The Messiah Dajjal Has Secretly Started Work

8/6/2019 The Messiah Dajjal Has Secretly Started Work

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The messiah dajjal has secretly started work It is revealed in a great many reliable hadith that the Messiah Dajjal (Antichrist)will appear in the End Times, the final age before the Day of Judgment, turn

people away from religious moral values, and wreak great confusion andoppression on Earth.

In one of his hadith our Prophet(saas) has drawn attention to theterrible scale of the strife of theDajjal in the words "Since thebirth of Adam (as) till the advent of the Judgment Day there is no

fitnah (tribulation) much greater than that of Dajjal," (1) andwarned all people against this

peril. In another hadith heindicates that the strife of theDajjal is a grave danger not onlyfor Muslims but for all people inthe words "Every prophet cameto warn his nation of thedeception of the Dajjal." (2)

It would seem from the fact thatthe portents of the appearance of the Dajjal related by our Prophet(saas) in the hadith have one byone come to pass that the

Messiah Dajjal has already appeared. A great many events experienced on Earthare in complete agreement with the information provided by our Prophet (saas)and Islamic scholars regarding the time the Messiah Dajjal will appear and thedeeds he will perform. The great Islamic scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi hasreported that the power and rule of the Dajjal are based on violence and oppressionin the words "...The Dajjal appears to have greater dominion than they deserve,

The Dajjal wishes to depict his own twisted

ideas to Christians as true and legitimate bycausing them to ignore the teachings of theGospels. If Christians who are keenly awaiting

the coming of the Messiah, especially theEvangelicals, are deceived by the Dajjal's

falsehoods and follow in his path, then theywill feel terrible shame and regret because of the slaughter they engaged in when Prophet

'Isa (as) finally comes.


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acquired through great oppression and great cruelty and great violence and brutality." (3) The increasing violence, anarchy and chaos, the slaughter andtorture, and state and organizational terrorist acts in recent times all show that theDajjal is at work and is directing all of these.

In his hadith our Prophet (saas) has reported that the Dajjal will resort to all meansto turn people away from the path of goodness and will bring large masses of

people under his influence by means of deception and cheating. He has stated thatin this way the Dajjal will lead people as he wishes in the hadith "The Dajjal hasmany followers. Many people will line up alongside him." (4)

In order to achieve these aims the Dajjal will seek to deceive believers just as

much as he will those who have chosen denial. It is also revealed in hadith thatwith the propaganda and tactics he employs, the Dajjal will succeed in deceivingmany people whose faith is weak, and will thus gather support:

Whoever hears about the Dajjal should keep away from him. By Allah! One will come to him and he will think that he is a believer, but he will follow him [Dajjal]on account of the doubts that he will raise in his mind. (5)

When you hear that the Dajjal has appeared, flee him. Because a person may go tohis side while yet intending to deny him, but will remain and follow him. That isbecause there are many things with the Dajjal that fill the heart withmisgivings. (6)

It is indicated in the hadith of our Prophet (saas) that to that end the Dajjal willapproach the members of the three revealed religions, Jews, Christians andMuslims, with different methods, and will seek to wreak terrible strife and

corruption by turning them against one another. It is revealed in hadith that as aresult of this strife of the Dajjal's, the world will become the stage for a great war,that blood will be shed and the numbers of dead will rise dramatically. It isreported that nowhere will be beyond the Dajjal's sights:

[At that time] there will be much tribulation, confusion and disorder, and people


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will kill one another. People will take their own lives and disasters will enfold theearth. At such a troubled time ... the accursed Dajjal ... will appear. (7)

... The Dajjal will emerge from a rocky place, and will swiftly cause violent mischief on the right and on the left [in other words by sending armies to both

sides]. (8)

There is no city which will not be vanquished by the armies of the Dajjal. (9)

In order to depict anarchy, terror, violence, war and bloodshed as supposedlylegitimate, the Dajjal seeks to deceive some believers with the falsehood that thesedisasters must inevitably take place in the End Times. According to the Dajjal's

strategy, in order for the glad tidings imparted regarding the End Times to take place, civilizations must first turn against one another, and there must be a terriblewar. According to this error, before the appearance of the Messiah, who isexpected in the End Times, a terrible battle known as Armageddon must take

place, between the Jews and some Christians who support them on the one hand,and Muslims and Catholics on the other. According to the indoctrination of theDajjal, "there must be a period of disaster lasting seven years; Jews and other

believers must be oppressed during that period; and two-thirds of Jews must die in

the battle of Armageddon and the lands of Israel must be devastated." By means of a series of figurative, but groundless interpretations of holy scriptures, the Dajjalseeks to make Christians and Jews believe that the Messiah can only come to earthonce all these conditions have been fulfilled. According to this belief, inculcated inChristians by the Dajjal, the Jews will win that battle under the leadership of Prophet 'Isa (as), will follow him, and will return to Christianity.

The Dajjal seeks to lead a number of Christian groups in the direction of confusion

by making them believe that a number of preconditions need to be met if Prophet'Isa (as) is to return to earth. The fact is, however, that there is no confusion here atall. Dajjalism is the absence of belief in Allah. The presence of belief in Allah isMessiahhood. The coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) is a miracle from Allah. However,this is not a matter that requires confusion beforehand. Throughout history Allahhas supported prophets with a great many miracles. Allah shows people a great


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many miracles of creation at every moment of their lives. Features such as the perfect equilibrium in the universe, the extraordinarily complex structure in thecell, the marvels in animals and plants, and the flawless functioning of the human

body are all great miracles. Allah creates many beauties so that believers may perfect their faith. The coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) is a beautiful event created byAllah for joy of faith, and is a gift of faith. When the time appointed by Allahcomes, He will show Prophet 'Isa (as) to all mankind. Involving confusion andmany preconditions in such a beautiful event must be seen as part of the Dajjal'sdevilish plan, and people must be on their guard against that snare.

The Messiah Dajjal Wants Chaos in the Middle East

In this way the Dajjal is trying tomake Christians to believe that

before the coming of Prophet'Isa (as) there must be war, chaosand a climate of anarchy onearth. He approves of the ideathat the Iraq war assumed a keyrole in these portents of the Last

Day they expect to come about.He causes those people who fallunder his spell to believe thatspeaking of peace before thecoming of the Messiah is to goastray, to oppose the holy scriptures, and even Dajjalism. By these means heconvinces them that tension in the Middle East should not be lowered. (10) He

portrays countries that are opposed to war, and peace movements, as part of the

movement of the Dajjal, and intends to make sure the climate of war in the regioncontinues so that there should never be peace there until the coming of theMessiah.

It is clear that there are a number of problems in some Middle East countries,stemming from lack of education and the fact that a culture of democracy has not

The Messiah Dajjal seeks to portray chaos andslaughter as necessary developments in order to make people believe in his system, and for that reason he encourages even innocentchildren to be murdered.


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fully developed. However, the way to resolve these must never be by resorting towar and violence. It must not be forgotten that war always inflicts loss anddestruction on both sides. Indeed, in the Iraq War, many innocent Iraqis are dying,losing relatives or being crippled. Similarly, a great many foreign troops in theregion are also dying. The loss of these troops, each one of whom is an educated,cultured young person, is a great loss to both their families and their countries. Yetthe fact is that it would be easy for both sides to come by a solution withoutsuffering any material or spiritual losses or loss of life. If people live by the love,tolerance and justice required by the moral values commanded by Allah, then all

problems can be resolved by peaceful means, and compromise can easily beachieved.

A great many regions of the Middle East are sacred for Christians, Jews andMuslims. These areas are in any case the lands of the forefathers of Christians andJews. All the prophets loved and respected by Muslims lived in these lands andcommunicated their message there. These lands, which are most valuable andsacred to all of us, are very wide. Members of the three revealed religions must beable to live as they wish, be free to perform their religious observances, engage intrade and leave in peace and security on these lands. The underground resources

possessed by the region, especially oil, can be made use of in such a way that

everyone can benefit from them equally. An atmosphere of peace and security isessential for this. What the region needs is for societies to progress in terms of art,medicine and science, for an environment in which fundamental human rights andindividual rights are protected to be established, and for a full concept of democracy to be installed. In connection with this it is also important thateconomic development should be ensured. However, it is a great loss to spendresources that could be set aside for these things on military expenses andweaponry instead. To that end, sincere believers must join forces, and existing

means must be used to establish that alliance rather than on waging war.

Problems such as these in the region stem from the fact that people fail to livefully by religious moral values, and from the influence of such ideologies asmaterialism and atheism, supported by the Dajjal. This, of course, is not a problemlimited to the Middle East alone. Moral degeneration caused by people having


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turned away from religious moral values, serial killings and perversions of variouskinds can be seen in a great many regions of the world. What sincere believersneed to do is to make genuine endeavors for these practices outside religious moralvalues to be eliminated. Naturally, the Dajjal will seek to spread this situation allover the world, and will emerge with various tactics and cunning plans in order for the environment of war and terror to persist.

Christians Must Be on Their Guard against the Messiah Dajjal'sSnares

Christians and Jews must be on their guard against all these snares of the Dajjal, because the Dajjal will seek to depict all these as religious stipulations. The Dajjal

plots against Christians who sincerely believe in the Gospels and tries to attractthem to a perverted ideology that actually conflicts with their own sacred texts. Hewants to portray his own twisted ideas as right and legitimate by causingChristians to ignore the teachings of the Gospels. In fact, he is laying enormoussnares by emerging in the name of Allah and depicting the truth as superstition,and superstition as the truth. He causes them to believe that they are acting in thename of religion and good, and encourages them towards evil by using the nameof Allah. In the Qur'an, people are warned against this method employed by the

Dajjal: "Mankind! Allah's promise is true. Do not let the life of this worlddelude you and do not let the Deluder delude you about Allah" (Surah Fatir:5). It is also reported in the hadith of our Prophet (saas) that the Dajjal will deceive

people by depicting good as evil, and evil as good:

H e will also have Paradise and H ell with him. Though his Paradise will appear asannah [Paradise], in reality it will be H ell, and likewise, though his H ell will

appear like Jahannam [ H ell], in reality it will be Paradise. (11)

Then the Dajjal will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. H e who falls intohis fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but hewho falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him. (12)


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N arrated by H udhaifa;The Prophet said about Ad-Dajjal that he would have water and fire with him:(what would seem to be) fire, would be cold water and (what would seem to be)water, would be fire. (13)

All the preconditions set out by the Dajjal for the coming of the Messiah, allegedly based on holy scriptures, actually consist of a trap constructed by the Dajjal so thatevil should rule the world. As is revealed in the description in the hadith, "His Hellis Paradise, and his Paradise Hell," the Dajjal seeks to portray good as evil and evilas good by distorting everything.

The Dajjal has emerged before Christians at a most unexpected time and

employing deceptive tactics they never expected. Approaching them by using thename of Allah and basing his desires on sacred justifications, he has deceived anumber of Christians who were expecting his coming under very differentconditions. The Dajjal is trying to bring part of the Christian community under hissway by depicting love, peace and security on earth as being part of the Dajjalsystem, and his own ideological system as a requirement of the religion in whichthey believe.Telling them to "Believe in Prophet 'Isa" or that "This is commanded in the

Gospels," he approaches them by portraying what he wants them to do as perfectlylegitimate. His actual target is to establish large communities whom he can directas he wishes in the struggle against Prophet 'Isa (as), who will return to earth in theEnd Times. In this way he intends to inflict terrible chaos, confusion, corruptionand destruction on the world by turning communities against one another.

He portrays peace, liberation and security, and the achievement of peace in theMiddle East as Dajjal-like movement engaged in opposition to holy scriptures;

bloodshed, the ruthless killing of innocent men, women and children, and thespread of pitiless savagery over the region are all portrayed as a so-called religiousobservance. He portrays Catholics, who believe in the same scriptures as them andwho recognize Prophet 'Isa (as) as their prophet, and who perform the same acts of worship, as enemies who need to be eliminated. Similarly, he portrays Muslims,who like them believe in Allah, love and respect the same prophets, possess the


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same moral principles, and who are awaiting the coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) withthe same excitement, as a community needing to be combated.

The fact is, however, that Christians, Jews and Muslims are not one another'senemies; on the contrary, they are one another's allies against the atheismsupported by the Dajjal. Christians, Jews and Muslims believe in Allah in the sameway, and love and respect the same prophets.Prophet Ibrahim (as), Prophet Ishmael (as), Prophet Ishaq (as), Prophet Ya'qub(as), Prophet Yusuf (as), Prophet Musa (as) or Prophet Dawud (as) are just asimportant to Muslims as they are to Jews. In the same way, Prophet 'Isa (as) is justas valuable and sacred to Muslims as he is to Christians. The entire Islamic worldhas been announcing the glad tidings of this holy individual's return to earth for

the last 1,400 years and preparing for this historic event with the greatestenthusiasm. In addition, the lands lived on by Jews and Muslims, and where theyserve Allah, are just as sacred to Muslims as they are to Jews. That being the case,there can be no legitimate reason for a climate of war, chaos and anarchy, or for

bloodshed on lands that are sacred to members of all three revealed religions. Thissubject needs to be considered in a most rational manner: Why should living in

peace and security be Dajjalism? Why should centuries of fear and savagery, andcatastrophes, be necessary in order for the Messiah to appear? Why should there

be no peace, and why should war be sought to be continued, until the coming of the Messiah? Why should two-thirds of Jews have to die? Why should people who

believe in the same religion wage war on one another? Why should Catholics andMuslims be the enemies of Jews and other Christians? Why should innocentChristian, or Jewish or Muslim children be killed for nothing?

There is no legitimate reason for any of these things. The Dajjal is trying to portray peace, liberation, brotherhood, love, compassion and affection as actions

belonging to the Dajjal. In this way, he is trying to achieve his aims by turningJews, Christians and Muslims against one another.

It is a great blessing that Christians are devout, fear Allah, feel a sincere love anddevotion for the prophets and Prophet 'Isa (as), and engage in the preparations for his second coming. Yet it is most important that they should not fall into the


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and to respond to evil with good. When one looks at the Gospels, one sees thatProphet 'Isa (as) always recommended love, peace and friendship:

"Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind toeach other and to everyone else." (1 Thessalonians 5: 15)

Remind them to obey showing all humility to all men. (Paul's Epistle to Titus3: 1-2)

Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honour giving reference to one another. (Romans 12: 10)

Another matter emphasized in Gospel statements is the eradication of

discrimination, conflict and disputes, and for peace to be maintained by peopleuniting around a single idea:

"all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among youand that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought." (Corinthians 1: 10)

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends (Romans 12: 18-19)

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. (Matthew 5:43-44)


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The Dajjal's indoctrination encouraging violence also conflicts with the OldTestament, on which some Christians base their beliefs regarding signs of the LastDay. Stipulations in the Torah include to "stop one's ears against plots of murder"and to "shut one's eyes against contemplating evil" (Isaiah 33:15). Christians andJews who sincerely believe in Allah need to live by the moral values which theyadhere to in so many spheres with regard to these provisions in the Bible, and tosupport peace. Some quotations from the Torah in which violence and oppressionare condemned and peace, love, compassion and proper moral values lauded readas follows:

Do not pervert justice Do not do anything that endangers your neighbour's life... Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your

neighbour as yourself (Leviticus 19:15-18)

"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD Allah Almighty will bewith you, just as you say H e is. H ate evil, love good; maintain justice in thecourts..." (Amos 5:14-15)

Another provision in the Torah is that blood should not be shed and that the landsof the righteous should not be attacked:

Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed. (Deuteronomy 19:10)

Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid hisdwelling place Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let our heart rejoice, or the LORD will see and disapprove (Proverbs 24:15-18)

Although the texts of the Gospel and the Torah were later corrupted, they stillinclude some true provisions compatible with the Qur'an. Devout Christians andJews must behave in the light of these statements in the Old and New Testaments.Otherwise, as well as contravening their own sacred texts, they need to see thatthey will actually be serving the Dajjal. It must not be forgotten that the Dajjal's


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initiatives to shed blood in the Middle East and the rest of the world can only be prevented by the defense of proper moral values.

Muslims Must Also Be on Their Guard against the Wiles of theDajjal

The Dajjal is trying to use another stratagem against Muslims, similar to that hewishes to employ against Christians. He wishes to bring Muslims under his controlin order to create terrible strife and wickedness on earth. By deceiving Muslims,too, he seeks to encourage them to resort to violence in response to the violenceaimed at them, and thus quench the devil's thirst for bloodshed. On the other hand,he is also striving to turn Muslims against one another by encouraging terror

amongst them. In this way he aims to increase the climate of fear and terror, and by shedding the blood of the innocent to turn the world into a place of strife wherehis own moral values can prevail.

The great Islamic scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi has warned all Muslims againstthis peril, and said that the Dajjal would put pressure on the Islamic world andinflict difficult and hard times on devout Muslims:

According to a noble H adith of the Prophet (saas), noxious and awesome personslike Sufyan and the Dajjal will come to rule over the godless at the end of time,and exploiting the greed, discord and hatred amongst the Muslims and mankind,they will need only a small force to reduce humanity to anarchy and the vast world of Islam to slavery. (14)

Devout Muslims should be aware of this danger and not fall into the Dajjal's trap.As a requirement of the verse "Allah loves those who fight in His Way in ranks

like well-built walls" (Surat as-Saff: 4), Muslims must act in a spirit of unshakable unity and union. They must take the moral values of our Prophet(saas), who always sought the path of understanding even with the idolaters, astheir role model; they must scrupulously avoid disputes and disagreement. In fact,our Prophet (saas) has warned Muslims against such a danger by reminding themthat in the event that believers turn against one another they may fall under the


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influence of the Dajjal:

In those days believers whose relations between one another are defective will beunable to escape being the target of the Dajjal. (15)

It can be seen from these words of our Prophet (saas) that believers who wish to be protected from the strife of the Dajjal must act in the awareness that all Muslimsare brothers. It has been revealed in the Qur'an that the faithful must support oneanother in solidarity, otherwise there will be great corruption and chaos on earth:

Those who disbelieve are the friends and protectors of one another. If you donot act in this way, there will be turmoil in the land and great

corruption. (Surat al-Anfal: 73)

Muslims must also behave towards Christians and Jews in the manner required bythe moral values of the Qur'an, in the same way as they must amongst themselves,and must be on their guard against the wiles of the Dajjal in that regard too. Inmany verses of the Qur'an Allah has revealed the importance of proper moralvalues, goodness, and responding to evil with good, and has commanded Muslimsto treat Jews and Christians, in other words the People of the Book, with good

intentions and tolerance. In the Qur'an our Lord commands people to rule withustice, with no discrimination between people, to protect people's rights, to have

no allowance for oppression, to support the oppressed against the oppressor, and tohelp those in need. This concept of justice requires the rights of both sides to be

protected when a decision has to be reached, a multi-sided consideration,unprejudiced thought, neutrality, uprightness, honesty, tolerance, compassion andaffection.Muslims must always behave in accordance with the verses of the Qur'an against

the Dajjal's deceptions of this kind, with patience, submission to Allah, andmoderation, and must respond with love and affection. Allah has revealed in theQur'an that when believers encounter evil they must respond with goodness:

A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad withsomething better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will


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be like a bosom friend. (Surah Fussilat: 34)

One of the finest models on this subject is the moral values displayed by our Prophet (saas). Prophet Muhammad (saas) always behaved most justly andcompassionately towards Jews and Christians. He wanted an environment basedon love and compromise to be established between Muslims and members of theother revealed religions. In the early years of Islam, some Muslims who sufferedoppression at the hands of the polytheists of Mecca lived in friendship and peacewith Christians by sheltering with the Christian king of Ethiopia, Negus (or al-

Najashi). Believers who migrated to Medina with our Prophet (saas) developed amodel of living with the Jews in Medina that constitutes a model for allsubsequent generations. During the spread of Islam, the tolerance shown to Jewish

and Christian communities in Arabia went down in history as an importantexample of Muslims' tolerance and justice towards the People of the Book.

Under the provision of the Constitution of Medina that " The Jews of Banu Awf [non-Muslim minorities] are a community along with the believers. To the Jewstheir religion, and to the Muslim their religion ," the foundations of the tolerancethat Muslims showed towards Jewish traditions and belief were again laid in thetime of our Prophet (saas).

Another example of these moral values of Muslims was experienced at the time of the Ottoman Empire. At a time when the world was full of intolerance andoppression, the Ottoman Empire went down in history for the great tolerance itdisplayed towards Jewish communities.Throughout history these Muslim moral values have resulted in Jews sheltering inIslamic lands at various times when they were suffering trouble and difficulty. TheOttoman Empire opened its doors to the Jews who were unjustly expelled from

Spain, and the Ottomans sheltered thousands of Jews who had been exiled fromtheir lands. Jews and Muslims lived for centuries in peace and security in Muslimlands. Jewish subjects of the Ottoman Empire were always grateful for thetolerance shown them by the Sublime Porte.

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tolerance, peace and freedom in Ottoman lands. In the Middle East, which has been in a state of chaos and conflict since the first half of the 20th century, aclimate of peace and security was established that lasted throughout the centuriesof Ottoman rule. Although Christians and Jews did not acknowledge each other'sreligions, they enjoyed dialogue and compromise in this tolerant environmentestablished by the Ottoman administration. Under Ottoman sovereignty, Jewsworshipped in their synagogues, Christians in their churches and Muslims in their mosques, and members of the three religions lived alongside one another in peace.

The proper moral values, tolerance, and peaceful understanding demonstratedtowards the People of the Book by our Prophet (saas) and the Ottomanadministration must be a role model for all Muslims. As revealed by Allah in the

verse "Only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest way-except inthe case of those of them who do wrong-saying, 'We believe in what has beensent down to us and what was sent down to you. Our Allah and your Allahare one and we submit to Him,'" (Surat al-'Ankabut: 46) no concession must bemade in a struggle to be waged "in the kindest way." On the contrary, it must not

be forgotten that a climate of strife and chaos will emerge as the Dajjal wishes.Muslims must approach the People of the Book with respect, love andunderstanding, based on these foundations, and with the moral values to which

they adhere must transmit the call to "unite in a common proposition" in thekindest manner possible:

Say, "People of the Book! Come to a proposition which is the same for us andyou-that we should worship none but Allah and not associate any partnerswith Him and not take one another as lords besides Allah." If they turn away,say: "Bear witness that we are Muslims." (Surah Al 'Imran: 64)

When people act in the light of this spirit of love and tolerance imparted byQur'anic moral values, the Dajjal's stratagem aimed at turning civilizations againstone another and making the world the scene of bloodshed and war will, by the willof Allah, be thwarted.


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The False 'Isa: The Messiah Dajjal

As has been described throughout the course of this discussion, the Dajjal isindoctrinating Christian communities regarding the occurrence of various false

portents of the Last Day for the appearance of the Messiah, and is encouragingthem to bring these false portents to pass.Once these conditions have been met, the Dajjal will then make claims regardingthe "False Messiah" as a requirement of the false order he will have established.Many false Messiahs will appear before the coming of Prophet 'Isa (as), but theMessiah Dajjal will be the most violent of these. According to the indications inthe hadith, various groups among Christians and Jews whom he brings under hisinfluence will organise these phenomena and will portray the Dajjal to people as

Prophet 'Isa (as). It is revealed in the hadith of our Prophet (saas) that the Dajjalwill first claim "prophethood" and then "so-called divinity" (Allah is truly beyondwhat they ascribe to Him):

When the Dajjal appears ... everyone will imagine him to be a genuine guide and will flock to his side, and he will continue his work in the same way when hecomes to Kufa, and will lay claim to prophethood ... Rational people who see thiswill depart from him ... Later still, he will lay claim to divine status, and will even

say "I am Allah." (16)

H e will start by saying that he is a Prophet, but there will be no Prophet after me.Then he will say, "I am your Lord," but you will never see your Lord until youdie. (17)

They [the devils] will say to him [the Dajjal], "We are your helpers and under our command." H e will then say to them, " H urry and tell people that I am their

Allah" (18)

Imam Sharani reported that the Dajjal's claim to divine status would bring nationsunder his control:

The Dajjal will come to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion); they will


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affirm their faith in him and respond to him. (19)

It can be seen from all this information that the Dajjal will first portray himself to people as a guide, then will claim to be the Messiah, and then declare himself to bedivine (Allah is truly beyond what they ascribe to Him). In order to convince largemasses of people, the Dajjal will make use of technological means and use themost advanced special illusive effects and techniques of hypnosis. BediuzzamanSaid Nursi has spoken of these methods to which the Dajjal will resort:

The Dajjal possesses hypnotic properties along the lines of spiritualism ... Thisunbeliever whose only aim is this world attacks spiritual values with a brazennessand courage stemming from absolute unbelief. People who do not know the true

state of affairs will regard this as extraordinary power and courage. (20)

Elsewhere, Bediuzzaman describes the trickery the Dajjal will use to deceive people:

The worst of these who will lead them, the Dajjal, possesses marvels linked tohenomena of spiritualism and magnetism [with such phenomena as hypnotism

and contact with the jinns], and will go still further, and will declare his own

divinity [Allah is truly beyond what they ascribe to H im], conceiving of a kind of divinity for his forced and false rule... (21)

As stated by Bediuzzaman, the Dajjal will be a mastery of such deceptions ashypnotism and illusion, and will perform fake miracles by means of technologicalspecial effects, thus depicting himself as Prophet 'Isa (as). In the hadith of our Prophet (saas) it is described how he will influence people by means of these fakemiracles:

H e [Dajjal] will say to a Bedouin, "What do you think if I bring your father and mother back to life for you? Will you bear witness that I am your Lord?" The

Bedouin will say; "Yes," so two devils will assume the appearance of his father and mother (22)


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At this the Dajjal will ask his villainous people "If I now kill this man and thenresurrect him, will you have any doubts about my claim to be divine?" (23)

H e will be given power over one person, whom he will kill and cut in two with a saw. Then he will say, "Look at this slave of mine, now I will resurrect him..." (24)

According to the hadith, in claiming a false divine status for himself the Dajjal willcall people back from the grave by means of trickery, and present himself as if heresurrected the dead, putting on an unfamiliar and astonishing show for themasses. Christians will think that all these are the miracles they believe Prophet'Isa (as) would perform, and will thus be easily convinced of the alleged divinityof the Dajjal. Many people will be affected by these exaggerated displays staged

by the Dajjal, and will conclude that he is the real Prophet 'Isa (as).

All these ruses of the Dajjal's described so far are compatible with the informationabout the Dajjal provided in the hadith of our Prophet (saas), in commentaries byIslamic scholars, and in the sacred texts of other religions. It is evident in the lightof that information that the activities he organizes are Dajjal-like ones. Therefore,Christians, Jews and Muslims must act in the awareness of this and be careful notto fall victim to the Dajjal's ruses.

The Dajjal Will Continue to Deceive People until the Coming of Prophet 'Isa (as)

The Dajjal is attempting to deceive Christians in the name of preparing thegroundwork for the coming of the Messiah. Making preparations for the coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) is of course a great service and is an expression of very pleasinglove and respect shown to the prophet.

However, the Dajjal aims to make the people he takes under his spell do this byvery different means, depicting oppression and bloodshed as legitimate. In fact,according to the indications in the hadith, the Dajjal's endeavors in this regard willnot come to an end until Prophet 'Isa (as) returns to earth, and he will continue todeceive the people he gathers round him in the name of service to Allah and toreligion, and loyalty to Prophet 'Isa (as). Neither the unmasking of these wiles of


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the Dajjal, nor warning people who fall under his spell and incite terror, violence,war and bloodshed will be enough to halt the Dajjal. Some Christians will pay noheed to these warnings, because of the Dajjal making the claims exactly as theyare expecting, his appearing at the expected time, and his performing fake marvelsthat they imagine to be miracles.The strife of the Dajjal, the number of his supporters and the extent of their Dajjal-like actions will increase still further (Allah knows best, of course).

However, it must not be forgotten here that these things will be experienced because they assume that form in destiny. Neither the Dajjal nor those whosupport him possess any power of their own. Some people think that they are

preparing the necessary portents of the Last Day in order for Prophet 'Isa (as) to

appear, but it is actually Allah Who is creating these. Those who are making greatefforts for Prophet 'Isa (as) to come will attain the result they wish for. Prophet 'Isa(as) will return. However, his coming will be because Allah willed and appointedin destiny, not because the people in question have readied the requisite conditionsin the light of their own beliefs. That is because there is no question of anyonehaving the power to do anything unless Allah so wishes.

In the same way, the Dajjal's portraying his own desires to one group of Christians

as legitimate and directing them is also taking place because that is the destinyspecified by Allah. Otherwise the Dajjal has appeared exactly in the manner described, and it can be seen from all the portents that he is indeed the Dajjal.Again, however, since that has been determined in destiny, he will succeed indeceiving certain groups from among Christians and Jews. Indeed, despite allthese warnings the Dajjal will continue to deceive and plot, and those around himwill fail to recognise his false countenance. This will continue to be so until thecoming of Prophet 'Isa (as), and Christian communities and other people will only

realize these facts with the appearance of the true Messiah.

With the Coming of the True Messiah 'Isa, the Strife of the DajjalWill Disappear Like Salt Melting in Water

All the Dajjal's stratagems will only be thwarted with the coming of Prophet 'Isa


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(as). When the Dajjal sees Prophet 'Isa (as), he will dissolve away like salt inwater; all his deceptions will be revealed, he will be humiliated in the public eyeand will suffer a terrible defeat. It will become plain that all the fake miracles he

performed in claiming to be the Messiah were mere deceptions; all his hypnotism,illusions, technological displays and mass shows will be neutralized. This defeat othe Dajjal by means of Prophet 'Isa (as) is reported in the hadith of our Prophet(saas):

When the enemy of Allah [Dajjal] see him [Prophet 'Isa], it will (disappear) just as salt dissolves in water and if he [Prophet 'Isa] were not to confront them at all,even then it would dissolve completely. Allah would kill them by his hand. (25)

The son of Mary will kill the Dajjal at the gate of Ludd. (26)

As is revealed in the hadith, the place where the Dajjal will be defeated isJerusalem. When Prophet 'Isa (as) returns to earth he will encounter the Dajjal atBeit al-Makdis (the Masjid al-Aqsa) and, again as revealed in the hadith, even the

breath of Prophet 'Isa (as) will be sufficient for the strife of the Dajjal to beeliminated:

... It is impossible for any unbeliever who scents his [Prophet 'Isa'] breath not todie. The fact that the Dajjal is a liar will radiate out in waves. Dajjalism will beoverthrown and his intellectual system destroyed. (27)

Every non-believer who would smell the odour of his [Prophet 'Isa'] self would dieand his breath would reach as far as he would be able to see. H e would then

search for him [Dajjal] until he would catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd and would kill him. (28)

In the light of certain developments that are taking place today, the Dajjal hasalready settled in this place where he will be defeated. Certain signs show thatsupporters seeking to set up a false Messiah under false conditions may be hidingthe Dajjal in broad facilities they have established under the Masjid al-Aqsa. These

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true Messiah by giving the site a mystical appearance (Allah knows best, of course).

The Dajjal wil remain in this temporary location until the coming of Prophet 'Isa(as), the true Messiah. By Allah's leave, however, he will be destroyed by meansof Prophet 'Isa (as) before he can construct his temple there.

This situation the Dajjal will encounter is recalled in the verse "Rather We hurlthe truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes cleanaway!" (Surat al-Anbiya': 18) In another verse, "Say: 'Truth has come andfalsehood has vanished. Falsehood is always bound to vanish'" (Surat al-Isra':81), it is reported that truth will always vanquish falsehood, and this shows that all

the stratagems of the Dajjal will eventually be thwarted.

The Responsibility Incumbent on People with True Faith

With the coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) and the Mahdi, those paganistic beliefs and philosophies that deny the infinite might of Allah that the Dajjal seeks to have prevail on earth will be utterly defeated. When people come to live by Qur'anicmoral values, the world will be freed from wars, conflicts, hostility, oppression

and injustice; and an age of peace, happiness and security will dawn for mankind.Therefore, no matter which belief they have adopted, believers who are sincerely

preparing for the coming of Prophet 'Isa (as) should engage in endeavors toconstruct the infrastructure for such an environment and strive to prevent all formsof discrimination and conflict.

Sincere Christian believers must reveal that the false portents of the Last Day thatencourage war, mass slaughter and bloodshed, which the Dajjal makes people

believe are obligatory, are in no way compatible with Christian teaching, whichsupports peace and love. They must show those people who support this idea theerror of their situation, and must call them to the truth. With the efforts in thisregard of Christians and Muslims possessed of common sense, the increase intension that is being sought in many parts of the world can, by Allah's leave, be

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Christians and Jews who perform good deeds receive their recompense in the sightof Allah:

Those with faith, those who are Jews, and the Christians and Sabaeans, allwho believe in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly, will have their rewardwith their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (Surat al-Baqara: 62)

It must not be forgotten that inciting war and preventing peace, as the Dajjalencourages some Christians to do, will inflict great losses, tears and suffering on

both sides. In the event that sincere believers join forces, however, the stratagemsthe Dajjal is using to turn the world into an arena of war will, by Allah's leave, be

thwarted.

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No. 7000.3. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Risale-i Nur Collection, Rays of Light, 4694. At-Tabrizi; Mishkat al-Masabih, 1382/1962, 3:38.25. Kanz al-Ummal, no.2057.6. Abu Dawud, 14.

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