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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاتة

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِٱلرَّحِيمِ

7. And when the word [i.e., decree] befalls them, We will bring forthfor them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the peoplewere, of Our verses, not certain [in faith]. [27:82] What is that beast?

The creature from earth mentioned here is called "Dabbathul Ardh". The ayath continues as: "Will speak to them because mankind believed not with certainty in Our Ayath" (27:82). It emerges during end time, when mankind has been involved in corruption,  neglecting the commands of Allah and even changing the true religion.

Nothing more is given in Quran. The information about this beast are all from ahadith which are considered to be weak and with no proper chain.

1. Abu Huraira (RA) reported the Prophet (SAW) as saying, "When three things appear faith will not benefit anyone who has not previously believed or acquired any good from his faith: the rising of the sun in its place of setting, the dajjal, and the beast of the earth." [Mishkat al-Masabih 5467; Sahih Muslim 158]

2. Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "A beast will emerge from the earth. With it shall be the ring of Sulaiman (AS) and the staff of Musa (AS). It will brighten the face of the believer, and stamp the nose of the disbeliever with the ring, such that when the people gather to eat, it will be said to this one: 'O believer! and to that one: 'O disbeliever!'" [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3187] Grade : Da'if

3. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (SAW) as saying: Hasten in performing these good deeds (before these) six things (happen): (the appearance) of the Dajjal, the smoke, the beast of the earth, the rising of the sun from the west, the general turmoil (leading to large-scale massacre) and death of masses and individuals. [Sahih Muslim 2947 b]

Ibn Khathir in his tafsir provided the following information:

Place of emergence:

It will not be born.  Talhah ibn 'Umar through Abu Dawud Tayalisi that this beast will emerge in Makkah from the mount of Sara, and after cleaning the dust from its head will reach at a point between the Black Stone and the Station of Ibrahim. Seeing this creature , people will start running helter-skelter. Only one group of people will stay behind. Then the beast will make their faces glitter like stars. After that it will go out in the world, and put a sign of infidelity on the face of every infidel. No one will be able to get out of its grasp. It will recognize every believer and the infidel."

It's appearance:

This beast will be extra- ordinary, strange-looking. Ibn Jurayj reported that Ibn Az-Zubayr described the beast and said, "Its head is like the head of a bull, its eyes are like the eyes of a pig, its ears are like the ears of an elephant, its horns are like the horns of a stag, , its neck is like the neck of an ostrich, its chest is like the chest of a lion, its color is like the color of a tiger, its haunches are like the haunches of a cat, its tail is like the tail of a ram, and its legs are like the legs of a camel. Between each pair of its joints is a distance of twelve cubits".

Allah knows best!

الحمدلله