Dajjal - The Last Day
IRAQ and SYRIA
Abu Nadhrah says: "We were sitting in the company of Jabir bin
Abdullah (R.A.) when he said: 'Soon the people of IRAQ will neither
receive any food (grain) nor any money.'" We asked, "Why would such
a thing happen?" He replied, "Because of the non-Arabs." (i.e they
will prevent food from going into Iraq, in the form of "sanctions"
to this day.) He then said: "Soon the people of Shaam (SYRIA) will
neither receive any money nor grain." We asked as to why this would
happen. He replied: "Because of the Romans (christians)."
CONCEITED PEOPLE:
"O ye assembly of Jinns and men! Came there not unto you messengers
from amongst you, setting forth unto you My Signs, and warning you
of the meeting of this day of yours?" Qur'an 6.130-13.
Whilst Gog and Magog are mentioned twice in the Qur'an, the Dajjal
has no direct mention. This is extraordinary, given the assertion of
the prophet, peace be upon him, that there is no more significant
matter between the creation of Adam and the last hour than the
Dajjal.
People reading or listening to traditional descriptions of Dajjal,
the anti-Christ, may be forgiven for considering him to be a
character of fiction. He is of an enormous size, travels at the
speed of the clouds blown by the wind on a donkey, the distance
between his ears being 40 arm spans, the deep sea only reaches up to
his ankle, he has with him a mountain of bread and rivers, and works
amazing miracles. He has been around since the prophet's days, tied
in iron chains on an island in the sea which is populated by spies.
When he is let loose, time will become short and the ground will
shrink.
This myth of a giant, however, is probably the reason that so many
ahadith about him survived to the present day. Acquainted with the
workings of modern technology, we are able to appreciate that the
abilities of this superhuman creature are due to the equipment at
his disposal. We have witnessed car and plane travel, we see images
from across the world beamed into our living rooms via television,
we use mobile telephones to keep in touch with people in the
remotest corners of the world. We can understand how somebody can be
in many places at once, listen to what happens at different
locations in the earth, travel at speed and show us water you cannot
taste and fire that does not burn you. To people before us, anybody
accomplishing such tasks, must have been a magical being. Our
unforgivable mistake is, that we love to hold on to the magic like a
fairy tale from childhood which we can't let go of.
If we are talking about Dajjal, representing a system of disbelief
clearly visible to anybody as such, be he literate or not,
irrespective of the fact that it is being proclaimed in the name of
trinitarian Christianity, then this Dajjal is alive and kicking
amongst us, no longer tied down since he mastered the art of using
iron, throwing off his chains and restrictions, making everything
fancy from computer hardware to destructive weapons. He is one-eyed,
materialistic, deprived of spirituality, his promised paradise is
hell and his hell is paradise, and he is followed by an army of
Jews, women and bedouins. He controls the resources of the world
through his interest banking system, and has indeed mountains of
bread, and people will suffer hunger unless they follow him. Whilst
the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, would have argued with him
on our behalf, were he still around, now everybody will have to
argue with him on his own behalf.
Yet, Dajjal, the system, is not sufficient an explanation for all
the descriptions given of him in the prophetic traditions. Many of
them speak of Dajjal as an ordinary, short man of Jewish extraction
(like Ibn Sayyad), with curly and coarse hair and a beak of a nose,
and biting teeth. He commands armies and, ultimately, he will be
slain. Dajjal the person is the leader who will ultimately lead the
forces of evil on this earth, the system of Dajjal. He belongs to
the one-world government of the brutish ruler of the empire
succeeding the Romans, he will desire Madinah, but it will be out of
reach for him. He will land at a place near Madinah, to the east,
which could well be Kuwait, but he will be diverted north, to the
region of al-Sham, that is Syria, (or possibly Iraq?) where he will
be destroyed. He will emerge after fierce battles As-Sufyani (the
Brute) will have with the Muslims, marked by hitherto unknown
destructiveness. The fight will be over mountains of (black) gold
near the Euphrates. The Muslims will be the loosers, but those who
are sincere amongst them will eventually unite under the banner of
al-Mahdi who will come from Madinah and will be given allegiance in
Makkah, although he'd rather escape that responsibility, which rules
out any of those who wish to be known as candidates for being the
Mahdi. Finally, 'Isa bin Maryam, the real Christ, will return and
put an end to Dajjal and his machinations.
Muslims should take the warnings about the Dajjal seriously. We
should watch the "peace process" in Palestine and the military
intimidation in Arabia with close concern. A shift to unified world
government (under American UN leadership directed from Tel Aviv)
might not be too far off any more. Bar coding, cable and satellite
communications, computer networking, international monetary control,
and endless other innovations of our times have put almost complete
control at the disposal of the future head of the Dajjal system.
Scientists still try to master the art of thought reading and mind
control, but even without those techniques the word freedom has a
more and more hollow sound. The fiction of Orwell's 1984 has long
since been outdone by the facts. Soon this new Messiah will draw
people around the globe into a mass hypnosis for his latest fashion
new age cult. We must retain our critical faculties, and as always
with dissent, in a dictatorial system, there is a price to be paid.
Patiently holding on to one's beliefs, and acting upon them, will be
like holding a burning coal in one's hands. Yet, this is bliss, as
not to do so and to acquiesce into injustice and oppression out of
fear of falling into the hell the Dajjal has in store for his
opponents, means to deny the truth, belie humanity, and earn eternal
condemnation. Worse still, to be so busy in petty pursuits and
endless squabbles amongst each other, that we fail to notice
altogether that we are being taken for a ride.
Author: Islamic Party of Britain
Date Published: Jan 1995
The Folding of the Universe:
(On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His
handful, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand)
(39:67)
(The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for
books) (21:104)
“Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would fold the Heavens on the Day
of Judgment and then He would place them on His right hand and say:
I am the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud today?
He would fold the Earth placing it on the left hand and say: I am
the Lord; where are the haughty and where are the proud today?”
(Muslim)
Crossing the bridge: “Then the bridge will be laid across Hell." The companions of the Prophet said, ‘O Allah's Apostle! What is the bridge?' He said, "It is a slippery (bridge) on which there are clamps and Hooks like a thorny seed that is wide at one side and narrow at the other and has thorns with bent ends. Some of the believers will cross the bridge as quickly as the wink of an eye, some others as quick as lightning, a strong wind, fast horses or she-camels. So some will be safe without any harm; some will be safe after receiving some scratches, and some will fall down into Hell Fire. The last person will cross by stumbling and crawling over the bridge." (Bukhari)
Allahu alam