpreted in Peter Jackson’s films, which makes it even more crystal clear.
This is Riyadh, Nejd Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And this is Mordor next to it.
This is a map of Arabia, Riyadh, in Nejd, is exactly due east of Madinah, in the Hijaz region.
In a reported prophecy The Prophet pointed his finger directly due East of Medina, as he declared that the attack of Satan would come from the East. Notice in the map that Riyadh the capital of Najd is exactly east of Medina.
ألا إن الفتنة هاهنا يشير إلى المشرق حيث يطلع قرن الشيطان
Najd is Tolkien’s Mordor. Tolkien’s Mordor represents Najd, in Arabia.
Satan is Tolkien’s Sauron. Tolkien’s Sauron represents Satan, or Shaytan in Arabic.
The prophecy made over 1400 years ago of Najd being the source of all evil against the freemen/ of Middle Earth, read the Middle East, and the Arabs has finally started gaining popularity among Muslims. Some sites have started to deal with the Najd prophecy, for example:
For further reading, see if you can match the description of Tolkien’s Mordor to the details of Najd in these two sources materials:
Realm of Mordor | Lord of the Rings
The fact that Najd is where the Horns of Satan come out is well known to Muslims and Muslim scholars. The only ones who deny it are the orcs of Nejd.
Here are just a few scholars speaking of it in different languages.
Sahih Hadith on Najdi Extremist Fitna in Riyadh(Saudi Arabia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0iJ26cyqfo
More will be said on this shortly.
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