The Dajjal (Antichrist) and the Return of Jesus in the light of evidence; a summary of and a response to the book ‘The Dajjal and the Return of Jesus’ by Yusuf ibn Abdullah ibn Yusuf al-Wabil
“There has been no affliction, nor will there be until the hour is established, greater than that of the Dajjal.” Ahmed [3/292]
Masih Vs Masih
The Word Masih is applied to someone who is either very truthful or to someone who is a misguiding habitual liar. Thus, al-Masih Isa ibn Maryam is the very truthful, while al-Masih al-Dajjal is the misguiding habitual liar. So Allah has creates two messiahs, both are in complete contrast of the other.
Isa ibn Maryam is the Masih of guidance, who healed the blind, the lepers, and gave life to the dead by Allah’s permission. And the false messiah will subject mankind to trail and tribulations, by means of the signs that he will be given such as bringing down rain, reviving the earth with vegetation and other miracles besides these. (a-Wabil, 2009, pp. 13, 14)
The usage of the word ‘miracles’ by the author amazes me; as this word ‘miracles’ have a specific definition in Islam. It is acts that humans can by no means achieve that are granted to the prophets of Allah as a sign that their prophet hood is true. For instance, the Holy Quran that is bestowed upon the Islamic ummah via Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) is certainly the miracle of the miracles.
Therefore, a sign that prophets are blessed with, by no means is applicable for a devil such as the Dajjal. In fact, Dajjal’s powers and capabilities could not be referred to as a miracle, and in a later part of this document, I would explain what it might in reality be.
The Meaning of Dajjal
The Dajjal is described as one who mixes and confuses truth with falsehood, which lies habitually and also who comes with miraculous feats. Furthermore, the word Dajjal has become synonymous with the one-eyed lying devil that is mentioned in the words of the Prophet (PBUH). (a-Wabil, 2009, pp. 15, 16)
The Descriptions of Dajjal and the Narrations Relating Them
The Believers amongst the people will be able to recognize the Dajjal as per the descriptions which are revealed by the Prophet (PBUH). These descriptions will distinguish him from other people and he will only be able to deceive the ignorant. (a-Wabil, 2009, p. 17)
From Abdulla ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with), who said: “The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: “Whilst I was sleeping, I saw myself performing Tawaf around Ka’bah, when I saw a dark man with straight hair, standing between two other men, with water dripping from his head. I asked, ‘Who is this?’ They said, ‘The son of Maryam’.
Then I turned and saw a ruddy-complexioned man, well built, with curly hair, blind in his right eye, with his eye looking like a floating grape.
I asked, ‘Who is this?’
They said, ‘This is Dajjal.’ The person who looks most like him is Ibnu Qatan.””
In another narration it is stated “He will be a young man with very thick curly hair, with his eye floating. It is as if he looks like Abdul Uzza ibn Qatan.” And in another, “…As for the false masih of misguidance, then certainly he will be one-eyed, with a wide forehead and broad upper chest and he will be hunchbacked.”
Also, “…and between his eyes will be written Kafir.”, “This will be read by every believer, literate or illiterate.” (a-Wabil, 2009, pp. 17 – 23)
Is Dajjal really a person like we imagine? A man that is odd with all sorts of magical wisdom and powers with the word Kafir written on his forehead? Or could it be a person that is scientifically well equipped? And by the words ‘this will be read by every believer, literate or illiterate’. Could this mean that a believer will be able to identify who the Dajjal is as clearly as if it was written on his face? Or does it really mean that even illiterate people will somehow start reading/understanding Arabic words even if that particular person never knew the Arabic characters and letters? The actual meaning of this hadith could very well be that the believers would understand from the actions of Dajjal that he in fact is the Dajjal that is been mentioned in the hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) and might not necessarily mean that the word ‘Kafir’ is written in between his eyes. Allah knows best!
Prohibited Lands for the Dajjal and his Followers
The hadith of Fathimah bint Qays, “…I shall acquaint you about myself. Indeed I am the Masih al Dajjal; Soon it will be permitted for me to leave this place and I will emerge and travel the earth in forty days, not leaving a village/town except that I enter it, besides Makkah and Tayyibah. For they will be forbidden for me to enter. Every time I try to enter either of them, I will be met by an angel bearing an unsheathed sword preventing me from entering them: And verily every path leading to it will have angels guarding them” (a-Wabil, 2009, pp. 75, 76)
Several of the Sheikhs, based on this hadith, explain Dajjal as a person who will travel at a very high speed. Yes, indeed, a person who would travel the world in forty days will have to fly or swim very fast! Is Dajjal a person carrying flowing rivers in his one hand and a burning fire in his other hand? I doubt! And this interpretation by these sheikhs is illogical and extremely outdated. We aren’t riding camels and living in deserts anymore! We know that with today’s technological advancements to travel the world in forty days does not need to have any extra powers or miraculous feats. And also these sheikhs somehow forget the hadith that describes the mentioned forty days, which will be explained later in this document. And even years back educated people do not expect it as an impossibility; the story of Passé partout and his journey around the world in 80 days is a sheer evidence.
In the book, the author writes, “The majority of the followers of the Dajjal will be from among the Jews, the non-Arabs, Persians and Turks, and a mixture of common people, predominantly Bedouins and women.” (a-Wabil, 2009, p. 77)
In this statement by the author two things caught my eyes. ‘Non-Arabs and Women’. I could not find a reason or any evidence from the hadiths mentioned by the author in this chapter that a majority of non-Arabs will be followers of Dajjal. And this I only see as a pure discrimination. Dajjal isn’t about Arabs and Non-Arabs, it is about believers and non-believers! And the words by the author, “As for women, then their state is more severe than that of the Bedouins, because they are quickly influenced and a lot of ignorance is found in them.” (a-Wabil, 2009, p. 79) Proves that the author is for some reason against women! Allah created humans (that includes men and women) and raised their stature above all other creations. Thus, the usage of words such as ignorant in referring to Allah’s finest creation is a sheer mockery to Allah and His creations! In support of what the author has mentioned regarding women, once again he has shown no evidence from Quran or Sunnah! It is clearly stated in hadith that the Dajjal is a test for Believers. It is not a test for men and women, or not a test of intelligent vs. ignorant. Thus, whether a man or a woman, as long as the person is a believer he/she would be able to identify the Dajjal. And following him or leaving him is merely based on the faith of the person, and not the gender!
And regarding his main followers been Jews, this is very much believable based on evidence and how the world is moving right now, even at this very moment. How the world powers are protecting Israel, the talks about The New World Order, the 9/11 event, Satanism etc adds to the possibility that it is at the lands of Israel the Dajjal would be revealed.
The Trials and Tribulations of the Dajjal
“The trail of the Dajjal will be the greatest trail and tribulation; from the time when Allah created Adam until the Hour establishes. This will be because of the great miraculous feats that Allah will create with him, which will astonish the minds and perplex the intelligent ones.” (a-Wabil, 2009, p. 81)
Here the author has once again mentioned that what the Dajjal will show to the people would be miracles. It perhaps is based on the hadiths below.
The Prophet (PBUH) said when questioned regarding Dajjals duration in the world, “Forty days; one day like a yea, one day like a month, one day like a week, and the rest of the days like your days.” (a-Wabil, 2009, p. 83)
From these words of the Prophet (PBUH) we can clearly see that the forty days of Dajjal is not 24 Hour 40 days. Rather it adds up to:
One day like a year, which means that the first day of his forty days on the earth would be as lengthy as a year, which is 360 days approximately.
One day like a month, which means that a second day of his forty days would be equivalent to a month, which is 30 days.
One day like a week; this makes a third day equivalent to 7 days.
And the rest of the days like your day’s leaves37 more days.
With this calculation, the days for Dajjal on this earth sums approximately up to a 434 days.
As mentioned earlier, because it is mentioned that the Dajjal will travel the world in forty days, some sheikhs widen their eyes, forget the technologies, forget the above hadith, and try to convince that Dajjal will fly at very high speed covering all the countries with in forty days! But in reality it is approximately 434 days and to travel the world in this duration does not require any miraculous feats as assumed by some sheikhs! Allah knows best.
And the Prophet (PBUH) continues, “(Dajjal would travel) Like the clouds when they are driven by the wind. He will come to some people and call them, and they will believe in him and respond to him. Then he will command the sky to rain, and the earth to produce vegetation and their cattle will return back to them in the evening, with their humps very high, and their udders full of milk, and their flanks stretched.
Then he will come to another people and will call them, but they will reject him. So he will leave them and they will be stricken with famine, left with no wealth in their hands. He will pass by ruins and will say, ‘Bring forth your treasure!’ – And the treasure will follow him like a swarm of bees. Then he will call a man overflowing in youth, and will strike him with a sword and cut him in two, then the distance of an archer from his target. Then he will call him, and the young man will come forward smiling, with his face shining. ” (a-Wabil, 2009, pp. 83, 84)
Reading the above hadith, some people might get the feeling that the Dajjal is some sort of magical person who will point a finger towards the sky and command to it rain, and the sky would rain, or perhaps he would do some magic with his wand and a cow would come to life from death! Or like in Aladdin he would be travelling on a magic carpet at the speed of light or something! Or he would say some spells and all the vegetation and bestowments from Allah would vanish!
These thoughts are in fact crazy thoughts as I see them. We know that several of the things mentioned in hadiths and even in the Quran sometimes have indirect meanings. For instance the revelations on finger tips been different for each person, and about the skin been replaced over and over again have more scientific meanings to it than just the literal meanings.
If we consider today’s scientific innovations and creations, what mentioned in the above hadith, does not necessarily requires a magic wand and miraculous powers!
Technologically it is possible to clear the clouds. Likewise, with this been possible it would also be possible to gather clouds to a location. Hence, could it be these technologies that the Dajjal would use to ‘amaze’ people? Could be, yes? We know that by giving medicine to chickens we are able to get several thousand eggs a day. The process been made faster and quicker with the use of medical innovations, likewise, in the time of Dajjal maybe he’d carry a few tricks up his sleeve to full the udders of cows with milk, ‘snap’, just like that! Who knows?
What I am trying to elaborate here is that the Dajjal does not necessarily require being a person that is odd, huge, with a hell on one hand and with rivers flowing on his other hand! These sorts of ideologies and assumptions make Islam less convincible to human mind. During this era of science and technology, we need to think more positive and in logical manners to understand the world, understand the prophecies, and to understand what is been revealed upon us by the Almighty and His Prophet (PBUH).
-Thadu
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oh now with what has the atheist come out with! what do you think dude? can change the mind of our beloved islam society by writing this kind of crapshit. we will destry u
very well written mr.thadu. very detail and very logical. best ever writing about antichrist i read. thank for sharing, applause
hi Thad first of all i’m really happy u r putting some thought into this,
i would like to share my 2 cents worth with you, you have done good research and got a lot of valid points here, so here are my thoughts,
1)more non-Arabs will follow him than Arabs; this statement sounds very racist and discriminatory to someone who just reads the words, but when you relate this to the other revelations you will realize its a matter of statistics, true Arabs are a minority in the world, the statement here doesn’t mean Arabs will not follow the Dajjal, on the contrary a lot of them will, but by the arrival of the Dajjal Arabs will be a Statistical minority, so there will be less of them to follow him…
*2) women: again its statistics, one of the signs of the arrival of the Dajjal and the end of days that there will be more women in the world than men. some accounts say as much as 4 times as many women as men other 6 times as many, so there will be more women to follow Dajjal than men.
3) the Bedouins; this is logical, the Bedouins reject education and society, even religious studies among them amount to little more than just the recital of the Quran, they spend most of their time breeding racing dogs, racing horses and singing songs, how easy do you think it will be to convince them? i think very easy.
*4)women are easy to convince: one again statistics and logic, even in current WESTERN society better education and opportunities are available to men than women, the uneducated are easier to convince than the educated, you can see especially in religious education more men are enrolled than women, therefore there will be more uneducated women than men,
imho the moral of this statement is a reminder to us to educate our women as well as we do our men, but in recent times we have neglected our duty to educate them…
5)the Americans are testing on various weather control devices, most of their scientist don’t believe they will work, what if the Dajjal has knowledge that will give them a breakthrough? just another possibility
OR
maybe the Dajjal will come at a time when such devices are nearing completion, he might be the one to make it public knowledge.
6)is already possible to make cows yield more milk and grow more crops than ever thought possible, but the means are considered unethical and there is strong opposition from scientist(and the British government) to research into these, maybe Dajjal come at a time when these means are more easily accessible, maybe he convinces people to start using them on a wider scale
7)the word “miracle” may have been misused or mistranslated by the author, but the fact of the matter is the Dajjal is supposed to be a supernatural creature, maybe his “miracle” is the ease with which he is able to detect the weak minded and convince them of utterly absurd things… this type of “supernatural ability” is different from the pure miracles of Allah… they only seem like “miracles” to the ignorant and weak minded…
*evidence for point 2 & 4 are actually there in the Quran and Hadith, just have another look…
wht eva u say man, dajjal will be full of miracles. believe in what Allah and His Prophet Peace be Upon Him has said. or u will be of the kaafiroon
kaley thee bodu dhajjaalu
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but never found so details relating to dhajjaal
thanks
Great post!
I don’t who is the Dajjal is or when he will come, but the Imam Mahdi(pbuh) has already arrived this year.
You just need to recognize him for yourself. This may not be that easy, since he will appear as an ordinary man until most people acknowledge him. The way to recognize him is thru his words or the message that he brings – the message of peace, brotherhood and justice.
See http://www.imam-mahdi.org/ for more info
As far as your interpretation of the part of the hadith that talks about the Dajjal having Paradise, or a lake of water on his one side,
and Hell, or the fire on his other. Where the Hellfire is really Paradise, and his Paradise is really Hell,
this part is just as clear today if you’ll allow me to explain.
You see what its explaining is that in this Dajjal system,
the things in our world that lead to Paradise; namely following the right path, wich is Islam,
and all the principles of Righteousness,
and refraining from sin,
and those who truly are the sincere followers of these principles,
The Dajjal or the Dajjal system will make these things,
or these people seem evil or he will make these things seem like what leads to Hellfire or Evil.
While on the other side Those things in our world that truly lead to evil,
or that lead to the Hellfire which is almost everything in today’s unIslamic society thats sinful.
In this Dajjal system he will make these things seem good or ok and make it seem like this way leads to the path to Paradise.
this part of the hadith is exactly what is happeing today!
Their trying to convince the world through the Movies, TV, and media news channels that Islam is terrorism, and evil!
and trying to convince the world that any society truly following the knowledge of Islam, and Righteousness and as the “Axis of Evil”
and if you research the history of the past few centuries for more than 200 years thev’ve sucessfully had their agents corrupting the hadiths adding false hadiths into the Muslim education systems spreading DIVISION between the sincere followers of Islam
teaching Sunni, and Shia to hate each other,
which goes completely against the Quran,
as the Quran says: And hold fast, ALL TOGETHER!
by the rope of Allah, AND BE NOT DIVIDED among yourselves;
and remember with gratitude Allah’s favour on you;
for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love,
so that by His Grace, ye became brothers together;
and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire!
and He saved you from it.
Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided. (QURAN Surah3:ayat103)
While in this Dajjal system they keep everybody blind to spiritual truth!
at the same time they’re convincing everybody through the Glamour of movies TV and music
that going to clubs,
drinking alcohol,
pornography,
unmarried sex,
drugs,
gambling and music and movies that makes so many people want to be “gangsta’s”
and all the sin and evil
that it invites to they convince them all that this is the right way that leads to the water, or Paradise!
Not to mention that here in America the news convinces this society through the movies TV and the news
that this government invading all these countries and instigating all these Wars are all for the sake of freedom,
justice,
and goodness
but I’m telling you as someone born and raised in this country
that if you know the recent history of these wars and the real agenda behind these wars it just like Allah says in the QURAN:
11. When it is said to them: “Make not mischief on the earth,”
they say: “Why, We are but the peace-makers.
12. Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief,
but they realise (it) not. QURAN: (Surah -2:ayats-11 to 12.)
it needs to be understood
this description that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) gave was a description for the people of that time period 1400 years ago to understand,
before they had the advances in knowledge, science and technology that we have today.
In todays society little, by little the understanding of these things become more clear,
and In the future these hadith will become even clearer!
If a person doesn’t have a full understanding of todays advancement of capabilities in science and world events as they relate to these hadith
it is more appropriate for them to admit to their own lack of knowledge and understanding rather than to try to misinterperate these hadith or say that there’s no way for them to be true!
there are people today who say that the idea that God exist is illogical and that it can’t be true
but the reason they can’t understand the reality that God exist and is the all powerful creator
is based on their own lack of knowledge, understanding and intellect,
not because it doesn’t make sense.
but we should know better
Thadu, you should be with people of true knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.
[Shakir 13:37] And thus have We revealed it, a true judgment in Arabic, and if you follow their low desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you shall not have against Allah any guardian or a protector.
Shakir 18:5] Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,
Shakir 30:29] Nay! those who are unjust follow their low desires without any knowledge; so who can guide him whom Allah makes err? And they shall have no helpers.
[Shakir 17:36] And follow not that of which you have not the knowledge; surely the hearing and the sight and the heart, all of these, shall be questioned about that.
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