Who is Dajjal the False Messiah or Anti-Christ?

 

The Qur’an, Dajjal and the Jasad

 

CHAPTER TWO

Who is Dajjal the False Messiah

or Anti-Christ?

 

Since the true Messiah will rule the world from Jerusalem, and hence from a successor State to the Holy State of Israel that was established by the Prophets David, i.e., Nabi Daud pbuh and Solomon i.e., Nabi Sulaiman pbuh, the inescapable implication is that Dajjal, the evil being, would seek to rule the world from Jerusalem while ruling over a State of Israel which would be presented (falsely so) as the Holy State of Israel of David and Solomon pbut. 

 

P rophet Muhammad pbuh referred to him as al-Masih al-Dajjal. As a consequence we know that he is an evil being who wants to impersonate the true Messiah, Jesus the son of the Virgin Mary pbut. Prophet Muhammad pbuh also prophesied that when Jesus returns to this world he would return as a just ruler:

The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary descends amongst you as a just ruler … (Sahih Bukhari)

 

Our view is that Jesus cannot rule from other than a Holy State (otherwise known as a Khilafah State) and such a Holy State would have to be established in Jerusalem.  The Qur’an has referred to a great Holy State or Kingdom that Allah Most High ordained for the Israelite people who were the progeny of Abraham, i.e., Nabi Ibrahim pbut:

 

(Qur’an, al-Nisa’, 4:54)

Do they, perchance, envy other people for what Allah has granted them out of His bounty? But then, We did grant revelation and wisdom unto the House of Abraham, and We did bestow on them a mighty Kingdom or State known as Holy Israel.

 

The Qur’an again referred to that Kingdom over which Nabi Daud pbuh ruled, and disclosed that Allah Most High strengthened it:

(Qur’an, Sad, 38:20)

And We strengthened his Kingdom or State—known as Holy Israel—and bestowed upon him wisdom and sagacity in judgment.

 

Since the true Messiah will rule the world from Jerusalem, and hence from a Holy State comparable to Holy Israel that was established by the Prophets David pbuh and Solomon  ملاسلا pbuh, the inescapable implication is that Dajjal, the evil being, would have to seek to rule the world from Jerusalem while ruling over a great State of Israel which would be presented (falsely so) as the Holy State of Israel of David and Solomon pbut.  We have explained this subject in several of our books on Islamic eschatology, e.g., Jerusalem in the Qur’an, Dajjal the Qur’an and Awwal al-Zaman, etc.

 

Hence if Dajjal is to successfully impersonate the true Messiah, he would have to rule over a Holy State which would have to be located in Jerusalem.

 

Let us now examine the passage of the Qur’an to determine the implications of the Divine vision presented to Solomon pbuh in which he saw a Jasad sitting on his throne:

 

(Qur’an, Sad, 38:34-5)

Indeed, We tested and tried Solomon when We placed a Jasad upon his throne; and thereupon he turned towards Us penitently; and he prayed: “O my Lord-God! Kindly forgive me my sins, and grant that none can inherit my Kingdom of Holy Israel after me: verily, Thou alone art the One who can grant such a request!”

 

It should be clear to the gentle reader that Solomon pbuh recognized two things in this vision:

Firstly, that the Jasad was a truly evil being;

Secondly, that the evil Jasad wanted to inherit his Kingdom of Holy Israel.

 

Solomon’s distress pbuh over this vision was so great, and so too his absolute rejection of any possibility that the Jasad could ever succeed in his mission to rule over Holy Israel, that he immediately made a prayer to Allah Most High to grant that none should ever be able to inherit his Kingdom after him. Hence he preferred that Holy Israel should perish, rather than the possibility should exist that it could ever be inherited by that evil Jasad.

 

Who could that Jasad be who was shown to Solomon pbuh sitting on his throne? The next chapter attempts to answer this supremely important question.

 

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