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DAJJAL? The Judeo-Christian Civilization!
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D A J J A L?
The Judeo-Christian 'Civilization'!
Mohammad Bayazeed Khan Panni
Translated from Bangla by Ummut Tijaan Makhduma Panni
Published by
Tawheed Prokashan
First Published: Bangla Version, 1998 Twelfth Edition, March 1, 2010 English Version, November 28, 2009 Second Edition, April 28, 2009 Cover Illustration by Ummut Tijaan Makhduma Panni
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ISBN: 978-984-8912-04-1
By the same author E Islam Islam-E Noy (This Islam is Not Islam At All) Islam Er Prokrita Ruprekha (The Real Outline Of Islam) Islam Er Prokrita Salah (The Real Salah Of Islam) Hezbut Tawheed-er Lakhkha o Uddesha (The Aim and Purpose of Hezbut Tawheed) Jehad, Ketal o Santrash (Struggle, Fight and Terrorism) Bagh-Bon-Banduk (The Tiger-The Jungle-The Gun -A narrative of tiger hunting)
CONTENTS
1. Preface 2. Importance of the Dajjal's Emergence 3. Identity of the Dajjal 4. Other Hadis Concerning the Dajjal 5. The Dajjal in the Bible 6. Yet 7. The Present State of Mankind 8. Actual Ebadat 9. A Unique Opportunity 10. The Messenger of Allahs prophecy turns into reality - 06 - 09 - 26 - 45 - 48 - 50 - 54 - 67 - 72 -76
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Mohammad Bayazeed Khan Panni The author Dhaka, November 28, 2009
Translator's foreword
At first glance from the title of the book, 'Dajjal? The JudeoChristian 'Civilization!'', it might seem like another long saga about the One Eyed Giant on a huge, big horse that will come to terrorize the world's inhabitants. But as one reads on, one will soon realize that the subject of this book has been approached from a rather scientific angle than a purely religious one. This book strives to prove that Moslems the world over should stop waiting for a gigantic monster, that it supposed to have only oneeye, whose mount is to said to have one foot in the east and the other in the west, and wake up to the fact that not only has this 'giant' made its appearance long since, but is already in control of this entire world, as prophesized by the last messenger of Allah more than a fourteen hundred years ago. This 'giant', is the Judeo-Christian materialistic, technologically advanced civilization that has turned out as the dominant force in the world today. The western society we see today is the product of centuries old research in the fields of technology, scientific exploration and relentless pursuit in the betterment of quality of temporal life. This exclusion of the Maker from all other areas of the collective human life than the purely personal side is referred to as the viewing of the Dajjal on left eye only; because all things good are regarded as being inspired by the right. The last three chapters of the book deals with the state of affairs of the world today; the presence of the Dajjal, it being the most dangerous situation to present itself before mankind. These chapters give a valuable insight into what can be done by the Moslems the world over to avail themselves of the highest honor and prestige to be ever-granted on any human being. To those looking for positive thinking ideas and our situation in the world today, this book is bound to open wonderful new avenues of thought and a white new world of very different way of perception.
PREFACE
Over the last thousand and four hundred years, the coming of the one-eyed giant, the Dajjal, has remained the topic of numerous discussions and debates in Moslem households all over the world. However, the actual understanding of this enigmatic phenomenon remains as elusive to us as it was to the Companions of the Messenger of Allah so many centuries ago. It all began when Mohammad (s.a.s), the final and the greatest Messenger of Allah, told about the arrival of a giant on earth during the later time (Akheri Zamana), an event he has referred to as the greatest ever in the life of mankind. To give his people, his 'Ummah', both of his time and of the future, a better idea and understanding of this fearsome entity, he has described in great detail what it, the Dajjal, would look like, its activities in this world, what tremendous power it would yield over the world and the destiny of Man and he talked of its demand to be accepted as the lord or 'rub' of mankind. He has called this character the 'Dajjal', an Arabic word used to describe something or someone deceptive, something very attractive to look at, but is actually despicable a dazzling impostor. The Messenger of Allah has also said that this giant would have sight in one eye only, the other would be blind. Common sense tells us, it can be no living being, for its vehicle is to have one foot in the east and the other in the west, see and hear what is said in a whisper on the other side of the world and so forth. Among the thousands of 'Hadis' or traditions attributed to the Messenger of Allah, those concerning the Dajjal occupy a position of great import and significance, deemed as it has been as the gravest danger to ever face mankind. The Hadis regarding the Dajjal are as thought provoking as they are frightening since they speak of a giant that will see with only one eye yet have the power to bring the whole world under its control and in so doing lead a great number of people astray. In one such Hadis, the Messenger of Allah has stated 'From the Creation of Adam to the Judgment Day, there is no other event as grave and alarming as the Dajjal.'1 He goes on to state that- 'There has been no Messenger from the time of Noah (a.s.) who has not warned his followers about the Dajjal.' 2 And to further stress on its importance, and as an after thought the Messenger of Allah himself sought refuge with Allah from the malaise of the Dajjal.3 So how concerned are we about the colossal import of a situation the Messenger has deemed as the gravest occurrence from the beginning to the end of time, about something all Messengers from the time of Noah (a.s.) have warned their followers about, regarding a matter our Messenger himself sought refuge from? It goes without saying that far from being concerned about it, we are yet to realize that the Dajjal's birth took place 474 years ago, and having passed its infancy and childhood it is now an adult that has the entire world including its 'Moslem' population accepting it as their Rub and lay prostrate at its feet!
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Hadis, Moslem from Emran bin Hossain (ra). Hadis, from Abu Obaydah (ra) bin Zarrah and Abdallah bin Umar (ra)- Abu Daud, Tirmizee and Moslem. Hadis, from Ayesha (ra)- Bokhari.
The reason for this ignorance remains the fact that during the last few centuries we were colonized by the European Christian forces, the method of education they imposed on us has been one that has taken us far away from the true faith of Islam. The result of which has been that this nation can accurately recall how long it took Hannibal to cross the Alps with his army or recite without mistake from Shakespeare, but is totally in the dark as regards to what the Messenger of Allah has stressed to be the most important event in the history of this world. The small portion of this populace which is actively involved in the study of the Qur'an and the Hadis too has neglected it to oblivion. With their shortsighted and narrow vision, these people are waiting for the literal transformation of the Messenger's prophecy where he informs of the emergence of a huge one-eyed giant astride a colossal mount and of its tyrannical rule. They have accepted these Hadis in their literal aspect only, neither spending their time nor their effort in trying to see beyond the mere words, to try and gauge why this should be the single most grave, influential and frightening event throughout the world's history. These people devote far more time on details regarding wadu (ablution), meswak (cleaning teeth), kuluk (using sponge) and other trivial issues than they think about the Dajjal or its significance! Like others, I too was waiting for a huge one-eyed giant and to hear its proclamation to be the lord and ruler of mankind! However, the first time I realized that it would not be the case was when I read Muhammad Assad's book "Road to Mecca". Muhammad Assad was born as Leopold Weiss into an Austrian Jewish family and converted to Deen-ul-Islam in his youth. It is in this beautiful writing that he first hinted at the idea of the Western civilization being the Dajjal prophesied fourteen centuries earlier by the last Messenger of Allah. However he has not elaborated on this issue. It was in the late 50's or early 60's that I read this book and from then onwards, the more I thought about it, the clearer it has become to me that his idea is indeed correct. For the Messenger of Allah to give the mostly illiterate Arabs of fourteen hundred years ago a correct and comprehensive picture of a civilization based on today's technological advancement was next to impossible. Therefore, he did so through a series of allegorical references which exactly match the description of the western civilization of our time. Everything we know about the Dajjal is derived from the Messenger's 'Hadis' or tradition i.e. words or actions of the Messenger himself, also action of others, he approved or disapproved of. As we all know, Hadis are classified into several groups, among which three are prominent, namely the 'sahih' or correct; 'hassan' which are also true but not as accurately related as the former and thirdly 'daif' or weak, poor Hadis, some of which are nevertheless accepted when corroborated. Besides these, there are also 'gharib', 'munkar', 'maruf' etc. divisions. During the rigorous process of collecting and verifying true Hadis, many false statements earlier deemed as correct Hadis have been rejected, while some of the true ones have also been omitted due to the fact that they could not be unbrokenly traced back to the Messenger of Allah himself. In order to get a complete and comprehensive idea about any subject broached in the Hadis, it is necessary to study all Hadis regarding it, notwithstanding the fact whether they are accepted without any doubt or rejected outright. Similar has been my method in collecting all relevant data about the Dajjal; 7
however the ones quoted here are almost all Sahih or correct Hadis and those remained the basic platform of this research. I have categorized all Hadis regarding the Dajjal into two groups. One part containing predictions related to its importance and gravity, the other concerning its identification. From the first group of the Hadis we are able to derive why the emergence of Dajjal occupies a more important stance than the deluge of Nooh's (a.s.) (Noah) time and why it is graver than the world wars or the battle of Kurukshetra which took the lives of about 1.5 crore human beings. In the second group of Hadis the Messenger of Allah has related to us some definite signs through which we should be able to correctly identify the Dajjal as what it is and thus resist and reject the influence of the Dajjal. The almost complete lack of education and the total absence of technology could have prevented the people of the then Arabia in understanding the concept of the Dajjal, however, today, when almost every one of the allegories used to describe the Dajjal by the Messenger have been reflected in the mirror of the western society, how close are we in correctly interpreting and identifying it as the self-same "Masih-al-kazzab," the Dajjal? Unfortunately far from resisting or rejecting it, we, the so- called Moslems of this world, have it in front of our very eyes and yet are not only unable to recognize it for its true self, but have accepted it as our lord, master and have submitted to it. Let us start with the name, with which the Messenger has introduced us to it, the Dajjal- which is not actually a name, in the sense that it is more of a descriptive objective description than a proper name; like that of Emam Mahdi (a.s) who will have a separate personal name but is known to us as Al-Mahdi or 'the rightly guided one' - who will appear in the later times to guide mankind back to true Guidance, the right path. Similarly, the Dajjal is not a name in the proper sense as an adjective. The literal meaning of the word "Dajjal" is that of an attractive impostor, beautiful outside but dark and ugly inside, a cheat a deceiver and a liar. Is not this statement true of the technologically advanced western civilization which dazzles the beholder with fantastic achievements on the one hand yet due to its absolute detachment from God in their collective lives, society is rife with injustices, crimes and sins of every kind? This 'civilization' has been responsible for the deaths of 140 million human lives in course of the two world wars and another 20 million people in different wars and skirmishes ever since. The number of people disabled from these would be at least double of the dead; countless more have been displaced and rendered homeless. Since the beginning of this century, this civilization has taken the lives of more than 10 million people in the war in Iraq alone. It does not end there- injustices and cruelty on a personal and collective level, murders, thefts, rapes, kidnappings go on unabated and it is for these that the western civilization is the dazzling, attractive impostor.
IMPORTANCE OF THE DAJJALS EMERGENCE
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The Messenger of Allah has said, 'There will be no greater event from the creation of Adam to the Last day, than the appearance of the Dajjal'. -Emran bin Hussain (r.a), Moslem. This is perhaps one of the most important Hadis regarding the Dajjal since it encompasses the entire history of mankind, from the creation to its end; which includes the Great Deluge, the World Wars and everything in between. Yet, the Messenger has stressed the event of the Dajjal as being the Akbar, greater in significance than any other. Therefore, it leaves little doubt as regards to its gravity. The Messenger of Allah had been made aware of all things great and small in the world's history: there was not a single important issue in the history of this world that he had no knowledge of; he has nevertheless stressed on the gravity of the Dajjal as being the gravest of all. Therefore, the very fact that he has placed the Dajjal as being more significant than either the great World Wars or the deluge of Noah's era when the whole world was submerged gives ample indications towards its significance and gravity. Given this fact, it seems highly ironic that we are so little concerned about it! Now let us gauge as to why this Dajjal, the materialistic, technological JudeoChristian civilization poses such an enormous threat to mankind? To do so we need to go back in time to the creation of Man, to get a better understanding of the subject. All it took Allah to create this entire universe, the limits of which remain unknown to man, was the command, 'Kun', 'Be', and there it was. Within this infinite creation, there is not one atom that can do what it pleases, not one tiny particle that can break out of the sphere fixed for it and disobey its Creator. He has not given any one of them that capability to do so, not bestowed the gift of free-will power on any other among His creation. This power to do what they please is something even His angels do not possess either. They all remain in their own places, each doing what they are ascribed by their Lord. It was after everything He Wished for had been created that He wished for a creature on whom He would bestow His attributes along with His own free-will and see what it would do with it.1 And so He made Adam. As He wished to breathe His spirit into this new creature, it was not made with the mere command of 'Be', rather with the Lord's own hands.2 With the breathing from Allah's Spirit into Adam,3 he rose in rank above all other creations, becoming the Ashraf-ulMakhlukat, (the most honored in the creation) because along with the spirit, blown into him by Allah he came into possession of each and every one of Allah's qualities, attributes or 'sifats', including that of Allah's free will. This was the attribute, which Allah had retained to Himself all this while, now, it came to dwell in Adam as well.
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The Qur'an- Sura Dahar-2, 3. The Qur'an- Sura Saad-75. The Qur'an- Sura Hijr-29, Sura Sajda- 9, Sura Saad-72.
This is His 'Amanat', Trust unto us, something no other creature in this vast universe is in possession of.1 In order to test Man to see how he would use his free-will, there was a need for an opposing force, and Eblis (Lucifer) came up to do the job. It would have otherwise been similar to scoring a goal in an empty field and therefore worthless. Eblis was given the permission to enter Adam's body and soul and provoke him to disobey his Creator, to do wrong.2 Eblis was among the angels when Allah asked their opinion about the creation of His Khalifa, representative or vice-gerent on earth. He and all other angels had asked the same thing, 'Will Thou place therein (earth) one who will do injustices, create turmoil and shed blood, while we, hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee?'3 It is interesting to note that at this point, Allah had only asked their opinion about creating Adam, he had not been created yet. So how did the angels know in advance what these creatures, Adam's children would do on earth?4 The answer lies in the word Allah chose to describe Adam. Had He said that He wished to create a creature called Adam, the angels would have probably said 'As Thou Wish, Lord'but in Allah's proclamation of sending His representative, His vice-gerent on earth, they understood clearly this new creation would not be just another new being; as Allah's representative, it would acquire all of Allah's attributes and qualities, including His free-will, albeit in a very small quantity; like a drop of water taken from the ocean- which has all the properties of the ocean present in it, only in an infinitesimally smaller quantity than the great ocean itself. With this free-will Adam would be able to decide for himself whether to abide by Allah's orders, be on Hedayah the Guidance or make new ways for himself to conduct their life on earth. In case he rejects Allah's directives, the inevitable outcome would be 'fasad', 'anarchy', injustice inequality and oppression in society and 'safakuddima'- violence, war, bloodshed- this the angels were able to predict even before Adam was created. The consequent incidents in short would be that after Adam's creation and blowing from His Soul into him Allah ordered all His angels to prostrate before him,5 to which all the Malayeks obeyed save Eblis, claiming he would not do so since Adam was inferior to him. For this disobedience, Allah cursed and ousted Eblis from His presence. Eblis then challenged claiming he would show that this new creature of Allah's would not obey their Lord and thus cause chaos and anarchy, injustice, violence and blood-shed on earth. Allah accepted this challenge for the very reason of Adam's existence was to test what he did with his free-will. Next was the step to lay down some conditions for this new test, such as: I. Eblis was given the permission and power to enter Adam's heart and mind, body and soul and provoke him to disobey the Creator, II. Allah would send His Messengers to every people and nation reveal His right Guidance through them so that people may be directed on the right path or Hedayah, Serat-ul-Mustaqeem, 'the straight and simple path.'6
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The Qur'an- Sura Ahzab-72. The Qur'an- Sura Nesa-119. The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-30. The Qur'an- Sura Baqarah-30. The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-34, Sura Araf-11.
The Qur'an- Sura Yunus -47, Sura Nahl 36, Sura R'aad-7.
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With these principles laid down, there now remained only two avenues open to Bani Adam (Children of Adam). One was to accept and implement what Allah revealed through His Messengers and lead their collective and individual lives accordingly; and the other was to disregard Allah's directions, His sovereignty and establish manmade rules and laws and implementation of these at social and collective levels. Tawheed (Guidance) and Serat-ul-Mustaqeem are thus symbiotic, each of separate entities themselves but riveted together to form Allah's sovereignty. To make things even clearer to Bani Adam, to ensure that under no circumstances should they attempt to replace His sovereignty with their own, He declared only those who accept and implement His laws and directives in their individual and collective lives, were acceptable to Him, all their personal sins and transgressions will be forgiven and heaven will be awarded to them. Both the Qur'an and the Hadis are replete with such confirmations. There is one Hadis in which the Messenger of Allah stated to Abu Zarr, 'he who remains steadfast in Allah's sovereignty (Tawheed) will enter paradise even if he commits theft and adultery.1 Besides this, he has clearly stated a number of times that not even sins, which reach up to the sky can refrain a man who remains unmoved in Allah's sovereignty, in Tawheed from heaven. Numerous Hadis from among the 'Sahih' or correct ones namely Bokhari, Moslem etc. can be put forward to support this. In another tradition, the Messenger of Allah states that 'it is a contract between Allah and His servants that those who obey none except Him will not be punished'.2 In another Hadis he states, 'Hell has been made 'haram' (forbidden) for him who believes in his heart there is no 'Elah', (He who is to be obeyed) other than Allah and that Muhammad (s.a.s) is His Rasul (Messenger)'.3 In yet another Hadis, the Messenger of Allah confirms, 'Tawheed is the key to paradise'.4 It is important to note here that the Tawheed stressed upon in these Hadis is not the partial or eclectic one confined and applied to the personal life only as it is now; but an all encompassing Tawheed, reflected on every aspect of the believer's life- from personal, family, national, economic, judicial, educative to political aspects. That is the true form of Tawheed, of Allah's sovereignty. The opposite of this Tawheed is 'Sherk' meaning partnership, and 'kufr' meaning denial-regarding which Allah has informed us 'If We wish, We may forgive all of man's sins, transgressions, but Sherk and kufr will not be forgiven.' The outright denial of Allah's sovereignty and the subsequent establishment of man-made laws is 'kufr' while 'Sherk' is when Allah's directives are only partially adhered to, so that some of the rules and regulations are those of Allah's and some are made by man and tailored to their whims and desires. In this context the Almighty affirms- 'Do they think they can obey some of My commands and reject some?'5 Therefore, even the denial of a single directive of Allah's from proper implementation in the collective or personal life is tantamount to committing 'Sherk'- and 'Sherk' and 'kufr' are the only two sins He has vowed never to forgive.6
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Hadis, form Abu Dar (Ra)- Bokhari, Moslem, Meshkat. Hadis, from Mu'az (ra), Bokhari, Moslem. Hadis, from Obaydah bin Sawamet (ra) and Anas (ra), Bokhari, Moslem. Hadis, from Muaz (ra) bin Jabl, Ahmed.
The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-85. The Qur'an- Sura Nissa-48, 116, Sura Muhammad-34.
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Thus these Qur'anic injunctions and their confirmations in the Hadis leave no room for further speculation or doubt that those who accept Tawheed in its true form, i.e. in their personal, collective and social lives are the ones to embark on Serat-ulMustaqeem, establish Deen-ul-Qaiyema. They will be caused to enter paradise even if their personal sins are too many to count.1 Whereas people who deviate ever so little from the complete implementation of Tawheed in their collective lives will not be acceptable in the eyes of Allah despite the fact of their staying up all night in prayer on fasting the whole year through. Complete and collective Tawheed is the precondition for 'Taqwa' and without it piety and good deeds of all kinds are fruitless.2 The two reasons the angels put forward against the creation of Man, Allah's Khalifa (vicegerent) was that he would create anarchy and shed blood on earth.3 They did not say that man would not say his prayers, he would not fast, decline to pay Zakah, refrain from performing Hajj, indulge in adultery or gamble his wealth away or commit other crimes. The only two things they did mention are both collective issues and it does not take a genius to figure out that these very issues have been plaguing mankind from the beginning of time. Not even the League of Nations, formed after World War I or the United Nations after World War II have been able to stop mankind from slithering into these black holes. The reason for this is quite simpleno matter how intelligent or smart Man thinks himself to be, he actually possesses very little knowledge about his own self and the world around him. He is yet to find out exactly how his mind and body coordinate to create his personality, let alone discover the mystery of this universe therefore for him to devise a constitution that would enable him to live in peace and harmony and eradicate 'fasad' and 'safakuddima' from society is not only improbable, it is impossible. The only other alternative is to accept Allah's Tawheed, His sovereignty and implement the laws, rules, limitations and regulations, His Deen, as revealed from Him through the series of Nabis and Rasuls, the Messengers. Let us now consider the challenge Eblis (Lucifer) issued at his banishment from Allah's Presence. It was that he (Eblis) would wait to ambush Bani Adam from the Serat-ul-Mustaqeem; he would attack them from the left and right, centre and forward, so that they deviate from it.4 Not once did he say-he would refrain them from saying their prayers, from fasting or from paying Zakah or from any other pious work, nor did he say that he would make them commit sins or crimes for that matter. Therefore it becomes clear that Eblis' real intention is not to keep Bani Adam from performing their religious duties, it is to stray them from the Serat-ulMustaqeem itself. This being the case, it becomes clear that the Serat-ul-Mustaqeem holds more importance than the personal observances of faith, as in saying prayers, fasting, hajj, Zakah and personal taqwa or piety. So what then is the Serat-ulMustaqeem? Why is it named as the straight and simple path? Because it is so. It is Tawheed, reflected on all facets of life, acceptance of the simple truth that we will accept no one else's word except His in any sphere of our lives. For this reason the Messenger of Allah has referred to Serat-ul-Mustaqeem as Sunnat Allah. To further
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Hadis, form Abu Dar (Ra)- Tirmizee, Tibrani, Bayhaqee. The Qur'an- Sura An'am-88, Sura Zumar-65 and Hadis. The Qur'an- Sura Baqarah-30. The Qur'an- Sura Araf-16, 17.
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clarify this, the Messenger has stated, 'him whom Eblis is not able to deviate from the Serat-ul-Mustaqeem will enter paradise even if he commits theft and adultery'. It is noteworthy that he mentioned the two transgressions the punishment for which is the most severe in Islam. Having said this, the Messenger drew a straight line in the sand and said, 'This is Allah's way, Serat-ul-Mustaqeem'-he went on to draw several lines forking away from it and stated about Eblis' effort to persuade man into taking any of these. With this he recited from the Qur'an, 'Verily this is My Path, straight and simple. Embark on this and not on others, because these roads will take you away from Allah'.1 The two reasons or logic the Angels put forward against the creation of Adam and the gist of Eblis' challenge are the same, the end result of both circumstances are 'fasad' and 'safakuddima' injustice, turmoil, unrest, conflict etc. and blood-shed, wars, battles, murders. The point to be noted here is that both are collective issues, not personal. Eblis' challenge of deviating man did not entail refraining them from piety or good deeds because, as soon as man deviates from Allah's Tawheed, Seratul-Mustaqeem or His sovereignty, the inevitable result of it would be wrong doings and bloodshed. Therefore, there is no reason for Eblis to refrain man from personal piety because he is well aware that without Tawheed, His sovereignty, no amount of good deeds and Taqwa is acceptable to the great Lord. Allah had clearly stated that He would not hold any number of transgressions against him who has accepted His Tawheed, His Sovereignty.2 While on the other hand, He affirms- "Those who commit Sherk, (accept someone else's doctrine, order or directives in any sphere of life), shall not be forgiven and thrown into the fire'.3 Judging by these statements, the Lord Creator seems to be quite extremist, doesn't He? That does seem to be the case apparently. However, it goes without saying that the laws, rules and regulations governing any people greatly influence and direct the behavior of the mass of people living under it. If the public and personal lifestyles do not complement each other, the inevitable result will be the eradication of the personal system due to the greater pressure of the public or collective one. Likewise, if there is a major clash of interests between these two, the personal way of life is bound to lose out. Therefore, there is need for a code of ethics, which is similarly reflected on both public and personal levels. Personal piety and goodness can be greatly effective on that person's life, but it has little influence on the behavior of the public or the mass. A firefly can illuminate itself with its own light but cannot remove the darkness of the night. Secondly, in order for mankind to live in harmony and in peace amongst themselves, a faultless and immaculate code of life is imperative. Since man is possessed of limited knowledge, it is not possible for him to devise one. Any new law, rule or regulation or ways of penalty man were to devise, they would be the product of his own thinking according to his own capacity. It is for this that Allah states, "Accept my sovereignty, I am your Creator, therefore accept My doctrines so that you may
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The Qur'an- Sura An'am-53, Hadis, Ahmed, Nesai, Meshkat from Abdallah bin Masud (ra). Hadis, from Abu Zarr (Ra)- Bokhari, Moslem. The Qur'an- Sura Zumar-64-66.
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live in peace, (Islam).1 If you decide to exercise your free will and come up with laws and rules to govern yourselves with, you will bring about fasad and safakuddima in your lives and Eblis will have won his challenge thrown to Me.2 I am the Mightiest and if I will I can make the whole of mankind accept Me in one Moment.3 But I will not do so, I want to see, how you use your free will."4 Indeed, if man is to disregard the sovereignty of the All-mighty in the collective social level of society, all the personal piety and good deeds, all Ebadat, Taqwa are fruitless, as the Qur'an says, "And we shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.5 Between Adam and the Last Messenger, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousand of Messengers have brought the Guidance from Allah to their peoples.6 Though the details of these messages have differed in accordance to the time and location of their revelations, the basic message, that of Tawheed, Allah's Sovereignty has remained unchanged. No Messenger has claimed to beckon their people to anything else than that. All have called upon to their people to accept His Tawheed, the Eternal Faith, His Sovereignty so that they may establish His law on the land and refrain from implementing their own, the inevitable result of which would be fasad and safakuddima. With the acceptance of Tawheed the constitution would be based on His message and thus His Deen, His Way of Life would be implemented on society as a whole. This Truth (Tawheed) has remained the cornerstone of each and every Nabi or Rasul's (Messenger) preaching. However, in absence of the Messengers their people have given in to Eblis' provocation, lures and have tampered with the Message. A clergy class has emerged from within them who devoted all their time and effort in hair splitting details of the faith and the teaching of it to the general people. They rendered the straight and simple Serat-ul-Mustaqeem so complicated as to be out of the reach of the common man's intelligence. The more detailed they have become, the further they have strayed from the Truth. By adding new issues to the original message and subtracting those that were contrary to their own interests, they brought about a system that finally bore little resemblance to the original one. The tough directives, the undertaking of which would entail personal loss and sacrifice were reduced to issues of low priority whereas rules easy to follow were taken high up on the list of priority. When things reached a point where the adherence to that Deen brought more harm than good, Allah in His Mercy would send another Messenger to rectify and restore balance in that situation. At this point, it is imperative to make note of one issue that is related to the emergence of the Dajjal. One thing has remained unchanged in this whole chain of events regarding the sending of Messengers and the guidance, the distortions of these messages after the departure of the Messengers and the subsequent arrival of new ones. Never in time has man officially and formally attempted to disavow Allah's Sovereignty as the source of their Deen, their Way of Life. They have
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The Qur'an- Sura Nur-55. The Qur'an- Sura Nesa-119, Saad-82, Mu'minun-71, Muhammad-22. The Qur'an- Sura An'am-35, Sura Yunus 99. The Qur'an- Sura Mulk-2, Dahar-2, 3. The Qur'an- Sura Forkan-23. The Qur'an- Sura Yunus-47, Sura Nahl 36, Sura Raa'd-7.
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distorted this Deen to suit their interests, concocted issues into it so that they are able to oppress other people- yet this distorted version was still proclaimed to be God's Word. Tyrant rulers, oppressors and dictators who made their subjects' lives miserable, too, ruled in the name of God. Looking back in time, although we find a few instances where man declared himself as the sovereign, interestingly, these too had to be passed off in the name of God, e.g. pharaoh of Egypt, who claimed his lineage from the god of the sun, Raa, therefore a divine power himself; or Namrud (Nimrod) who also took a claim to sovereignty for himself. Indeed, the people who resisted and rejected these tyrants are to receive very high rewards and positions for themselves from their Lord; but not similar to those who resist the mighty Dajjal itself. The sphere of domination and location of these claimants of sovereignty were limited to the particular region they controlled as was the duration of their tyranny, but the Dajjal's area of dominance is the whole world like the Messenger of Allah prophesied- 'there will not be an inch of land or water that would be free of the Dajjal's control.'1 Never in time did man strive to formally replace Allah's Sovereignty with that of his own, except a few instances where the denial of Allah's Sovereignty was limited in a country or an empire like Pharaoh in Egypt and never engulfed the entire world like the present day Judeo-Christian materialist civilization i.e. the Dajjal. For example, we can take that of Isa's (a.s.) (Jesus) era. It was when the Rabbis, Sadducees and Pharisees had distorted the Law of Moses (a.s.), that Allah sent Isa (a.s.) (Jesus) to breathe new life into that religion. The Jewish clergy, devoted to the study of the Torah and its doctrines, had lost sight of the inner self of the faith, the spiritual aspect. They made modifications to the basic message with their intense clinical analysis, but maintained it to be their Divine Guidance. They did not promulgate new theories on law and punishment, economy or education nor deem the Toraic laws to be obsolete. The history of this subcontinent also bears similar testimony of this fact. The book of Nooh (a.s.) (Noah) or Monu had been distorted by the clergy to suit their ends, but was still known to be 'Monu Shanghita' or the 'Book of Monu'. The Khatriya kings ruled based on those laws and their interpretations provided by the learned Brahmins. The law of the land remained God Almighty's, only distorted in some places. If any king attempted to change any rule of the Book or did not rule in accordance with it, he would be upstaged and killed. Even the people, whom the Last Messenger called to Allah, believed Him to be the Creator and Maintainer of this Universe. Allah Himself bears witness to this. He asks our Messenger, "If you ask them (Arabs) who is the Creator of this earth and this sky? They will undoubtedly answer the Almighty, Hakeem."2 He asks again, "If you ask them- who created the earth and the sky and fixed the sun and the moon to their respective positions, they will answer, of course Allah. Ask them after the earth has died who brings it back to life by causing rain? Of course, they will reply, Allah."3 He goes on to say, "Ask them, O Muhammad, who is the Creator of this universe and earth?
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Hadis, from Masnad-e- Ahmed, Haqeem and Dar-un-Nushur. The Qur'an- Sura Zukhruf-9. The Qur'an- Sura Ankabut-60, 61.
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Allah, they will reply."1 The Moshreqs and Kafers of Arabia tried to foil the Messenger's bid to impress Tawheed on them by claiming they were believers in Allah; if they worshipped Laat, Hobal or Ozza, it was to gain their interception on the worshippers' behalf,2 they accepted Kaaba as the House of God and named their sons Abdallah, slave of Allah. So what new Tawheed was he, Muhammad (s.a.s), trying to make them understand?- They asked him. Therefore, it would be correct to say that Allah's sovereignty was never at stake during this long period of time, whatever discrepancies man brought to the Faith were limited to the Message and its books, the idea of replacing it with anything else did not occur to man. Yet, this was the declared objective of Eblis, that he would cause man to disregard Allah's all encompassing Tawheed, sovereignty. Now let us study how he made Man go about achieving this unholy aim. In keeping with His promise, the Almighty continued to send His chain of Messengers to people all over the world. In this continuation the Messenger Musa (Moses) (a.s) was sent to the Bani Esraelis. Moses (a.s.) was among the few known Messengers of Allah who brought with him a complete code of life also known as `shariah. It included all aspects of both public and private lives of his people. However, with his departure the degeneration that plagued peoples before him, found root among his people as well. A clergy class soon rose from within them, which busied themselves with bringing out new and newer still 'fatwas' or ordinances, and burdened the common man with these. It reached a point where the observance of minute details of the Shariah (Moses' law) gained dominance over the spirit of the faith itself. As punishment for straying from the truth, the Chosen people were cursed and turned into slaves of the pagan Romans, quite similar to how the so-called Moslem population of this world were overridden and ruled for centuries by Christian forces. In this scenario, Allah sent the Messenger Isa (a.s.) (Jesus) into the Bani Israel and gave them a chance to redeem themselves in His Eyes. This new Messenger brought no new law or 'Shariah' with him since Moses' Torah was still applicable to them. He had been sent solely for the purpose of guiding the Bani Israelis back to the essence of their true faith. The issues Isa (a.s.) stressed heavily on were: I. That he had not been sent to disavow the Law of Moses, but to confirm it.3 He made it clear with this statement that he would not interfere with the Book or its laws, he would only restore balance between the spiritual and practical application of the Deen, since that had become lost with excessive importance been placed on meticulous details of the law irrelevant to the spirit of the faith itself. II. That he had been sent only for the wayward sheep of the Bani Israel.4 With this, the new Messenger set the boundary of his responsibility, about the people to be reached through his teaching. He put further emphasis on this issue
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The Qur'an- Sura Lokman-25. The Qur'an- Sura Yunus-18. The Qur'an- Sura Mayeda-46, Sura Emran-50, New Testament, Mathew 5: 17-19. Bible, New Testament, Matthew, 15:24.
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while dispatching his twelve chief disciples for preaching purposes. He stressed upon them not to preach to people of other faiths, not to enter their cities, not to go to the Samarians. They were instructed specifically to restrict their preaching to the errant people of Bani Israel.1 The severest opponents of any new Messenger without exception have been the stalwarts of the previously existing but perverted faith, the clergy, who consider themselves as the torchbearers of that way of life (Deen) and its guardians. BecauseFirstly, they have clung to the distorted version of the old faith pretty similarly to a sinking man's grasping at straw. Whenever a new Messenger has raised his voice against the distortions brought to the faith, they in turn, have branded him an infidel and taken it upon themselves as a sacred duty to rid the world of his presence. Secondly, their pride in their knowledge of the scriptures has been a major contributing factor to their opposition. Lifetimes devoted to the study, and hair splitting research of their holy Scriptures, combined with the high position they enjoyed in society, generated enormous egos that took many a great bashing when an apparently illiterate man, as has been the case of most Messengers, rose up to them and declared them at fault! Illiterate men they might have been in the eyes of man, but they were all gifted with knowledge from Allah Himself. Thirdly, it were the same class of people who had made 'Halal' for themselves what Allah has deemed 'Haram'- e.g. the selling of His Ayats, His words for a meager payas they have been wont to do; A new Messenger would surely and strongly speak against this. To accept that they were in the wrong would also be out of the question for these clergy class; because to accept fault would herald the end of their illegal trade. The Qur'an says: Lo! Those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed, and purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire.2 Again the Qur'an says, "Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are properly guided.3 Fourthly, they were also quick to realize that a new Messenger spelt doom for their parasitic existence and the great influence they exerted over the general population. All these worldly concerns have remained great deterrents for the apparent 'men of God' from accepting His Messengers for what they were. The case of Isa (a.s.), Jesus was no exception to this rule for soon after he started preaching, the Jewish clergy, the Rabbis, Sadducees and Pharisees put up massive resistance against him and also inducted the aid of the Roman governor who ruled over them. The Romans were reluctant at first to be drawn into a matter they considered to be the internal conflict of the Jews, but the clergy's insistence that Isa (a.s.), Jesus posed a serious threat to the stability of the Roman rule on Palestine, as Isa (a.s.) Jesus claimed to be the king of Jews, they informed the Romans, finally swayed the authority to become involved. However, as they prepared to nail Isa (a.s.), Jesus into the cross, Allah caused him to be bodily transported into heaven and Isa's (a.s.) betrayer, who sold out his master for thirty coins, was made to look identical to him so that the Rabbis
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Bible, New Testament, 10:6. The Qur'an- Sura Bakarah, Ayat-174. The Qur'an- Sura Yaa-Sin, Ayat-21.
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and Romans thought they had crucified Isa (a.s.), Jesus when it was actually Judas Iscariot who died on the cross. During the three years Isa (a.s.), Jesus preached among the Bani Israel, between 72 and 120 brought faith in his teaching and became his disciples. However, in his absence they were severely persecuted both by Jews and Romans alike and the handful of them who remained in Palestine had little choice but to surrender to and abide by the Rabbis, Sadducees and the Pharisees, though in their hearts they adhered to their master's teaching. Most of Isa's (a.s.) disciples were forced into hiding or exile to distant places. It was sometime after this that a Jew named Paul who was one of the fiercest persecutors of Jesus and his followers brought faith in Isa's (a.s.) teaching; however on closer examination of his consequent actions, it seems his chief aim was to deviate Isa's (a.s.) followers from the right path than to embark on it himself. The Messenger Isa (a.s.) had not been sent to establish any new faith neither did he ever attempt to do so. His primary objective was to renew faith in Musa's (a.s.) (Moses) prophet-hood while restoring order and balance that was lost to Judaism and rescue it from the clutches of the clergy. Similar was the Buddha's (a.s.) mission, who was sent to rescue the prevalent Vedic religion (Sanatan Dharma) from the clutches of the clergy, the priests. One of the first things Paul tried to impress on Isa's (a.s.) followers was to convince them not to limit their preaching to the Bani Israel (Children of Israel), but to call other people, namely non Jews to this new faith as well. None of the devout followers of Isa (a.s.) were present at Jerusalem during this time all having fled from Palestine in fear of their lives and Paul travelled to Antioch where some of them were hiding to propose this change. At first they were greatly alarmed over this idea which was in direct contrast to what their Master had taught. Among those who strongly opposed this was Barnabas who tried in vain to refrain the other disciples from consenting to it. Here it must be remembered that Barnabas learned directly from Isa (a.s.) from long, close association with him, while Paul was a fierce opponent who never met Isa (a.s) (Jesus). However, Paul's persuasion prevailed and at length they all agreed to call others to their faith as well. Perhaps they realized that they too were doomed to failure where even their Master, a Messenger of God had been unsuccessful and that with their demise, their Master's teaching would be wiped off the face of the earth. The only means to stop that from happening they argued was to preach among non-Jews and convert them to this new religion. It is important to note here that the Judaic faith is one limited to the twelve tribes of Israel; it has no application on people outside it, therefore, its deviations or reformations have no practical implication to people not belonging to the Bani Israelis. Accordingly, the Messenger Isa (a.s.) had been sent with the limited responsibility of bringing the Bani Israelis back to the folds of Judaism as revealed to the Messenger Musa (a.s.) (Moses). Isa (a.s.) (Jesus) was a devout confirmer of the former Messenger, namely Musa (a.s.) (Moses), as were all of his disciples. Their dissension was only with the Rabbis, Sadducees, the clergy over the concept of the faith. That Paul was among the severest of Isa's (a.s.) opponents during and after his 18
lifetime is not of consequence since there are ample examples of bitter enemies turning into staunch, genuine supporters: Omar (ra) bin Khattab, Khalid (ra) bin Waleed and Ikrama (ra) bin Abu Jahl are excellent examples of this. What is thought provoking is the fact that Paul never received any direct guidance from the Master, he was not a disciple, yet emerged as a greater champion of the faith surpassing those who had been in constant company of the Master and received first hand knowledge and guidance from him. Also, the changes Paul brought about to the faith were not only diverted from the basic teachings they were in some principal points, completely opposite to what Isa (a.s.) had preached. Still, Paul and his group travelled preaching the revised faith and were successful in converting a considerable number of people. By modifying Isa's (a.s.) teaching, adding to it and subtracting from it at his will, Paul brought about a new faith that bore no resemblance either to the religion of Musa (a.s.) (Moses), or the teachings of Isa (a.s.) that were intended to restore balance in Musa's (a.s.) faith. In Paul's hands a new religion called Christianity was born. Many reputed Christian scholars opine that the faith we now refer to as Christianity should rather be known as Paulinity since it is based more on Paul's ideas and reforms than the Messenger Isa's (a.s.). The foundation for this faith was laid not in Isa's (a.s.) homeland, not in Palestine, since none of his followers were present there, but away in Antioch.1 The irony of all this is that never in his life had Isa (a.s.) heard of a religion called Christianity! Before and during this time, i.e., when Paul and his supporters busied themselves with the preaching of Christianity, the majority of Europeans were worshippers of numerous gods and goddesses: the monotheist religion of Musa (a.s.) was practiced on the other side of the Mediterranean but they were never called to accept it on the account of it being a tribal religion, the same principles that were followed by Isa (a.s.) while he preached the reforms of the Judaic faith. The new faith which Paul and his followers called the pagan Europeans to though far from Judaism or Isa's (a.s.) teachings, was however superior to their existing religions, as a result of which there was en masse conversion of Europeans to this new faith. With almost the whole of Europe accepting Christianity, another major fundamental issue loomed large over their lives. In what order would this huge group of people, who called themselves Christians, lead their collective national lives? Musa (a.s.) had brought a complete code of life for his people, with the Shariah (Law of Moses) governing the social, political, economic aspects and counter balanced by the spiritual side of the faith involving soul enhancement thereby striking a harmonious balance between the external and internal facets of human existence. It was when the clergy, priests, Rabbis etc. tilted the scales of this harmony with their engrossment and obsession with the meticulous application of the Shariah only that Isa (a.s.) was sent. He reconfirmed the law of Musa (a.s.), but stressed that he had been sent to reestablish the soul of the faith in its rightful position. Therefore, the teachings of Isa (a.s.) did not contain any new national Shariah, it promulgated the personal spirituality of man only. As a result of which, what the religion Paul and his supporters converted Europeans to, was an incomplete, imbalanced version of the original faith- and this they tried to establish at a national level. As I have
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New Testament, Act-11:26.
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mentioned earlier, man had never tried to replace Allah's sovereignty with his own, never thought of implementing his own laws and regulations rejecting the Creator's and he did not try to do that at this point either. With the conversion to Christianity, the whole of Europe tried to lead their life the Christian way with the directives coming from the Papal office in Rome. However, they soon ran into trouble with their misguided efforts in living as Christians. It is apparent that a unified code of ethics including the socio-economic, laws, penal code and regulations are an imperative prerequisite for governing any collective body of people. Yet this was completely absent in this new faith as a result of which the European kings' and Pope's efforts were in vain. The idea of creating a whole new constitution to live their lives by, setting aside all of God's directives, His rules and regulations, laws and limits, were still unthinkable while at the same time they were in dire need of a system that would enable them to remain Christians and also address their national and collective lives. A long struggle ensued between the lives of this world and the next and gradually it turned into a major conflict, culminating into a point where only two options remained open to the kings and elders of society. One was to outright reject Christianity and its way of life and the second to relegate the application of the faith to the personal lives of its people from where it would have no say or influence on the national, political and economic activities of the general mass. As it was not possible to make the entire population of Europe denounce Christianity and thus turn atheists, the second option was taken up for implementation resulting in the complete separation of the church and state in England in 1537, during the reign of Henry VIII. With this decree religion which had hitherto been the final criterion of judging between right and wrong, between lawful and unlawful, was banished to the relatively narrow scope of a person's private life and the Lord Creator ceased to have any say in how the collective national lives of the entire Europe was led. Thus was born the Dajjal prophesied thirteen centuries ago by the last Messenger of Allah and the Anti-Christ prophesied in the Bible two thousand years back. Following the official separation of the church and state, Christian Europe started turning increasingly materialistic with rapid growth in all sectors of technology, industry and commerce. It is ironic that a tough-core materialistic civilization sprung up from within a group whose basic ideology is one of spiritual enhancement, of rising above worldly attractions and of turning the other cheek! However this is what exactly happened with the reason being the same as discussed earlier. Any system or doctrine, which is accepted and implemented on a collective level naturally, emerges as a dominant factor with its guidelines defining a group, and in that case, the person or individual automatically becomes the secondary or weaker entity. While it is nice to think that people would retain their personal goodness of character and religious beliefs even if they are not religiously bound to, and if Christianity was rejected from their national life; but that did not happen either, for the simple reason that the collective behavior exerts more pressure and influence thus modulating a group than the behavior of an individual. It is not possible for the individual to retain his personal characteristics in face of greater group pressure and operate as a separate entity. It is especially so if the rules and 20
regulations, laws and orders that are used to govern them are man-made, thus necessarily faulty. With this revised outlook of life, the materialistic Christian Europe gradually became more and more engrossed in the research of technological and scientific advancements and grew more powerful with each new development- to reach the point where they are now in control of all major activities all over the world. Born 474 years ago the Dajjal now is adult and in control of the entire world. The Dajjal or the Judeo-Christian Materialistic Civilization has been given precedence, importance over all other things that have happened in this world, from the beginning to the end of time. It is so because it involves the very reason of man's creation - which was to determine if he accepted Allah's sovereignty and accordingly implement it or took matters into his own hands, rejecting the Covenant with Himself and His Ordinance. From time immemorial man has strayed from the Straight Path, deviated from the truth, whence a new Messenger has been sent to rectify the situation and guide them back to the Serat-ul-Mustaqeem. Never has the Lord's Ordinance been rejected outright and replaced with man-made ones in such scale. However, with the rejection of the reformist Messenger Isa's (a.s) message by the Jews and the subsequent trial to implement the deviated and incomplete religion called Christianity into the general population's lives, man committed the ultimate sin. The God-ordained way of life was expelled for eclectic application only to man's personal life and Dajjal was brought into being. For the first time in history, Allah's sovereignty was formally and officially rejected in totality; for the first time Eblis was successful in deviating Man, Bani Adam collectively, from Tawheed, Serat-ul-Mustaqeem, the same Serat-ul-Mustaqeem he had vowed to lay ambush to.1 This was the ultimate test for Allah's Khalifa, Man, and he failed. This was Eblis' first victory and because of that, it is the most important event from the beginning to the end of time.
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The Messenger of Allah stated, "There has been no Messenger from the time of Nooh, (a.s.) (Noah) who has not warned his followers about Dajjal. I, too am warning you of it". -Abu Obaydah (ra) bin Zarrah-Tirmizi, Abu Daud. The Messenger of Allah has singled out the appearance of Dajjal on the earth as being the single most important occurrence in the history of the world. In this Hadis, however, in informing about other Messengers' warnings to their followers about it, he has stated the time starting from the prophet-hood of Nooh (a.s.), (Noah) implying Messengers prior to Nooh (a.s.) did not warn about it. From this statement we can gather that there was no need for them to have done so, because if there was any reason, then they certainly would have done so. The question that arises now is, why was there no need for any Messenger of Allah before Nooh (a.s.), Noah to warn
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The Qur'an- Sura Araf-16, 17.
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their followers about the coming of the Dajjal and why did the need arise after his (Nooh) nabuyat or his time? The correct answer to this is known to Allah only, but as far as my understanding goes, the history of mankind can be divided into two broad parts. Phase one started with Adam (a.s.) to right before Nooh (a.s.), (Noah) and the second phase from Nooh (a.s.) to the end of the world. Nooh (a.s.) is referred to as the Adam-e-Sani or the second Adam since mankind started afresh from his time; after the deluge and complete destruction of mankind except Nooh (a.s.) and his companions therefore a second part or phase in the history of mankind started with him. We find no reference to any Messenger sent before Nooh (a.s.) in the Qur'an, except Adam (a.s.) but that is not to imply that none were sent before him since Allah has informed us of sending Messengers to every people, every locality1 and He also said, "Indeed We have sent Messengers before you (O Mohammad); of some of them We have related to you their story and of some We have not related."2 Hadis informs us about one hundred and twenty four thousand, from one source and two hundred and twenty four from another, all before and after Nooh (a.s.), (Noah). It is interesting to note that 30 or so Messengers Allah himself has mentioned in the Qur'an, all belong to the time span after the Messenger Nooh (a.s.). All the other one hundred and twenty four thousand, or according to some two hundred and twenty four thousand Messengers lived and worked in areas or regions unknown to us. In the Hindu scripture,3 the history of mankind has been divided into four parts; each part known as an Age. The first part is known as the Age of Truth (Sattya), the second as the Age of Treta, the third and fourth as the Ages of Dapar and Koli respectively. At the end of Koli Yug or Age, Doomsday is to strike bringing an end to mankind and this world. According to that scripture, if there were ever a conflict between truth and falsehood in the Age of Sattya (Truth), truth would triumph every time. In the Age of Treta, the same conflict would result in truth emerging as the victor fifty times out of hundred and in Dapar Age it came down to twenty five times out of hundred; i.e., falsehood would prevail seventy five times out of hundred conflict over truth. In the Koli Age, however, not one time in hundred would truth win over falsehood. Each and every time truth and falsehood clashed, falsehood would emerge victorious. In faraway Greece and Rome, the lifetime of mankind has been divided into almost similar categories. The first being the Golden Age, followed by the Age of Silver, the third being the Age of Copper and lastly, the Age of Iron, a categorization, more or less identical to the Hindu divisions of time. Although no such partitions exist in Islam, few doubt that the present era is the Akheri Zamana or the Final Period mentioned in numerous Hadis. According to the Sanatan religion, wrongly called Hindu religion now a days, man lived for about one lakh years in the Age of Sattya
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The Qur'an- Sura Yunus-47, Sura Nahl-36, Sura Ra'd-7. The Qur'an- Sura Mo'men-78. In reality, there exists no religion by the name of 'Hindu'; there is no mention of this term in the Baed of Veda, Uponishad, Geeta or Puran. In all probability, it is a derivation of the word 'Indus' or 'Sindhu' and can be traced back to the Asia Minor of Turkey in particular. The actual name of the religion practiced in this subcontinent is 'Sanatan' meaning 'Ever-lasting, Eternal' identical to the Qur'an's name of the Din-ul-Qaiyemah, ever-lasting, true-religion e.g. Tawheed. (Sura Room, Ayat 43, Sura Baiyenat, Ayat 5, Sura Yusuf, Ayat 40).
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(Truth), ten thousand years in the Age of Treta, two thousand years in the Age of Dapar and finally, in Koli Yug or Age, the life expectancy of man came down to only one hundred and twenty years. It seems that above described age limits were not the average, rather the limits, since in our era, the Age of Koli, 120 years is among the highest number of years any person is expected to live. Based on these divisions, let us try to gauge to which Age group the Messenger Nooh (a.s.) (Noah) belonged. We find from the Qur'an that Nooh (a.s.) remained among his nation for 950 years.1 Allah has used the word 'nakesh' to describe his stay among his people, however, it is not clear from this statement if Nooh (a.s.) preached futilely among his nation for 950 years, or if he lived a total of the 950 years. However, the former might have been the case, since he could not have attained prophet-hood till he was mature of age, supposing that took somewhere between four to five hundred years, after which he preached to his people for another 950 years. Therefore, it would be correct to assume that he was 1400 or 1500 years old at the time of the Great Deluge and he remained among his people for sometime after the Flood as well, so Nooh (a.s.) lived for roughly two thousand years. On the other hand, if we take that he was 950 years old when the Flood struck, and the time he spent among his handful disciples following it to be 300, 400 or even 500 years, we reach about 1500 years. The highest life expectancy among the people of the Dapar Age was two thousand years, so I conclude Nooh (a.s.) to have lived during that era. Now let us try to understand why the warning of Dajjal's coming commenced from the time of Nooh (a.s.) and not earlier. I can think of no better reason than the fact that a falsehood of Dajjal's magnitude could neither emerge nor sustain during the periods of absolute truth as were prevalent in the Ages of Sattya (Truth) and Treta., when truth would prevail 100 and 50 times respectively over falsehood, therefore there was no potentiality of it taking place during those times. Dajjal is known to us as the attractive impostor, a liar, a deceiver-described as such in the Hadis and the Bible as Anti-Christ. The possibility of Dajjal's birth rose in the era of Dapar, Nooh's time, when truth succumbed to falsehood 50 times out of hundred. Although Dajjal was destined to emerge a lot later in time, in the Koli Yug, the Later Age, the potentiality rose substantially in its favor and hence the commencement of the warnings. In all probability, and this is what the Messenger of Allah sought to explain using different allegories, that of Dajjal being kept prisoner in a faraway island might refer to the low potentiality of it emerging during the first two phases of mankind's existence. Despite the fact of Dajjal being the most important event in the history of the world, warnings about it started only from the time of Nooh (a.s.). This goes to stress that a liar or deceiver of Dajjal's enormity could not express itself or bring the whole world within its grasp during the eras of Truth and Treta.
The Qur'an- Sura Ankabut-14.
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At this point, there's one thing worth mentioning. There is a section of people who stress great importance on the issue of Abu Sayyad (ra); so much so that an entire chapter in the Meshkat has been devoted to the depiction of his life and different opinions about him. It so happened that a baby quite unusual or different, was born into a Jewish family in Madina. There are reports of the Messenger of Allah having gone to see him, but there is no basis for speculating that baby as being the Dajjal, for the Messenger of Allah neither said anything to that effect nor let it be known that he thought this baby to be the personification of the Dajjal. The Messenger of Allah was the one to inform the world of the coming of the Dajjal during the time of Isa's (a.s.) (Jesus) return to earth and the Mahdi's Emamate and that it would be destroyed by Isa (a.s.) himself. How then could this Kafer appear within the holy presence of the Messenger of Allah himself, that too, in the city of Madina itself? Besides that, the Messenger of Allah had already predicted the inability of the Dajjal to enter either Makkah or Madina,1 whereas Ebne Sayyed was born in Madina itself and performed Hajj in Makkah. The misnomer of Dajjal, Ebne Sayyed had converted to Islam, whereas the Dajjal is to die a Kafer.2 He himself refuted people's talk of him being the Dajjal pointing to the fact that he had children; in accordance to the Hadis of the Messenger of Allah, the Dajjal will have no children. Ebne Sayyed died a natural death and the Dajjal is destined to be destroyed by Isa (a.s.). Apostates and cruel rulers have also, in cases been termed as Dajjals or deceivers and liars by the Messenger of Allah, but they are far removed from the actual and the particular Dajjal whom he and other Messengers have warned about. Abu Sayyad (ra) has been mistakenly singled out as the Dajjal of the later times and a whole chapter in the Meshkat has been devoted in trying to prove him as the one. However, since I have been correctly able to ascertain Dajjal's identity through the blessings of Allah and His Messenger, I do not attach any importance to the details regarding Abu Sayyad (ra). That most people have been unable to grasp the allegorical references to the Dajjal is further proved by their insistence in trying to establish Abu Sayyad as the self-same Masih al Kazzab.
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The Messenger himself sought refuge with Allah from the 'fitna' (turmoil, unrest, malaise of Dajjal). -Aisha (ra) -Bokhari. I hold this Hadis as extremely important document regarding the terror of the Dajjal's appearance for no other reason than the person who seeks refuge from its malaise. It is no other than the bravest, among whole of the mankind, who feared none except his Creator, the greatest among the Messengers of all times, the leader of all other nabis of Allah, the only person to be promised the Makaam-e-Mahmuda, the glory of all mankind, Muhammad (s.a.s), the last Messenger of Allah to mankind.
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Hadis, Bokhari and Moslem. Hadis, Moslem from Abu Sayeed Khudri (Ra).
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When such a man seeks protection from something, I do not feel there is room for any justification or any further emphasis put on its gravity. It is ironic but true that our, ulema our clergy have not paid even one percent of the importance shown to Dajjal as the Messenger. They remain totally engrossed with the length of their beards, trousers, cuts of their moustaches and so on - to the extent of almost completely ignoring the turmoil, fetna of the Dajjal, which has made man renounce Allah's sovereignty, His Tawheed and beguiled the whole of mankind into accepting it as their lord, their 'rub'. The only reason for this is the distortion in the Moslems' perception of their faith, their "Aqidah" of Deen-ul-Islam, is so far, so different from the true thing that they have lost complete sight of the reasons of Islam's existence, its objectives its goal. The natural consequence of which has been the topsy-turvy of priorities so evident in Moslems today. The true form of Tawheed, the struggle, the fight to implement it have lost out to matters of negligible significance as beards, caps, pajamas, trousers etc. Their case of jumbled up and reversed priority can be likened to that of gentleman who breathed a sigh of relief to see that the robber's bullet that killed his neighbor hit him in the forehead rather than the eye! That he lost his life nevertheless seemed to be of lesser importance than the saving of his eye. However, the instances of mixed-up, reversed priorities are not the main topic here; it is the gravity of the situation created by the Dajjal.1 That the Messenger of Allah himself sought refuge against it leaves no doubt in its being a matter of the gravest import.
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IDENTITY OF THE DAJJAL
Along with the prophecy about the appearance of the Dajjal, the Messenger of Allah has left us some definite signs and symbols by which his Ummah or people can correctly identify and consequently be resistant to it and fight the impostor. In this chapter, the Hadis of the Messenger of Allah regarding the identity of the Dajjal will be put forward to get a clearer picture of the situation. Seen in this light, it is a very pertinent and important point regarding the Dajjal mainly because if the actual character of the Dajjal is not manifest before us, then the magnitude of the dangers represented by it cannot be accurately comprehended either. It is quite similar to an enemy disguised amongst us as a friend; therefore the harm it can cause us is enormous. It may be that this is why the Messenger of Allah has left us so many details wherewith the Dajjal can be identified. However, he has also added that it is only true Mo'mens who will be able to correctly identify the Impostor, even if they are illiterate, while on the other hand, even highly educated persons will miss the 'Kafer' written on the forehead of the Dajjal.1
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal will emerge from within the Jews, and the Monafeqs (hypocrites) will be its followers -Ebne Hanbal (ra)- Moslem. THERE is not much, to think, to explain in this Hadis because I have proved explicitly in the first chapter of this book how the Dajjal came into being within the Jewish nation. Besides, this civilization is known as the Judeo-Christian technological civilization as it is; if the name bears testimony to the family one belongs to, then there is no room for dispute here. That Jews and Christians should adhere to it is understandable, but who are the Monafeqs mentioned here? Are they not the so-called Moslems of this world, who call themselves the Ummate-Mohammadi on one hand and on the other, have accepted the Dajjal's doctrine and dominance in every aspect of their collective lives? The definition of a Monafeq is someone who professes to one thing with his tongue and adheres to another in his action. In that case, the Moslems of the world today, who declare sovereignty of Allah pray and give Zakah, fast and perform the hajj, at the same time implement human sovereignty over that of Allah in their collective national lives: if these people are not Monafeqs, hypocrites, what then are they?
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11th Hadis of this chapter.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal will declare itself to be the lord and make mankind accept it as such-Bokhari. HOW exactly can the Dajjal's claim to lordship of mankind be interpreted? Is it not its insistence to be accepted as the supreme law-maker, the one whos every dictate on socio-economic, political, educative issues, penalty and punishment, are to be obeyed and implemented by mankind as a whole? In the Hadis the Messenger of Allah has used the Arabic word 'rub' to describe the demand of the Dajjal. The Arabic word 'rub' is generally translated into the word 'lord' in English and also as 'Sustainer' when it implies and indicates Allah. In this sense if we look at the 'developed' i.e. western countries which actually represent the Judeo-Christian Materialistic Civilization, we can see the justification of the use of the word Rub' as sustainer. That these 'developed countries' in fact occupy the place of sustainers of the 'underdeveloped' or 'developing' countries is no secret. This Hadis, read with Hadis No. VIII of this chapter will explain it more clearly, where the Dajjal appears as the sustainer besides being the 'lord'. The Dajjal will prevail upon mankind to revoke the rules and regulations, the collective way of life as prescribed in the centuries old Vedas, Law of Moses, Monu Songhita, the Qur'an, claiming them to be old, obsolete, and barbaric. It will persuade people to implement the new age, modern man-made laws, and limits in order to be progressive and live in wealth, prosperity and civility. In short, people will be asked to enjoy the bliss of heaven as it knows and enjoys. The Dajjal will claim to be lord, not the Creator. The claim of the Judeo-Christian civilization is identical to that of the Dajjal, since it holds no objection to the personal observance of faith, people are allowed to remain Moslem, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, adhere to any other religion they wish to in their personal lives, but they must all abide by and follow the collective life as dictated by it. In this category, i.e., the collective life, people are given a wide range of choice, a whole range of man-made ways of life, such as democracy, socialism, fascism, dictatorship, monarchy etc. to choose from: all that except the one system which would rid the world of every injustice, every misrule the way of the Creator, Deen-ul-Huq (the true way of life). In the course of time, the whole of mankind has indeed accepted the Dajjal's offer and entered its promised heaven, yet there is no peace or tranquility anywhere. Despite the fact that the entire human race has originated from one single couple, there is no peace on earth. Regardless of being members of one nation,1 men continue to kill and maim one another, burn down their dwellings and rape women. With the acceptance of the Dajjal's system of economy, some people get to amass wealth in obscene quantities and indulge in vulgar display of it while some people die of hunger, sell their own offspring not being able to feed and clothe them. Mothers commit suicide at their children's plight. As the result of implementation of Dajjal's legal and penal code, crime levels of every society continue to rise
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alarmingly; murder, theft, rape, arson, there is no end to the list. By far the worst of it all is the result of acceptance of the God-forsaken, soulless education policy of the Dajjal. With the banishment of the education prescribed by Allah, human beings seem to have lost all moral goodness, character and reached the levels of the lowest animals. In this Hadis the word Sajda (prostration) has been used by the Messenger to describe the acceptance of the Dajjal as the lord by most of the mankind. The literal meaning of 'Sajda' is submission, to prostrate before someone is to submit to his will, which is why Allah has forbidden man to prostrate before anyone but Him. Yet the whole of mankind including almost all the so-called Moslems today have accepted the Dajjal's way of life, have accepted its dominance over them and lay prostrate at its feet.and in so doing have been instrumental in Eblis' triumph over Allah. Eblis' promise to divert mankind from the Straight and Simple Path of Allah, the Serat-ul-Mustaqeem has been fulfilled and the result is only too apparent anarchy, violence, injustice, unrest and endless bloodshed in every corner of the wide world.
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The Messenger has said, The distance between the two ears of the Dajjal's mount will be 70 cubits -Baihaqi, Meshkat. IN THE Arabic language, seven-zero-seventy is used not only as a number but also to describe things that are many in number or enormous in size. It is only done with this number, not with any other number such as 50 or even 100. The Messenger of Allah has used this allegory to further describe the sheer size of the giant known as the Dajjal. It goes without saying that if only the distance between the two ears of a mount is so great, the mount itself should be huge and the rider, bigger still. In this context, there is another Hadis worth mentioning, but I cannot recall the source of this one since I did not read it myself. The Messenger of Allah has said, "The Dajjal's mount will have one foot in the east and the other in the west of the world." It relates positively to the earlier Hadis reported by Hazrat Abu Horayra (r.a,) and hence is in all probability a Sahih or truthful one. They both convey essentially the same message, i.e., the enormity in size of both the Dajjal and its mount and its presence all over the world. It is an undisputed fact that in this world today, there is no power mightier or more powerful than the Judeo-Christian civilization. There is nobody or nothing in this entire world that can stand up to it or resist it in any way. The whole mankind today lay prostrate at its feet and this it has been able to maintain through unparalleled advancement in the fields of science and technology and its military might. Therefore, since the basis and source of the Judeo-Christian civilization rests on the harnessing and usage of scientific technology, the latter can be correctly likened to its vehicle or mount. 28
I hope these explanations will be an eye-opener for those who are waiting for the literal one-eyed giant the legs of whose mount will be on either sides of the earth. I ask you, is such an animal or a mount physically possible? Where is the space for such a creature to move on this small planet? Dajjal is the Judeo-Christian Civilization and the technological might is its mount. People who would rather still cling to the Aqidah of a one eyed giant on a huge mount appear on earth can wait till doomsday for the Dajjal has already appeared and has the earth under its subjugation.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal's movement will be very fast. It will roam the sky like a cloud driven by wind. -Nawas (ra) bin So'man, -Moslem, Tirmizi. THERE does not seem much to explain about this Hadis, for when an airplane, devised by the Judeo-Christian technological civilization takes to the skies, and flies high in the air does it not resemble a piece of cloud driven by strong wind?
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal will cause rain to fall from the sky.-Nawas (ra) bin So'man, -Moslem, Tirmizi. IN THIS Hadis, The Messenger of Allah foretold the procedure of causing rain over areas which receive insufficient rainfall. In this procedure, necessary chemicals are sprayed into the thin clouds to form heavier clouds and bring down rain. The procedure is in use in different countries around the world to cause rain. A meteorologist or an agriculturist can verify this fact.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal's cows, goats and sheep will be big with udders full of milk. -Nawas (ra) bin So'man, -Moslem, Tirmizi. THE cattle in the 'developed 'world, i.e., Europe and America are twice the size of our cattle and their milk production is around four to five times of the under developed countries of the world. Needless to say this has been brought about by the help of applying scientific methods in rearing cattle.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal will order subterranean wealth to come up and serve it-Nawas (ra) bin So'man, -Moslem, Tirmizi. BEFORE the industrial revolution, very little was known about the exploitation of subterranean wealth, however, within a short time, different procedures of procurement of these were made possible through advancement in scientific technology and with its consequent application in different fields. Today man is able 29
to dig deep into the earth as well the ocean floor in search of petroleum, gas and other minerals. This is what the Messenger of Allah strove to convey through this Hadis. These natural elements are subservient to the Dajjal in the sense that they are remitted to places at the Dajjal's will and used as it wants them to be used. They fuel Dajjal's mills and factories, its trade and battleships, cars and all other necessary equipment. The Messengers prophecy has come true to the last letter.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal will be in possession of huge quantities of 'rezk', meaning sustenance from which it will distribute among those it wants. Those who oppose it will not be provided for from it, whereas those who submit to it will dwell in prosperity. In this manner the Dajjal will enforce misery on Moslems. -Bokhari & Moslem. THE word 'Rezk' means food, clothing, housing, money, cars, jewelry and all other worldly possessions and wealth. Who can deny or refute the fact that today the lion's share of this world's Rezk wealth lies in the hands of the Judeo-Christian civilization, namely, the Dajjal? The question now is who is the beneficiary of this wealth? Undoubtedly, it is among those who have wholeheartedly accepted its dominion over them and abide by it, disregarding the ways prescribed by the Creator. Those who dare to so much as even hold views different than the Dajjal's, (although in view of the present scenario it is next to impossible), are deprived of its bounties. Let us suppose any group, nation or people were to reject the Dajjal's prescribed form of life (democracy, socialism etc.) and attempt to establish Allah's sovereignty, His doctrines, at their collective life? What would their fate be? Certainly that group would not be welcomed with open arms! It can be safely assumed that they will not only be met with grave opposition from the entire western world, all efforts will be made to punish them by means of embargoes of various kinds. However, it is not the Dajjal alone that will act in this hostile manner with people defiant of its authority. This same attitude can be seen in the people and governments loyal to the Dajjal's doctrine, also inclusive of which of are different so-called 'Moslem' countries. They too, spare no means to punish those who attempt to resist the imposition of the Dajjal's will on them.Almost all developing countries in the world today are dependent on the so-called developed nations for aid and loans of all kinds. Among them, those who full-fledgedly accept the Dajjal's economic, political, i.e., collective issues are gratified with financial and other kinds of assistance in the forms of charity and loans. The extent of the dependence on foreign aid is such that all their development programs and projects are brought to a standstill and their governments collapse if the loans not are remitted at due time. In the unlikely event of any country, community daring to disobey the Dajjal's directive on any matter, economic, trade sanctions are imposed immediately on them and they are deprived of all help from the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, in one word from all the entities controlled by the Dajjal. How amazing it is that fourteen hundred years earlier the Messenger of Allah foretold the present sanction and embargo imposed by the Dajjal on disobeying people just short of using these two words. 30
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The Messenger has said, "The Dajjal will be blind in right eye." -from Abdullah bin Omar (ra), Bokhari and Moslem. AS THE Dajjal's right eye will be blind, everything it will see will be with its left eye only. Every Creation in this vast universe has two opposite sides to it. This entire universe is the cohesive mixture of the visible and invisible, solid and gas, water and fire, light and darkness, day and night, etc. Similarly in the life of His Khalifa, vicegerent as well Allah ordained a set of opposite factors like body and soul, piety and sin, good and bad, material and spiritual, life of this world and the next and so forth. A balance between these opposite factions is natural and normal. In keeping with which, He has named the way of life revealed through His Messengers as the Deenul-fetrah or the Natural way of Life and referred to those who adhere to it as the Millat-e-wasata or the Balanced People.1 If any aspect or angle of this balanced state is spoiled, an unnatural, abnormal situation is bound to arise which would defeat His purpose of trying and testing His human creation. A similar situation arose in Europe with the effort to implement the incomplete teachings of Isa (a.s.) (Jesus) in their collective life as has been explained in the Importance of the Dajjal's appearance. It is common knowledge that a way or system of life minus the socio- economic and political aspects of a nation's life cannot be impeccably effective at a national level. However, that was exactly what the Christian pundits wanted to implement. This impasse resulted in the banishment of the Lord Creator's indictment in the collective life of the people of Europe and the subsequent establishment of man-made laws and regulations, penalty and punishment at the state level. Therefore, the hitherto balanced affairs of mankind were effectively destroyed. As a result, in the lives of the people who were brought under this system, one aspect of human existence was completely abolished and they now perceived things from only one side, the other was forever blinded. The right side has traditionally been associated with the better aspect of all things. On Judgment Day, those who do good will be awarded their 'Amal Nama' or record book to the right hand, whereas those who are destined for hell will be given it to their left hand.2 This polarization continues with almost everything: the body is referred to as the left and the soul as the right, truth being right and falsehood left, in matters of the material and the spiritual, where the material is considered the left and the spirit the right, the life of this world is the left and the hereafter the right and so on. The Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization is blind in the right eye because it is oblivious to the correct balanced form of human life, is oblivious to the spiritual aspect of mankind, to the hereafter, to the mystery of the unknown, to the truth. It remains engrossed with only one side of life, that of the body; material and tangible, machine and technology, with life on this earth onlybecause these are all it can perceive with its one-eyed vision. Powerful telescopes enable this civilization to see far into the space, but due to the blindness in its right eye, it fails to see the Creator's
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The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-143. The Qur'an, Sura Haqqa-19, 25, Sura Inshiqak- 7.
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hand in it, this civilization correctly conceives that this enormous creation is controlled by unseen forces and laws, but misses who might be responsible for such an enormous feat. Medical science informs this civilization that sustenance in prepared in the mother's breasts in readiness for the unborn child, but the blindness in the right eye prevents this society from acknowledging the identity of Him who ordains all this.
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The Messenger has stated, "The Dajjal will be in possession of two things similar to heaven and hell. What it will claim to be its heaven will actually be hell and what it will call to be its hell, will turn out to be heaven. If you are present at that time, try to enter into its hell; that will be heaven for you." -From Abu Huraira (ra), and Huzaifa (ra) Bokhari, Moslem. After the failed attempt to live their lives according to Christianity, and the seal had been set on the usurp of sovereignty from Allah's hand, a new theology, named secular democracy came into being, where effectively all powers lay in the hands of the majority of the population, meaning the opinion of 51% or more from amongst the people would decide how the entire population conducted their collective life. However, since man is endowed with very little knowledge in every respect, he is unable devise a comprehensive faultless way of life that would enable him to live in a society or world where there is no injustice, legal or moral, economic, social political, or any kind of oppression, unrest, turmoil and conflicts and bloodshed. Consequently, the effort to implement the similarly faulty, man-made laws and rules on the whole of Europe resulted in great disparities and injustices in every level of life. It was especially apparent in the economic sector, where the implementation of usury based monetary system resulted in marked inequalities in the distribution of wealth. One section in society amassed huge amount of wealth whereas another could barely survive; the natural consequence of which was that the wronged section revolted against the unfair practices and replaced the hitherto feudal economy with another man-invented system, the socialism in some regions, while others opted for communism, dictatorship etc. In other words, it has been one long struggle from one 'ism' to another, from democracy to socialism, to dictatorship to communism, amounting to precious nothing than to grope in the dark. Once the sovereignty has been removed from the Creator's hand, the one thing that has remained constant was that the basis for any way of life has been man's own sovereignty. The doctrines have only varied with time and place, therefore, monarchy, democracy, socialism, communism, dictatorship, are all but different phases or types of the sovereignty of Man, and the sum total of all these different ways of life or 'isms' is the Judeo-Christian civilization or the Dajjal. The question that now arises is what exactly is it that the Dajjal requires us to do? Is it not the assertion that the secular isms and cracies it promotes are the best possible option to live man's collective social life by? Dajjal demands mankind to accept that Man-made laws and constitution, rules and limits, economy and education guided by it, as the most advanced and modern. If such constitution and theology is accepted by the world at large, they too will enjoy the benefits of living in paradise, 32
their economic state, medicine, education, standard of living would become comparable to living in heaven. While on the other hand, those who do not accept and adapt Dajjal's way of life, will remain in the dungeons of hell, plagued by poverty, hunger and ignorance. Those who accept the Dajjal's theory of life to be true, in fact accept a way of life devoid of Allah's sovereignty, His Guidance, are those acceptable to the Impostor, and thus be the ones to be permitted to its heaven, be assisted militarily, monetarily and politically. The fate of those who would not accept the Dajjal's dominion is to be the exact opposite, deprived of all assistance, both monetary and military, be opposed politically, and effectively sent to hell. That these are the same demands made by the Judeo-Christian civilization need not be explained in detail or with specific examples. It is only too apparent in the western world's attitude, literature and media, that their secular system, (inclusive of monarchy, democracy, dictatorship, socialism, communism) their education system, (which is completely materialistic, bereft of all moral and religious teaching), their social system (where forbidden sexual relationships are considered acceptable, where homosexuality is legal), their penal code (where murderers are let free on small technicalities or punished with much lighter punishment than they deserve and where rapists are let loose on parole to commit more rape and murder) are all superior, modern and progressive. No other system on earth is comparable, let alone better than theirs. All other political, social, economic and education systems are backward, dogmatic, reactionary, obsolete and ridiculous. By the above Hadis the Messenger of Allah has meant that, "those who accept the Dajjal's way of life and enter its heaven will realize that it is in fact hell. Whereas those who remain in the Dajjal's hell, will find themselves in heaven". However, before we get into further discussion regarding this Hadis, we have to be clear in one point, which is, whether it is democracy, capitalism or communism etc, they are but all different phases or portions of the one same thing, namely the sovereignty of Man, hence the Dajjal, i.e. the Judeo-Christian civilization the difference lay in only the degree and stages of implementation from the mildest to the severest form. Any group, nation or state which has been misled into accepting the Dajjal's way of life as the only progressive system, implemented it in their collective lives have soon realized they were deceived into thinking so, what they perceived to be heaven turned out to be quite the opposite. For better understanding, let us study the case of the Dajjal's severest form, communism. From the time Soviet Union and China turned communist, their every available means of communication has been lauding the merits of their system and calling upon others to follow their example. Anyone who has regularly tuned in to their radio must be familiar with that. It is interesting to note that the term they employ to describe their society is exactly the one used by the Messenger of Allah so many hundreds of years ago, 'paradise'. It would be correct to assume that once people experienced such blissful existence, they would be loath to get out of it, at the same time would also call on others to follow their example. However, quite the opposite of that occurred in both the cases of Russia and China. Within a short time of turning communist, these countries gradually isolated themselves from the world community to a point where no news or information regarding them was available 33
to the outside world. What little was learnt, was released by the rulers themselves. This isolation soon earned them the names of the Iron Curtain for Russia and the Bamboo Curtain for China. These curtains were so impregnable that the news of tragic airplane crashes or major vehicular accidents were not allowed to be released to the outside world. One has reasons to think that just the opposite should have been their stance, because if the implementation of a certain system resulted in turning the lives of any group, nation or state into a situation comparable to living in paradise, then instead of hiding from the world's view, they would flaunt their wellbeing to the rest of the world and call upon everyone to verify it. Instead of putting up Iron and Bamboo curtains they should have abolished even the need for visas to enter into their countries and left it on their own inhabitants to decide if they wanted to trade the heavenly bliss for anything else, and invite outsiders to visit them without any hindrances. On the contrary, it is a historical fact, from the time they turned communist to the end of the cold war, Soviet Union and all the other eastern European countries remained cut off from the rest of the world. The only people to have contact and access to the outside world were the ruling high-ups. The truth is there was no other way for the rulers of those countries. For the people of those countries who were fooled, deceived into accepting the God-less system soon realized that what they thought of as heaven before committing to was in fact far from it. By that time, however, it was too late. Yet that did not stop the general people from trying to get out. The choice of leaving one's homeland is never an easy decision to make, especially for those who know they can never go back, for leaving their country meant being forever displaced from one's homeland, heading for an unknown destination, the people and language so different from one's own. Yet all these deterrents were not able to dissuade the "dwellers of paradise" from trying to flee, in course of which they have often endangered the lives of their near and dear ones along with their own. When the building of the infamous Berlin Wall could not stop the people from crossing over, the authorities had watch towers equipped with machine guns built at every fifty feet of the Wall with instructions to shoot down anyone who tried to cross over to what they thought was free world, which in fact was not free, only a lesser "hell". When even that proved futile, a moat was dug alongside the Wall to further dissuade defectors. Barbed wire fencing and electronic devices were added to the list that would keep people away from trying to flee. The more difficult it was made to defect, the harder people tried to: in course of which numerous persons lost their lives to the guards' bullets while others drowned trying to swim across moats and rivers. In desperation, people invented unprecedented means of escape: hot air balloons, which helped many to flee Soviet Union. During this time, a remarkable means of escape was devised by two families of the erstwhile East Germany. After Communist takeover of eastern Germany, walls were built along the border to prevent people from fleeing. Previous railway lines were blocked at the borders with walls, the railway tracks remaining as before. These two families somehow managed a railway engine in which the women and children were put while the men-folk drove it against the wall at high speed, crushing through to West 34
Germany and freedom. This desperate attempt reflected the mentality of the general mass living under communist rule. Similarly, numerous more men, women and children have undertaken tremendous amount of risk, forsaking the love of the motherland, family and friends in trying to escape from what was thought to be paradise. Those who listened to the radio during this time or read the papers were thoroughly acquainted with the instances of people shot dead or captured attempting to flee their paradise. Between 1949 to 1961, 2.7 million men, women and children successfully fled from communist paradise and those who were killed or captured in the process was many times that number. This did not apply only in the case of Soviet Russia or East Germany, wherever the severest form of the Judeo-Christian civilization i.e. communism has been accepted as the way of life, the plight of the masses has been the same. Let us take the example of China. As soon as they realized what they had got into, thousands of Chinese tried to flee from their country, some losing their lives in the process while others were taken prisoners, others still drowned in attempts to swim across to the British held Hong Kong. The history of unprecedented influx of people from communist Vietnam has remained an unparalleled example. Men, women and children often numbering five to seven hundred have boarded boats meant to carry only about a hundred or so, and set sail for unknown destinations, little knowing where they would end up or if they would be granted asylum at all or not. Their boats have often sunk in storms, fallen prey to pirates who killed the men, raped the women and sold them in foreign lands. News of their plight has been published all over the world. These incidents have been repeated so many times that a new phrase, 'the boat people' has been coined to describe them. Accident after accident took place, yet the influx did not stop. People continued to crowd into little boats with their families and set sail on journeys to the unknown. There has not been any country in the South Pacific, which had not had to set up shelters and camps for these boat people. Not very long ago, clashes erupted between asylum seekers and the police in Hong Kong which left hundreds of persons dead.1 The same has been the state of every communist and socialist country. A significant number of Cubans have taken shelter in Florida, in the United States where they reside as illegal immigrants or aliens. An incident following the Korean War of the 1950s is an example enough to demonstrate the fact that the Dajjal's paradise is actually hell for its inhabitants. The Korean peninsula was divided into two parts after the WWII, the south half as Republic of Korea with a democratic capitalist system while the northern half turned into a dictatorial socialist state as DPRK. When war broke out between these two in 1952, the Soviet Union and China rushed to the aid of their communist ally, whereas the United States, Britain and France joined forces with the south under the United Nations. After the war ended in 1955, one of the conditions for the exchange of the prisoners was that no POW would be forced to go back to their country if he opted otherwise. Of the 12760 (twelve thousand seven hundred and sixty) U.N. and South Korean soldiers taken captive by the communists, only 347 (three hundred forty
This was sometime in the mid '90s when the Bangla version of this book was first printed.
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seven) opted to remain in the communist north, while the rest wished to and returned to their homelands. On the other hand, of the 75,797 (seventy five thousand seven hundred and ninety seven) North Korean communist soldiers held captive by the South and allies, 48,814 (forty eight thousand eight hundred and fourteen) declined to return to their own country. The declination of such a large number of soldiers to go back to their country posed a major problem for the U.N. which then arranged for their rehabilitation in different places such as the Philippines, Formosa, etc. Those who hold any doubt regarding this information may check the Encyclopedia Britannica, chapter on the Korean War and other proper sources including The United Nations. After learning about these incidents, is there any room for doubt that the Dajjal's declared paradise is indeed hell for its inhabitants? If it was not actually so, if the situation prevalent there was not so deplorable would so many of its soldiers have braved an uncertain future, instead of going back to their motherland? On one hand was the beloved country of birth, families and relatives, friends and memories of a lifetime, on the other, unknown land and unseen future, foreign culture and language. If such a large number of people do indeed opt for the latter, does it not lead us to believe that they were actually suffering in the throes of hell and were ready to undertake any risk to try and get out? Those among the POWs who actually returned did so for the love of their families, wives and children, parents, relatives and friends and for the love of the motherland which proved too strong to sever and not for the system they were living in. I believe that if a clause was added to the treaty that would enable the families of those who opted not to go back were allowed to join the POWs, one wonders if even seven hundred would return instead of the twenty seven thousand who did. The question that now arises is, what kind of paradise is it whence people strive with utmost desperation to escape from, board tiny vessels to cross big seas, try to swim across vast oceans, get electrocuted to death, die at the hands of the 'paradises' guards, and when held captive by the enemy, refuse to go back to the paradise forsaking the love of wife and children? Here another pertinent question comes up and that is- are only communism and socialism manifestations of the Dajjal and not others, such as democracy, capitalism? No, it is not so either. All 'isms' or 'cracies' or ways of life that disregard the Creator as the ultimate law provider and Guide are different facets of the Dajjal and this institution was brought into being by the Christian rulers of medieval Europe who tried to implement Christianity at the national level, despite it being devoid of all national, economic, military or social guidance or teaching. Consequently, the birth of the Dajjal took place with their adoption of secularism, which replaced the Creator's sovereignty with Man's own. Next came the different phases or stages in the Dajjal's life. First came the feudal system, the inadequacies and injustices of which brought about the next step, capitalist monarchies. As the ill-effects of that system became too much for the common man to bear, socialism and its crude form communism surfaced. Time and time again, the adherents of different views have fought amongst themselves, like when democratic and communist forces joined to oust dictatorial leaderships during the WWII. Soon after that, the democratic and communist systems engaged in cold war for more than four decades. The only reason full-scale wars did not erupt between these forces was the nuclear deterrent. By the end of the WWII, both the 36
democratic and communist forces were in possession of nuclear arsenal and that worked as the only deterrent for WWIII. However, although the Dajjal has undergone different phases, such as infancy, childhood and reached adulthood in its span, and has seen clashes among its followers, it remains a single entity, a massive, one-eyed soulless giant -the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization. As for the North Korean soldiers who opted not to return, they chose the softer or milder version of the Dajjal over the severest. The ratio of the prisoners exchanged during the Korean War proves the truth behind the Hadis of the Messenger of Allah where he stated that the Dajjal will be in possession to two things similar to heaven and hell. It will call on mankind to accept it as their Lord (Rub), i.e. accept its word over that of Allah's and those who do so will be awarded places in its heaven, which will be hell for them. Those who reject it will be flung into its hell and that will be heaven for them'. Today this wide world, excepting the holy cities of Makka and Madina has accepted the Dajjal's dominion, its so-called heaven, which is in reality, hell. The prophecy of the last Messenger has come true to the letter. Then has been further development in the life of the Dajjal. It has grown to its maturity. After the collapse of its extreme form the Communist Soviet Unions, the milder form of the Dajjal, Secular Democracy is now the one eyed giant that has the world at its feet; including the populace which claims to be Momen, Moslem and Ummat-eMohammadi i.e. the nation of Mohammad (s.a.s) that runs to the mosques five times a day, fasts the month of Ramadan and makes pilgrimage to Makkah. Even where the Dajjal was divided between its milder and extreme forms it was dominant over the world, each trying to impose its own form on it. Now that the extreme form has become comparatively powerless, the middle form has become arrogant and brazenly demanding to be accepted as the lord of the mankind. It has repeatedly declared that it would establish Secular Democracy i.e. Sovereignty of Man, in place of sovereignty of Allah on every inch of the earth. (Recall Hadis no. XIII- where the Messenger of Allah prophesied that there will be not a piece of land or water where the Dajjal's power and influence will not be present.)
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The Messenger has said, "The word 'Kafer' (disbeliever) will be written between the Dajjal's eyes. Only believers (even those who are illiterate) shall be able to read it; disbelievers even those who are literate will neither see nor read it." -from Abu Horayra (ra), Hozayfa (ra), and Anas (ra)Bokhari, Moslem. THIS IS one of the most important and significant Hadis regarding the gravity of the Dajjal's situation. It is apparent from the narration that the word 'Kafer' meaning disbeliever, will not be written literally with alphabets on the Dajjal's forehead, since Mo'mens, believers even if they happen to be illiterate will perceive the Dajjal as an disbeliever while on the other hand, no matter how highly educated or intellectual a person might be, if he/she is not a believer will not be able to gauge the writing on Dajjal's forehead. Therefore, it is apparent that it will not be written with the letters 'qaf ('), 'fay ( ')and 'ray ('). Now, then who are these Mo'mens or believers who will see what others won't? By the Creator's own definition, 'the (true) believers 37
are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and afterward do not doubt, and strive and struggle with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere.'1 We should bear in mind that this description befits only those who accept and believe in Allah's all-encompassing Tawheed, in His Sovereignty, those who accept no one else's word in any sphere of their lives, except the All-Mighty's since it has already been declared by Him that partial or eclectic acceptance of His word or doctrine is not acceptable to Him. By limiting acceptance and implementation of Allah's directions in only the personal side of their lives, the so-called Moslem populace of this world too has accepted the Dajjal as their 'rub' meaning lord and in so doing are unable to realize its true form, that it is indeed the greatest usurper of all times, that of the very sovereignty of Allah. As a natural consequence, this entire population is unable to read the depiction of 'Kafer' on Dajjal's forehead. On the other hand are those who believe only on what Allah has directed, accept those as the only ones to be followed in every aspect of their lives, they will be the lucky ones to see and read the 'Kafer' written on the Dajjal's forehead, since this description is another allegorical one, similar to the Hadis of the Messenger of Allah in which he informs of the arrival of a colossal giant astride a mighty, huge mount. In another Hadis, he states, 'the entire world will accept the Dajjal's subjugation.'2 Since the whole world is to accept the Dajjal's mastery, the Moslem population, which accounts for one-fifth of the entire number, will be no exception. One the one hand we see this Moslem population accepting the Dajjal's doctrine of life, while on the other, they strive with their utmost to become paragons of piety, of good deeds. Some of the highest ranking leaders of this population turn their foreheads black by striking repeatedly in prayer, yet these same leaders along with their people accept the sovereignty of Man, by rejecting Allah's and seek the Dajjal's protection, accept all kinds of monetary and military assistance from the Dajjal. These people think nothing of turning their wrath on those among them who try to establish Allah's Tawheed, His Sovereignty, detain and torture them, hang and execute them. These leaders believe in what the Dajjal has taught them that religion is a matter of personal adherence, not a collective or national issue. Is it any wonder then if these people fail to see or understand that the Dajjal is indeed the disbelieving one and are unable to read the writing on the forehead of the Dajjal?
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The Messenger has said, "Seventy thousand among my Ummah will follow the Dajjal."-from Abu Sayeed Khudri (ra), Sahre Sunnah. THIS Hadis of the Messenger of Allah goes to further prove that the 'Moslem' populace of the world will likewise follow the Jews and the Christians in accepting the Dajjal's way of life. As it has been stated earlier, the number 70 in Arabic stands for many or numerous, i.e., beyond count. This same figure, (70), is used to denote the number of Jews and Christians to follow the Dajjals doctrine as the Messenger of
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The Qur'an- Sura Hujrat-15. Hadis, from Fatema bint Qaes (ra), Bokhari, Moslem, Musnad-e-Ahmad, Haqeem, Dar-un-Nushr.
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Allah states, '70 thousand Jews and Christians will follow the Dajjal.1 That the Jews and Christians would accept the Dajjal and its ways is the logical consequence, since it is their inception. However, from this Hadis, it is clear that they will not be the only ones to do so, the so-called 'Moslem' populace of this world will follow suit. The Messenger of Allah has used seventy thousand for both Jews and Christians and for his Ummah, meaning that the Jews, Christians and this so-called 'Moslems' of the present day will all follow the Dajjal i.e. accept it to be their 'lord', which is exactly the case now. The actual scenario is hardly any different, since excepting a small piece of land in the Arabian peninsula, every inch of land ruled by 'Moslems' is governed according to Judeo-Christian norms in politics, economic and social fields. The Shariah and the Islamic penal code have been replaced by the Dajjal's constitution and decrees and penalty handed down based on that. The 'Moslem' population has long since forsaken Allah's criterion of good and bad, moral and immoral and accepted the Dajjal's standards of morality and values as its own in their collective lives. In other places, the Messenger of Allah has informed of his Ummah's following of the Judeo-Christian civilization short of naming the Dajjal. In one such Hadis, he states, "In the future, you will follow your antecedents to such an extent that if they enter a snake's pit, you will follow them." At this point, he was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, are they the Jews and Christians (who will be thus followed)?" He replied, "Who else (but them)?" In another Hadis, he states, "A time will come when my Ummah will follow them to the extent that if anyone of openly committed incest with his mother, someone from within my Ummah will do the same."2 Although the Messenger of Allah has not mentioned the Dajjal by name in these two Hadis, however, by studying similar Hadis s and in the affirmation of about 70 thousand of his Ummah following the Dajjal, leaves no room for doubt that the subject matter of these is the same, namely the Judeo-Christian civilization in fact, the Dajjal: and that the so-called 'Moslems' of this world have indeed accepted it as their Lord or Rub in all but their personal lives. At the collective level, where it really matters, every word of the Great Impostor is whole-heartedly believed and adhered to: at the same time, owing to the perverted concept of their faith, they remain engrossed in fruitless prayer, piety and fasting. People who believe the Dajjal's way of life, in secular democracy and other 'cracies' and 'isms' also have trouble accepting the fact that Islam's primary function and scope is in the national life of a people, its secondary reflection and version is the personal life; although numerous examples from the Qur'an and the Hadis can be put forward to support this. Before them, I would like present just this one thing. Among the five 'fard' or compulsory responsibilities of a Moslem, four are of collective nature, only one remaining strictly personal. Iman, meaning Tawheed, Salah, Zakah, Hajj are all for collective observance, while only 'saom' or fasting is private. In accepting the five pillars of Islam as issues of personal adherence, these people have accepted the Dajjal in their private and personal lives as well.
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The Messenger has said, The Dajjal's power and influence will encompass the world's water and earth. The surface of the world will be covered by it as skin on an animal's back. -from Masnad-e-Ahmed, Haqeem and Dar-ul-Nushr. WHAT has the Messenger of Allah tried to relay through this allegory if not the Judeo-Christian civilization? For is not all the world's water and land under the control and influence of this one superpower? Even a short time back, there was dissension between two forces of the Dajjal, but today, there is none, today only the Judeo-Christian technological civilization stands as the supreme power on the face of the world, with none to challenge or stand up to its domination. There is not an inch of land or water on this planet where this power does not have access to, or cannot get its own will imposed upon. The allegory used by the Messenger of Allah best describes this scenario as complete and uninterrupted as the skin on an animal what better word to describe the scenario where the entire world is under the grip of the Judeo-Christian civilization. Throughout the world's history, large land areas have been conquered by mighty military powers, huge empires have been established and ruled by them for generations and numerous dynasties established, like the Roman and Byzantine empires, the Ming dynasty of China and so forth. Before that time period, the huge land area from Afghanistan to East Borneo was ruled by the Indian civilization, named Maha-Bharat. However, never in time had it so happened that a single super power has controlled the entire earth or that a single theory, secularism has been accepted the world over as a whole as it has been in the case of the Dajjal. If the Moslem population were not to accept the Dajjal, the Messenger of Allah might have rephrased his statement, perhaps saying that one-fifth of the people would not accept it, or that all except his Ummah would accept the Dajjal. However, he said neither of these, which further proves that the 'Moslem' populace too is the follower of the Dajjal. As I have stated earlier, there is no parallel to the present situation of a single ideological domination of the entire world. Before the technological advancement brought about by the Judeo-Christian civilization, the idea of world domination remained a distant dream due to the time and effort entailed in communication and getting from one place to another. However, with rapid scientific growth, communications has become easy and that in turn facilitated the prospect of complete domination of the world by the Dajjal.
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The Messenger has said, Arabia too will come under the grip of the Dajjal and its influence and control will be effective here as well. Bokhari, Moslem. IN MANY other Hadis the Messenger of Allah has narrated about the Dajjal's grip on the world. In this one, however, specifically mentioned Arabia, the cradle of the 40
last reformed version of the Deen-ul-Islam, too will not remain immune to the influence of the Dajjal. Although the Qur'anic injunctions regarding law and order, trade, penalty and punishment remain in force partially in some parts of the Arabian peninsula today, in all other aspect including the system of government, the economy, the rulers look towards the western powers for direction and guidance and act in accordance with their wishes. They make no mistake in realizing that should they act differently than their foreign masters wish them to, their thrones or their precious emirates would soon be snatched away from them and bestowed upon people more keen to follow them, people of their liking. Since the war in Iraq in 1991, the peninsula of Arabia has been under complete domination of the Christian & Jewish army and they have almost completely turned it into an occupied territory. The Arab rulers of the peninsula have neither the wish nor the ability to move a finger to cause the displeasure of their foreign masters.
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The Messenger has said, "The Dajjal will be able to reach any place in the world save Makkah and Madina. Two angels will guard every entry into Madina and prevent the Dajjal from entering the holy city."-from Abu Bakr (RA) and Fatima (ra) bint Qaes-Bokhari, Moslem. WE NEED only to take a good look around the world to understand the implication of this Hadis of the Messenger of Allah. Since the entire world along with the socalled Moslems have accepted the Dajjal's philosophy in life, manifest in democracy, socialism, monarchy and such, there is no dispute that it is universally applied and its tentacles reach into the far corners of the earth. The so-called 'Moslem' populace, their leaders and the general mass too have rejected Allah's sovereignty and traded it for that of Man, thereby adopting the Dajjali system as their own. Therefore, there is no territory it does not have access to. The only exceptions to this rule are the two holy cities of Makkah and Madina. As discussed in the previous topic, the Messenger of Allah predicted the arrival of the Dajjal in the Arabian Peninsula it self. In this one, he elaborated about the only places on earth to be immune to the Dajjal's influence. Judeo-Christian forces were invited into the Arabian Peninsula by Moslem leaders during the war in the Gulf and have remained there since, more powerful than the entire Arab world's military might put together. Yet the holy cities of Makkah and Madina have remained out of bounds for them and will continue to be so, Enshallah. The reason for this is not that the Arab leadership or the people can resist any attempt by the Dajjal forces to enter the holy cities, but because the Messenger of Allah has confirmed the presence of angels guarding the entrances to them. Yet, there remains a scope of argument here. These two towns, Makkah and Madina, at present are under Monarchy, which is not sovereignty of Allah and the rulers of these two towns are not Momen, their Elah is the Dajjal. So what is meant by these being guarded by Malayeks (angels) preventing Dajjal's entry into these two towns? In one Hadis the Messenger predicted that entire Arabia would be under the grip of Dajjal and Dajjal's influence and control will be effective there (Hadis no-XIV) and in another he said that it would be prevented from entering Makkah and Madina by Malayeks. I think what the Messenger has meant by these two apparently 41
contradictory Hadis is that though the Dajjal will be established over all Arabia through its rulers subservient to their dominion, but the physical presence of Dajjal in the two Holy cities will be prevented by the grace of Allah, through His angels standing guard at the doors.
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The Messenger of Allah has referred to the Dajjal as the Masih-ulKazzab in some places and the Masih-ud-Dajjal in others. from Abu Huraira (ra),- Bokhari, Moslem. Abu Bakr (ra), Obaydah (ra) bin Samawet, Abu Daud. The Messenger of Allah has used the same word 'Masih' to denote the Messenger Isa (a.s.). -Bokhari, Moslem, Tirmizee. I BELIEVE it needs no further explanation or justification that the Dajjal should be called the 'Masih-ul-Kazzab' or the 'Masih-ud-Dajjal' since it is the greatest impostor of all times, the usurper of Allah's sovereignty and the one to call upon mankind to accept it as their 'rub' or lord. However, the thought provoking part is that this word, 'Masih' has also been used both in the Qur'an and the Messenger's Hadis to refer to the Messenger Isa (a.s.) (Jesus). At first thought it does sound strange that a word used to describe a Messenger of Allah should also denote the greatest Impostor of all. However, it is soon cleared up once we understand the meaning of this word. In the Arabic language, the word 'Masih' means to envelope, cover, embrace or engulf. In that sense, both Isa (a.s.) the Messenger and the Dajjal the deceiver are 'Masih' since both their ideas are spread all over the globe. Despite the fact that Isa (a.s.) was sent strictly for the children of Israel, his teachings did not remain limited there, as I have explained earlier in the Chapter- Importance of the Dajjal's emergence. In his absence, Paul and his other disciples transcended that barrier and their preaching of a new faith resulted in the birth of Christianity and consequently, the Dajjal. Following the industrial and cultural revolutions, the Christian powers amassed great wealth and military might that enabled their colonization of almost the whole of the earth's surface. Between their influence and the untiring efforts of the Christian missionaries, they have been successful in turning Christianity into the numerically largest of the world religions and there is no place on the earth where Christianity has not spread and thus it envelopes the earth. Although the present day Christianity is far from the actual faith preached by the Messenger Isa (a.s.), it goes by his name and hence can be correctly said to 'mus' or engulf the entire world. This is the reason for Isa's (a.s.) title as the 'Masih'. On the other hand, the Dajjal sprung from the human distorted religion of the Messenger Isa (a.s.) and has enveloped the entire world with its might; in that respect, the Dajjal too is a 'Masih'. It has been referred to as the 'Masih-ul-kazzab' as well, since it is to engulf the world with its dazzling facade, hence the lying, deceiving 'Masih'.
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According to the Hadis relating to the return of the Messenger Esa (Jesus) (as) after the appearance of Emam Mahdi (as), it is said that one late afternoon before Asr prayers, the former will descend on the eastern minaret of a Damascus mosque, perched on the shoulders of two malayeks. He is to declare that he has returned to bring an end to the Dajjal. THE question that arises at this point is, what reason can justify the need for a Messenger from more than two thousand years back in time, to bring an end to the malaise of the Dajjal's reign? Isa (a.s.) is the only person to have been bodily taken away from the earth and to be sent back thousands of years later, (of which two thousand have already elapsed and only Allah is able to tell how much longer it will be before he actually is sent). Could He not have caused the Dajjal to be destroyed by Emam Mahdi (a.s.) or any other contemporary character? Or would it be a burden on Him Who has created too many to count from the time of Adam to the last man to create another human being who would destroy the Dajjal? Incidentally the only other human to have been bodily transported to the heavens was Idris (a.s.) but who will not return to the earth. Only the Messenger Isa (a.s.) is destined to return to the earth in the same state as he was taken up. What might be the reason behind this exceptional and interesting feat? The only reason is that the entities of Isa (a.s.) of more than two thousand years ago and the Dajjal of today are intricately interwoven. If these two had nothing whatsoever in common, why would one in particular have been chosen to bring an end to the other? Especially since they are so apart in time. If we take the accepted concept of the Dajjal, that of a huge one-eyed giant astride a mighty horse or a mount, this question becomes even harder to answer while on the other hand, if we accept the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization as the Dajjal, the question of Isa's (a.s.) coming to destroy it not only seems the perfect answer, it seems as the only logical one as well. Isa (a.s.) like all other Messengers before him was a 'Momen' 'believer' i.e. exponent of sovereignty of Allah by faith and a Bani Israeli by kinship. It was his Ummah, his following, who distorted his teaching, brought about a completely new and different religion resulting in the birth of the materialistic giant in the form of the Dajjal, one that is responsible for imposing its own sovereignty over that of Allah's. If Isa (a.s.) would not take up responsibility for destroying this satanic reign, who would? For the responsibility ultimately lies with him. Allah had caused His Messenger, Isa (a.s.) to be bodily removed to his heavenly abode just as the olema of his times, the Rabbis, Sadducees and Pharisees in collaboration with their Roman rulers were about to nail him to the cross. In his stead, the traitor among his disciples who had betrayed his master for a mere 30 coins, Judas Iscariot was made to look exactly like him in appearance and body by Allah so that the Romans and the Rabbis thought they had crucified Isa (a.s.) when in reality it was Judas, the traitor who died on the cross. Perhaps, it was after his accession to heaven that Allah enabled Isa (a.s.) to see into the future the handiwork of his so called followers and he beseeched the Lord to grant him another chance to right the wrong committed by his Ummah. Or it might have been Allah's ordinance that Isa (a.s.) should return to the earth to bring an end 43
to the mighty Dajjal, whose declaration of being god had been accepted by all mankind including the followers of His last Messenger, the one who caused the establishment if its own sovereignty thereby inducing mankind to shun Allah's. There seems no other logical explanation for relegating the job of the Dajjal's destruction to one particular Messenger who lived thousands of years prior to its existence. I would be too happy to correct myself if any better reasoning can be forwarded for this. All the Hadis put forward so far have been those where the Dajjal has been specifically mentioned. However, there are many others where the Messenger of Allah has tried to relay the message without naming it. I would like to reiterate that, although the so called 'Moslem' populace of this world declare themselves to be Mo'mens, true believers, they too have joined the rest of the world in accepting the Judeo- Christian materialistic civilization's ideology in all major aspects of their lives, thus have accepted the Dajjal's dominion over them. Only in their personal lives do they accept the Lord's words; however, in that respect also, with the blind aping of the Judeo-Christian civilization, whatever little is adhered to, is overshadowed. In the next few Hadis, we find prophecies of this same thing. I. The Messenger of Allah said, "You will follow your predecessors to the extent that if they enter a reptile/snake's hole, you will follow"- He was asked "O Messenger of Allah! Are they the Jews and Christians (who are to be thus followed)?- He replied, "Who else?" 1 II. The Messenger of Allah said, "A time is coming when my followers will mimic and ape the Bani Israelis step by step, if one of them openly engages in incest with his mother one from my Ummah will soon follow." 2 In this particular Hadis, the Messenger has only mentioned the Jews, but needless to say, Jews and Christians are in reality one nation as I have discussed earlier; the term 'Bani Israeli' can be used to denote both Jews and Christians; and that is what the Messenger has implied. In these two Hadis, he has undoubtedly meant the Dajjal short of naming it.
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OTHER HADIS CONCERNING THE DAJJAL
AS I HAVE stated earlier in this book, many 'Sahih' or 'correct' Hadis have been omitted from the exclusive category due to their lack of unbroken 'esnad' or 'reporting'. The same holds true in the case of the Dajjal, where many true Hadis s have been similarly lost, yet one can tell by reading them- that they are genuine ones for they not only are collaborative with the documented and agreed ones, they complement and supplement them as well. One such is, -the Dajjal's mount will have one foot in the east and the other in the west. A few others are presented in the following. One such important Hadis has been derived from Muhammad Assad's, "The Road To Mecca", the book where he first put forward the idea of the western civilization as being the Dajjal. Before that I too was a believer in the typical concept of the Dajjal being a huge one eyed giant astride a mighty mount who would call out to the people of the world claiming to be their Rub, the sustainer, and all would oblige. The fact is, the entire humankind has indeed accepted the intangible Dajjals claim to sovereignty and implemented the regulations, penalty and punishment subscribed be the Dajjal in their collective and national lives. All the Hadis included therein can be traced back to the Messenger of Allah, except this one- the Dajjal will have the power to hear and see what is happening on the other side of the earth. There does not seem any further need to clarify what this Hadis refers to since it is only too obvious that it is indicated towards the mass electronic media, namely radio and television; and also the fact that these are both inventions of the western civilization. Muhammad Assad reports discussing this with Sheikh Ibn Bulaydid, who was one of the foremost Islamic authorities in Makkah and advisor to King Ibn Saud on religious affairs. Judging from the fact that rather than commenting on the authenticity of this Hadis, the Sheikh seemed to be of the same opinion, we can assume this to be a Sahih Hadis on this topic. Apart from that, this Hadis also serves another important purpose. For all those people who hold the notion of an animal Dajjal, only it, namely the Dajjal should be able to see and hear what happens on the other side of the world. Whereas, in today's world no single person or entity alone has access to means of mass communication, in the developed, developing and underdeveloped regions, television and radio are essential means of communication and entertainment. Therefore, the Dajjal is not a single unit, it is the sum total of all the ungodly systems prevailing in the world and those who adhere unflinchingly to it. There is another highly significant Hadis to this effect; however, the 'sanad' of this one too, could not be collected. I heard it a long time back, but since I was not much interested in the topic of the Dajjal at that time. I did not also realize how significant and grave its appearance was, so I neglected to collect the source of this particular Hadis . The Messenger of Allah is said to have said, the Dajjal's movement will be so fast, that it will be able to travel around the earth within the time it takes to complete the Jumma prayers. It is interesting to note that, the satellites sent into orbit around the earth travel at the speed of 18,000 miles per hour, taking between 90 45
and 95 minutes to once rotate around the world. The speed of these satellites are limited within 18,000 and 24,000 miles since if they have a velocity of less than 18,000 miles, they will not be able to resist the earth's gravitational pull and come crashing back to the surface, while on the other hand a velocity of more than 24,000 miles will enable them to break free of the pull of the gravity of the earth and fly off into space. For this reason, the speed of 24,000 miles is known as the Escape Velocity, since if that speed is reached satellites and space shuttles can resist the Earth's gravity and be space-bound. These satellites not only collect and relay information, people stay in them for days and months together for various of reasons. Therefore, the speed of about 18,000 miles is fixed for satellites to remain in orbit around the earth. During the Messenger of Allah's time, when the clock had not been invented, any reference to time had to be done so in comparison to the time it took to accomplish any particular action. Similarly, to denote the deftness of the Dajjal, the Messenger of Allah used the excellent example of the Jumma congregation, which in his presence took roughly the same amount of time since it entailed getting ready for the mosque, putting on one's best clothes, arriving at the Mosque, listening to the 'khutba' or weekly sermon, then the prayers, finally a few words with friends and relatives before heading home. Some might disagree with this description, since it no longer takes that much time for the Jumma congregation today. That also is true. It takes probably a quarter of that time now for the so-called, opposite directed Moslems to say their prayers, since they can scarcely take the time to listen to the Emam's 'khutba' or spend any more time than necessary at the mosque. However, during the Messenger of Allah's period, the mosque was the centre of all activities and his 'Ummah' spent far more time there anyone does so today. Critical analysis of the Hadis of the Last Messenger leaves no doubt that the giant, named Dajjal is no visible or physical animal, it was described allegorically in great detail as a huge giant to help people of so many centuries ago understand the concept of this entity. However, for the sake of argument, let us say that the Dajjal will indeed appear as a huge one-eyed physical giant astride a gigantic horse, the distance between its horse's eyes would be seventy, e.g. thousands of feet; if indeed such an animal were to appear would not one and every person on this planet accept this very creature as the one prophesized by the last Messenger of Allah? The first thought at the sight of an animal almost the size of this world, would be - where did this thing come from! And on seeing it, Moslems, and non-Moslems alike would recognize it as the Dajjal described by the Messenger of Islam. All then would become believers in Islam and our Messenger of Allah. Secondly, the Messenger of Allah has said, "The Dajjal will appear from within the Jewish nation and seventy thousand of his people, his Ummah will be its followers. If the Dajjal were indeed a gigantic animal, how is it to appear from a within a human nation? And how come Moslems are to leave the following of Allah and obey the Dajjal instead of Him? Thirdly, the Messenger of Allah has said, the word 'Kafer' will be written between the eyes of the Dajjal. Only Mo'mens, believers (literate and illiterate both) will see and read it; those who are not Mo'mens (both literate and illiterate), will not be able to read it. That is to say, some people, namely Mo'mens, believers will be able to realize that the Dajjal is 'Kafer' and some people who are not Mo'mens, will not 46
realize it and accept the Dajjal as their Rub. If the Dajjal were a physical tangible animal, it is logical that people would recognize it for what it is at first sight. Would there be any confusion or difference of opinion regarding it being a Kafer (unbeliever) or not? Let us suppose a tiger is let loose in a crowded area - imagine the chaos it would create. Everyone, man, woman, child, all would be running for their lives. If an animal of that gigantic proportions, with one foot of its mount in the east and the other in the west appears among people of this earth, some will recognize it, some won't, some will become its followers, others won't, some people will read the etching on its forehead, others won't : how feasible is that? For the sake of argument, let us suppose that a gigantic animal should indeed appear in the horizon and claim that the entire mankind accepts it as their Rub (sustainer and master). Is it acceptable that let alone the whole world, the one superpower that is dominant throughout the world today, the self proclaimed protector of liberty and freedom, the United States of America will meekly submit to its claim? The United States would surely try to bomb it into oblivion using its nuclear bombs. However, there is no document of the Messenger of Allah prophesying any such conflict between the Dajjal and the inhabitant of this world, on the contrary it is recorded that the Dajjal will occupy the world in such a manner that even a piece of land or water will not remain outside its control. This proves that all these description of a giant are not those of a physical, tangible animal: they are allegorical references to a mighty force; at the same time, it is also proved beyond any doubt that this mighty giant we speak of, is the present day Judeo-Christian materialistic technological civilization- manifest in all its strength and power before our very eyes.
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THE DAJJAL IN THE BIBLE THE New Testament tells us that the Anti-Christ is to appear in the Last Hour. The literal meaning of the Anti-Christ is someone who defies or opposes Jesus; although the Biblical references do not as faultlessly and completely define the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization as the Dajjal like the Hadis do, further explanations will prove that the same has been referred to here. It is my personal opinion also, that this AntiChrist referred to in the Bible, is nothing other than the Dajjal. The literal meaning of the word Dajjal, as discussed earlier, denotes a dazzling impostor: a description to the letter of the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization: replete with inventions of mind-boggling and dazzling proportions on one hand, while on the other, with complete detachment from the soul and spirituality, turns its followers into subhuman creatures. The four instances of reference to the Anti- Christ in the Bible bear such obvious similarity to the Dajjal described by the Messenger of Allah, that they are hard to ignore. The following excerpts are from the New Testament of the Holy Scriptures. Except a few words that are different there is practically no difference between this and the Authorized or King James Version. ONE Young children, it is the Last Hour, and just as you have heard the Anti-Christ is coming, even now there have come to be many Anti-Christs; from which we gain the knowledge that it is the Last Hour.1 Two important similarities emerge between this quote and the Hadis of the Messenger of Allah. Both name the Last Hour or the Akheri Zamana as the Dajjal's era of appearance. Secondly the Messenger of Allah's expression of the word 'Dajjal' to describe other smaller tyrants, liars or cheats has similarly been employed. TWO Who is the liar if is not the one that denies Jesus is the Christ? This is the antiChrist, the one that denies the Father and the Son.2 The Bible refers to the Dajjal in the same word the Messenger of Allah has used for it, the liar. It should be borne in mind that in the deviated concept of the Christian faith, God is thought to be the Father, Jesus, His Son and they are deemed as a single entity. To deny either the Father or the Son, in Biblical analogy, is an act of denial of both, since they are mutually conclusive. This is exactly what the Dajjal bids us: to deny Allah and His Ordinance. The Messenger of Allah has informed us of this very thing of the Dajjal's claim to be lord and make us deny Allah in the matter of conducting our collective lives, in politics, economy, law, penal matters, judicial, social etc. except only in personal spiritual matters. THREE Every inspired expression that confesses Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God: but every inspired expression that does not confess Jesus does
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not originate with God. Furthermore, that is the Anti-Christ's (inspired expression) which you have heard was coming, and now it is already in the world.1 These lines echo the same thought as those expressed by the Messenger of Allah, that the Anti-Christ, the Dajjal is coming soon in the future and its subsequent denial of Jesus. FOUR For many deceivers have gone forth in the world, persons not confessing Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and the Anti-Christ.2 While we read these excerpts, we need to bear in mind that this Bible we refer to has not remained the same as revealed to Jesus; just as the Aramaic spoken by him is no longer in use. Just as the Aramaic spoken by the Messenger Isa (as) is lost to mankind, similarly no Bible in that language exists in the world today either.3 With the passage of time, the Bible was first translated into Greek, later on into Latin and many other different languages. The monotheist religion of Jesus has been transformed into the Trinity just as the monotheist 'Ummah' or people of Ebrahim (a.s.) transfigured into the idol-worshippers of Arabia. The different words used to relate to the Anti-Christ or the Dajjal must have similarly undergone various changes. It is remarkable that after so many translations, alterations, versions and reversions that the Anti-Christ features at all in the Bible, a wonder still that they should be identical to the very words used by the Messenger of Allah. Comparative descriptions of the Dajjal in the Hadis and the Bible: a. The Dajjal will appear in the Akheri Zamana or the Final Period (Hadis). According to the Bible, the Anti-Christ is destined to appear in the Last Hour.4 b. The Messenger of Allah has stated that the Dajjal will deny Allah and claim to be lord or 'rub', itself. In the Bible, the Anti-Christ is referred to as the one that denies the Father (God), and the Son (Jesus).5 c. The Messenger of Allah has described the Dajjal as the 'Deceiver', identical to the Biblical reference. The Bible described the Anti-Christ as 'Deceiver'.6 d. The Messenger of Allah calls the Dajjal 'Liar': it is called the liar in the Bible as well.7 The Bible declares Anti-Christ as liar.8 It seems a atypical and cruel irony that the Christian faith that predicted the arrival of the Anti-Christ, the Dajjal in the Bible and warned others of it should be the herald of it itself, for it was the misguided efforts of its followers that gave birth to the Anti-Christ system and today, their ascendants are among the first grade followers of that very Anti-Christ.
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YET WHILE it becomes clear from reading this book that the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization is indeed the Dajjal with technological superiority as its vehicle, mount, it is not to say that science and technology are negative factors to be abandoned or rejected. Needless to say, whether a thing is a negative or positive factor depends on the use it is put to. The same weapon that can be made to fight evil and injustice in the name of Allah can also be used to strike fear into the hearts of innocent people and carry out mindless violence; therefore it is not the weapon or the instrument but rather how it is used that determines whether it is good or evil. Although the Dajjal makes use of science and technology in benevolent fields such as medicine, agriculture and environment, the lion's share of the same is employed to further its war machines. The amount of money spent on philanthropic fields of medicine, agriculture and environment is negligible in comparison to the same spent on military advancement, the principal objective of which is to bring the world under its dominion. Similarly, the inventions of radio and television while being great sources of knowledge and information are in no small way responsible for imparting guidance on hi-tech crimes, violence and the vulgar portrayal of sexuality. This entire universe has been created by Allah on the basis of science. In the Creator's own Words, He 'taught Adam the names of things'1 which is to say Adam was taught the uses and functions along with the names of all things he saw about him. To put in a nutshell, Adam was taught the science of things. In retrospect, to teach Adam was to teach mankind, since he was the first father. It was left on his descendants to explore, investigate and research to find out more about Allah's creation and to put to use the information they gathered, into technical advancement. The Qur'an is replete with inferences for people to reflect, learn and seek information about all things created by Allah. The fact that scientific observation and research has been preferred over 'nafl' or optional prayers or worship proves the level of importance and stress laid on these matters. Those among the Moslems, who adhered to the Almighty's directives, reached unprecedented heights in their chosen fields and laid down the foundation for the advance technology we see today. Extraordinarily gifted and talented Moslem scientists left their marks in every field of scientific research they engaged in. From medicine to philosophy, chemistry to engineering, there was hardly any field in scientific research and analysis left untouched by them. It was only when they lost sight of their goal, forgot the concept of their faith that they were derailed from the right track and took up the handing down of 'fatwas' or religious decrees instead of continuing with their previous occupation of scientific research and observation. As a result, Moslems the world over fell backwards into the depths of illiteracy and ignorance while their unfinished work was taken up by European Christians and Jews culminating in the colossal empire of science and technology that the Dajjal has at its disposal today and calls its own. The legacies of Ibn Haisham in Physics, Ibn Sina, Al-Nafis and Al-Razi in medicine, Al-Khawarizmi, Al-Afghani, Al-Kindi in
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Mathematics, Omar Khaiyyam in general science, and Ibn Khaldoon in evolution have remained the basis and foundation for all further research in these fields; all of the Dajjal's technological advancements have been made possible due to their priceless contribution. We would be very wrong to assume that science and scientific gadgets are to be rejected since the Dajjal misuses them. Like everything else in life, it is not the object, rather its use, that determines whether it is to be accepted or rejected; in this case, it is the wrongful use of science and technology by the Dajjal that is to be shunned. Since science and knowledge were a gift to Adam, i.e., mankind from Allah, it is not the sole property of any nation, people or culture. It is a collective asset or wealth of the entire humankind, for all to benefit from its application. Likewise, the progress and research in this aspect has been an on-going process from the earliest times. The legacies left behind by scientists and researchers of the past form the foundation for the same of the present to work on and in the future, further research and observations will be enhanced and added to by their inheritors. In this way, the whole of mankind stands to gain from the collective wisdom and be benefited and enriched, without any person, nation or culture having more claim than others. Algebra and Trigonometry did not become the properties of Al-Khawarizmi and AlBattani or Moslems since they discovered these branches of Mathematics. Similarly, the Jewish people do not have the ownership of the Theory of Relativity, since one among them, Albert Einstein discovered it. All scientific discoveries, inventions and advancements are the collective asset of mankind and should be used accordingly, for the betterment of humanity as a single entity. Throughout the history of this world, different peoples or cultures have pursued the goals of further enhancement in the fields of science and research and enriched these by their contributions. The levels of participation and contribution have depended on the dynamic quality of these cultures or civilizations. The more dynamic the nature of a culture, the more it has had to contribute to the society and the world as a whole. A Hadis of the Messenger of Allah is in order here, where he has bid his 'Ummah', his people to travel to far away China, if necessary, to seek knowledge.1 During his time, China occupied the position of being the most advanced and knowledgeable place in the world and hence his command to his people to go there for higher education. I hope no one will argue that by 'knowledge', the Messenger of Allah meant 'Deeni' knowledge, or learning about the faith, since who could provide better knowledge regarding the faith than the Messenger of Allah himself, and to leave his presence to travel to China in search of the same where Islam was unheard of, does not make too much sense to the thinking mind! The 'Elm' referred to by the Messenger of Allah is scientific knowledge and this was the knowledge his 'Ummah', his people pursued with the passion of his true disciples to obtain.
Hadis, From Anas (ra), Baihaqi, Meshkat.
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Let us see what Allah Himself refers to as 'knowledge'? It is said that once Musa (a.s.) asked seven questions to Allah- among which werewho among His slaves is a knowledgeable person; to this Allah replied- he who is never satisfied with what he has learnt and adds the learning of other people also to his own knowledge.1 It is interesting to note that here Allah has divided all knowledge into two parts. One is the knowledge bestowed by Himself in the form of different books from the dawn of time through the series of Nabis and Rasuls, the final one of which is the Qur'an; and the other is the knowledge men acquire through continuous learning, research, thinking and varied trial and error methods. In replying to Musa (a.s.) Allah specifically mentioned the knowledge acquired by man, 'un-naasu'; therefore, a true seeker of knowledge, an 'Alem' is he who finds no end to the knowledge he can acquire, both in terms of learning gifted by Allah, about His Deen and also about the knowledge acquired by other people; he who does not think he knows enough, need not learn anything new, and whose thirst of knowledge for learning never ends. By this simple definition above, those who claim to be 'Alem', learned people today fall far short of the real thing; for the knowledge of today's so called 'Alem' is restricted to what they know about this Deen, this way of life, outside this about the knowledge, the acquired learning of mankind, they have no inclination to learn or be aware of. The Momens and Moslems of his time, being his followers in the true sense of the word, took up his instruction with a passion and zeal and soon emerged as the forbearers of the torch of scientific enlightenment. Over time, when they forgot the true meaning of 'knowledge' and replaced it with 'fatwa' and 'Deeni Elm', they lost their high position in the scientific world, flung themselves backward into ignorance and illiteracy, thereby becoming effectively brain dead: a condition this nation is yet to recover from. I would like to reiterate at this point the fact that this so-called Moslems of today, busy as they are in performing 'namaz' prayers, 'roza' fasting, and countless 'nafl' or optional prayers, still are the same people who lay prostate at the feet of the Dajjal due to the misconception they possess regarding the true nature of their faith, Deenul-Islam. I do not doubt that there will be many who are skeptical of my views and opinions expressed here, some who will downright oppose these, yet, what is the actual meaning of 'Sajda', if it is not submitting to the will of the power one prostates before? The entire creation of the Almighty that performs 'Sajda' before Him, earth, water, wind, mountain and galaxies, do they all literally bow their heads in reverence or is it that they all act according to the Creator's wishes?2 To 'Sajda' is to whole-heartedly accept, obey and perform in complete accordance to the wishes of the power or entity prostrated before. Is not then the entire mankind, the Moslem population included, laying prostrate at the feet of the One Eyed Giant, the Dajjal?
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Hadis-e-qudsi, from Abu Horaira (Ra), Bayhaqi and Ebne Asakir; Hadis no 344 from Allama Mohammad. Madani (R), Islamic Foundation. The Qur'an- Sura R'aad-Verse-15, Sura Ar-Rahman-6.
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The Dajjal has long since declared itself to be the sole lord of mankind, rendered its doctrines, its 'isms' and 'cracies' as the only ones worthy of following and fit for the world of today, totally disregarding the Way of life, 'Deen' given by Allah, caused man to shun His Sovereignty and replaced it with different variations of man-made ways of life. In short it has caused mankind to shun Allahs sovereignty, the criteria of right and wrong as prescribed by Allah and made all of this world accept it as the lord and sustainer and adopt its criteria as their own.
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THE PRESENT STATE OF MANKIND THE prophecies uttered by the Rasul Allah 1400 years back regarding the era we live in today has come true to the last letter. For quite sometime now, there is not one inch of land or water that is not subservient to the will of the Dajjal, i.e. the mighty Judeo Christian Civilization.1 True to its claim it has been completely successful in dethroning the Maker from His lawful position as the sovereign and usurped the status for itself. Among the differing 'isms' or ways of life that are the Dajjal's creations, namely monarchy, fascism/dictatorship, socialism and communismcapitalist democracy has emerged as the dominant one and it is to this that the Dajjal wants allegiance of the people of this world. And allegiance it has obtained even from the people of the faith known as Islam, whose foundation lies on the sovereignty of the one Elah, one True God. The fact that there is no Islam without Tawheed, Allah's Sovereignty, has been broadly overlooked and in its place now stands the will of the people- capitalist democracy in all 'Moslem' regions. Not only are the people educated in the Dajjal's system of education the only adherents of this doctrine, it is also the numerous alems, olema, mashayekhs, students taught the Islam of the Dajjal's choice in the hundreds of thousands madrassahs set up by the Dajjal2- that have completely accepted the sovereignty of man and yet claim to remain Moslems and Mo'mens. There is only one tiny portion among this huge mass known as Moslem that denies the sovereignty of the Dajjal. Yet sadly even their concept of Islam is erroneous. The comprehensive concept or Aqidah of what Islam actually is about, why man was created as the 'Khalifa' or vice-gerent of the Maker,3 to what end His Soul was breathed into man,4 then the Eblis (Satan, Lucifer) given the permission to enter Adam's mind and body,5 to send Adam to this earth6 and then to be guided back to Hedayah by the long line of 'Nabi' and 'Rasul' (Messengers),7 in short the objective of Islam is completely misunderstood or at times underestimated by all. Yet these are people who love Allah and His Messenger with all their hearts for which they are loath to accept the Dajjal's dominance, sovereignty of man - their desire is to see the Word of Allah established in this world, to see the True Faith of Allah implemented in the lives of the people. Unfortunately the true meaning of Islam is lost to them and they are unaware of the methods to implement it. They strive in a misguided manner using wrongful means to establish the distorted, incomplete picture of Islam they studied in madrassahs set up by the Christian colonists. They are helpless, powerless against the worldwide network set up by the Dajjal. Against the Dajjal's countless bombers, tanks, warships, the Dajjal's powerful technology, they are completely defenseless, with their backs against the wall, they retaliate in desperation by attacking tourist locations here and there, hurling bombs at cafs,
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See Hadis XIII and IV in the chapter of "Identity of the Dajjal." If the reader be curious to know more on this matter, is requested to read my book "E Eslam Eslam-e Noy (This Eslam is not Eslam at all). The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-Verse-30. The Qur'an: Sura Hejr, 29, Sura Sajdah-9, Sura S'aad -72. The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-Verse-36. The Qur'an- Sura Bani Esrail-Verse-64. The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-Verse-38.
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buses etc. This small group is so dedicated to the cause of Allah, Rasul and Islam that they do not hesitate to strap up with dynamite and blow themselves up if it can cause even a little harm to the enemy. Unfortunately, they fail to realize that this is not the correct way to repel the mighty giant, the Dajjal or even to establish the True Islam on the face of this world. A giant of the Dajjal's proportion at whose feet the entire mankind along with all the so-called 'Moslems' lay prostrate has very little to lose and a lot to gain from these misguided efforts: in fact it reaps the harvests of such efforts even now. It labels such individuals as 'terrorists' and has successfully turned the entire mankind against them. They do not understand that by carrying out these acts, they can hardly hurt the giant Dajjal on whose feet the whole mankind including the populace who claim to be Moslem lay prostrate and which with its technology and military might control the whole earth. In fact this misguided small group of people who fight against the Dajjal is actually helping it. Furthermore, the print and electronic media is controlled by the Dajjal, as a result through a continued and incessant propaganda it has been successful in convincing the mankind that these people are deplorable terrorists, killing innocent human beings- to the extent that the proclaimer of believers in sovereignty of Allah have succumbed to this malice spread by the Dajjal. There is another reason why the mankind including this populace which claims to be believer in the sovereignty of Allah with its learned, educated and Alems accept the Dajjal's definition of that small group as terrorists, fundamentalists,1 extremists, militants etc. And that is might is right. What the mighty Dajjal says is right, otherwise This small group standing against the Dajjal must understand that the process they have adopted to resist the mighty Dajjal is not right. The first thing they must understand is that they have to correct their Aqidah about the real Islam, its purpose and goal and the correct process of attaining the goal. They must realize that the real Islam [the Hedayah (the sovereignty of Allah), the Deen ul Huq (the true edifice of Islam), and Jehad (the struggle to establish it)] that do not exist today. The Islam known and practiced today all over the world has been perverted through the centuries by various elements and now what is known as Islam is devoid of its very soul and life and is a dead body, as opposed to the original Islam brought to this earth by the last Messenger of Allah that was vigorously alive, vibrant with Tawheed (the sovereignty of Allah) as its soul and Jehad as its blood circulation. There cannot be any Islam without Tawheed (the sovereignty of Allah), Islam is based on this Tawheed. This Tawheed itself is totally absent in the collective life of the populace which claims to be Mo'men, Moslem and Ummat-e-Mohammadi. And yet among this people there is love for Allah, for the Messenger and Deen ul Islam albeit the Islam they love is not the real Islam, in fact it is something which is exactly the opposite of the real thing. The small part of this populace who actively resist and fight the Dajjal are trying to establish which is no more the real thing. It is totally perverted and actually opposite to the real Islam. They do not succeed in spite of utmost endeavor and ultimate sacrifice as there is no help from Allah; and there will be no help till this people go back to the real Islam and adopt the process of the Messenger given to him by Allah. The only process that will bring help from Allah is the process taught by Himself. This is the same process that the Messenger followed, executed strictly and left as his legacy to his ummah to adopt.
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No other process or procedure will ever succeed in spite of fighting, bombing and even suicide bombing as is apparent around the world today. Nowhere are these dedicated groups whom the Dajjal terms as terrorists making any headway against this claimer of being the Rub (sustainer) of mankind. This people must realize the two main reasons for not getting Nasrum Menallah (help from Allah) and being unsuccessful are, 1) The changing the meaning of the word Elah in the Kalema, 2) Struggling to establish a perverted an opposite kind of Islam based on wrong meaning of the Kalema.1 It is very important that we realize the concept of sovereignty to correctly understand the idea of the Dajjal. As man is a social being, it is imperative that he must have a code of life, a way of life whereby to lead a peaceful existence. This code of life of or way of life is called 'Deen'. This Deen, way of life must contain all aspects of man's life, the social system, penal code, monetary system all and sundry that are needed to function a society. This Deen or way of life of necessity must have a sovereignty. In Deen ul Islam, Deen ul Huq the sovereignty is of Allah as against the sovereignty of man in all the 'cracies and isms'. There cannot be a Deen or a way of life or a code of system without a sovereignty. For example, when making laws and punishment the question of legality or illegality of a murder comes into question somebody has to decide whether murder is legal of illegal; if illegal what should be the punishment for it. If there is no sovereignty, debate on legality or illegality of act of murder can continue for eternity. Even if we suppose that it is decided unanimously that act of murder is illegal then question remains what should be the punishment for the act. Again this debate will continue eternally if there is no sovereignty to finally decide what the punishment should be to prevent its occurrence in the society. Some people will be of the opinion that capital punishment alone can eradicate the crime of murder; another group will decide that capital punishment is cruel, inhumane therefore cannot be the norm, the law, as is happening today in many countries. Yet another group will come up with the idea that capital punishment should be meted out only in the case of multiple murders; Then again, what will define multiple murders? Will it be two, four, ten or a hundred homicides? In this way the debate will continue on any given subject eternally if there is not an authority who will finally decide on it. Similarly, if national leaders want to find out which of the true monetary system, an interest-based or a loss and profit-based one is best for proper and just distribution of national wealth among people. Every will have his own opinion and the debate will continue, as with any other issue, for eternity. So there must be an authority who will finally take the decision. This authority is the sovereignty. In Islam this sovereignty lies with Allah alone, He is the Sovereign. In manmade Deens, systems and codes of life the sovereignty lies with other authorities. In monarchy with the king, he decides if murder is legal or illegal and what the punishment for act of murder should be. His decision becomes law and penal code. In democracy this sovereignty lies with the majority of the people. Any issue supported by more than fifty percent of the people or by their representative becomes the law. If fifty one percent of the people or their representatives decide that murder is not illegal, then murder will be legal. Or fifty one percent of the
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people decide that murder is illegal but decide that the penalty for it should be Tk. 10, then that will be the law. In fascism this sovereignty lies with the dictator, in communism and socialism with a particular class of people. This final authority or sovereignty can be only of two kinds. One is that of He who has created, Allah, or that of the created, i.e. Man. Those who believe in the sovereignty of Allah, the Creator (La Elaha Ella Allah i.e. There is none to be obeyed other than Allah.) are Mo'mens (believers) and those who believe in any other sovereignty are Kafers (disbelievers, rejecters) even if they believe in Allah's existence, say prayers, pay Zakah, perform Hajj and fast in the month of Ramadan. Now, the mankind including the populace of 1500 million who call themselves Moslems has rejected the sovereignty of the Creator, and has become sovereign themselves as ordered and coerced by the Dajjal. These two forms of sovereignty, one of the Creator and the other of the created are naturally contradictory to each other and confrontational. There cannot be any compromise between these two. It should have been natural that the claimants of believer in the sovereignty of Allah stand unitedly forgetting all their differences and resist the obedience to the sovereignty of man as demanded by the Dajjal. Sadly, far from doing so this populace has accepted the demand of the Dajjal and gladly rushed forth to establish one or the other faces of the sovereignty of man in the forms of monarchy, democracy, dictatorship or fascism. The reason of such act of utter naivety is the want of right Aqidah (conception about the existence and goal of Islam), which has resulted in changing the meaning of the word Elah (He who is to be obeyed) into Ma'bud (He who is to be worshipped), from dynamic Elah into inert Ma'bud. The Dajjal, the Judeo-Christian or the Western Civilization has openly declared repeatedly that its objective is to establish democracy i.e. the sovereignty of man all over the world. The process to do so has started a long time back and is multifaceted and diverse; it uses all means at its disposal, the print and electronic media, the education system and when needed its mighty military force. The Dajjal correctly assumes that the only force to be reckoned with is Islam, the very foundation of which lies in the sovereignty, 'Uluhiyah' of Allah. All other nations around the world would offer no objection to the Dajjal's ideas because they were already in the practice of one or the other forms of the Dajjal's various systems. Through consistent and incessant propaganda through the media over which the Dajjal has complete control all over the world and by coercing when needed the Dajjal has been able to obtain the submission of almost the whole populace called Moslem. The only exception is the small portion of Islamic ideologists who although do not have the right Aqidah of Islam and believing in the wrong meaning of the Kalema confront the Dajjal without realizing its true identity. They are doing so because of their love for Allah, His Messenger [without knowing his true mission and the right process (Tariqah) of attaining it] and Islam which is perverted and having completely opposite orientation. They are not victorious against the Dajjal because they do not get any help from Allah as what they are trying to establish is not the Deen He has sent through His Messenger nor the process (Tariqah) He taught His Messenger and the Messenger which he in turn left for his Ummah, nation to adopt. 57
The Dajjal has at its command armies the size the world has never seen before and possesses most of the wealth of the world. The small group which is confronting the Dajjal, on the other hand has almost nothing, whatever wealth or natural resources their countries own are in control of their governments which are subservient to the Dajjal, have long since accepted the sovereignty of man as their Elah. In desperation born of utter hopelessness and helplessness, they turn to random acts of defiance such as setting off bombs here and there and attacking tourist spots. Since these actions cause hardly any damage to the Dajjal's super might, they have started strapping bombs to their bodies and explode them in places where they wrongly think that it will hurt the Dajjal. In fact these acts have given the Dajjal the scope to tell the world that these fighters are terrorists who kill men, women, children and old and infirm innocent people wantonly. So they should be hunted down, caught, put in jail, tortured and killed. The world at large accepted the Dajjal's appeal and is against these confronters of the Dajjal. The reason of the Dajjal's success is the old English proverb: 'Might is Right'. The truth in this proverb is evident from the fact that the mankind agrees with the Dajjal's appeal though only 2,750 persons died at the attack on Twin Towers. All were able bodied working men and women. There were 1,22,000 men, women, children and infants, old, infirm, patients in hospitals, disables in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which were atom bombed into oblivion by the Dajjal. Nobody questions the Dajjal about this, nor about the one and a half million men, women, children, old, infirm, disables, hospital-patients in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total casualty caused by the Dajjal in Iraq and Afghanistan is hundreds of time more than the causalities caused by the anti-Dajjal elements. Yet mankind has taken the side of the Dajjal and looks at it eagerly for a favor or two. All because the mighty is always right and the Dajjal is really mighty as described by the Messenger of Allah 1400 years ago. The reality is that the fulfillment of the prediction of the last Messenger of Allah is the present day: the mighty Judeo Christian Civilization is the one eyed giant, Dajjal, whose vehicle is scientific technology. This vehicle is equipped with innumerable destructive weapons, bombers, fighter bombers, gun-ship helicopters, battle tanks, long range cannons, missiles, warships, submarines etc. Besides these the Dajjal possessed thousands of nuclear weapons and various kinds of chemical weapons. This civilization, the mighty Dajjal has told the mankind and is telling that, "Accept us as your lord and conduct your collective life the way we tell you, forsake the sovereignty of your Creator, and accept us as your sovereign in your collective life,1 in matters of economy, society, education, politics, law, penal code, and administration of your governments. Your systems of life based on the sovereignty of your Creator are old fashioned, obsolete and cannot cope with the present complexities of the modern world, nor can they solve its problems. We do not care whom do you take as sovereign in your private life. Moslems! You grow your beard as long as you like, clip your moustaches, pull up your trousers above your ankles, run to the mosque, keep on saying prayers and meditate as much as you like. We do not have the slightest objection. Christians! You put on long robes, crosses on the neck, go to church, listen to long sermons by your priests and meditate, we have no
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objection. Buddhists! You shave your heads, put on saffron robes, go to Pagodas, squat before statues of Buddha and chant "Buddhang sharanang gossami; shanghang sharanang gossami" as long as you want. We don't have any objection. Hindus! You paint your forehead with sandal and vermillion, rap yourself with Namabalis, go to temple of your choice out of hundreds of kinds of it, sit down cross-legged before idol of your choice ring bells and chant Mantras and Shlokas (verses) as long as you want; we do not have the slightest objection. Jews! You put on long robes, put on skull-caps, hang the Star of David on the chest, go to Synagogues, meditate there and recite Torah rocking to and fro before the Wailing Wall as long as you want, we do not have any objection. Far from having any objection, in fact we will rather prefer that you keep yourself busy with these because the more you do so, the less you will have time to see who is ruling over you and with what. You be warned! You never question our sovereignty, that matter has been settled. We have coerced mankind into rejecting the Creator as a sovereign and accepting us to be its lord (Rub) and sovereign (Elah) in its collective life. If any individual or a group of people defies us as the sovereign we simply inform the individual or the group's government and advice them to take action against him or them. As our advice is as good as our order, the related government takes the necessary action, arrest, torture and if necessary hang them to keep us pleased. And instead of an individual or a group of people if a state disregards or dilly-dally to obey our order (advice) at first we put some sanctions on its business and commerce with other countries. If this does not deter the state from disobeying us, we put embargo on it stopping all its trade, commerce, business and communication etc. with other countries of the world. Since the United Nations is completely under our control, other countries of the world cooperate with the United Nations and make the sanctions or the embargoes effective. If even this does not break down the state's will to disobey us and doesn't accept our sovereignty we attack the country militarily, conquer it and after eliminating our opposing elements we put a government subservient to us to run the country. In this we take along the United Nations with us. In the process hundreds of thousands of people, men, women, children, infants, old and infirm people are killed and maimed, homes, hospitals, schools, places of worship are destroyed by our bombs, bullets, rockets and missiles. Yet we have to do it because to replace the sovereignty of the Creator with our sovereignty is our declared mission, our crusade. Already we have won the crusade as there is not a single nation state on the earth which has not replaced the sovereignty of the Creator with our sovereignty in their collective life. The sovereignty of the Creator is non existent now. Yet there are a few nations and some groups of people in different places trying to resist our lordship (Rububiah) though they have accepted our sovereignty (Uluhiah). In case of two of such states we first imposed sanctions in their trades, commerce and communications with other countries. When these failed to break them we placed embargo on them. When both these measures failed to submit to us we militarily attacked them, defeated them, as none on the earth can stand before out military might and put in their place governments of our choice. Any other country that resists or confronts us will meet the same fate who will resist or confront us." 59
Nothing can be said about what the Dajjal demands and does to achieve its goal of totally eliminating Allah's sovereignty (Uluhiah) and lordship (Rububiah). The reality today is that in the conflict between the sovereignty of Allah and Man, the sovereignty of Man has emerged as the victor, thanks mainly to the military and economic might of the Dajjal, the Judeo-Christian Technological Materialistic Civilization. The reason is quite simple; the populace that acclaims the sovereignty of Allah and hence is supposed to be confronting the Dajjal's demand of lordship and Man's sovereignty has already submitted to the Dajjal and replaced Allah's sovereignty with that of Man. The reason is changing the meaning of the word Elah, He who is to be obeyed into Ma'bud, He who is to be worshipped. This has resulted in building numerous beautiful mosques, many of them gorgeous with golden domes for worshipping and on the other hand side with the Dajjal in its crusade to oust Allah's sovereignty and enthrone Man's sovereignty. The Messenger of Allah knew that in Akheri Zamana (the Last Hour) the populace which claims to be his Ummah will do this, so he foretold this happening long before.1 The Messenger's prophesies have come true so much so that the guardians of the very centre of Allah's sovereignty, Makkah and His Messenger's tomb, Madina have become subservient to the Dajjal and have accepted Dajjal's lordship and fighting crusade on its side. Otherwise they know their throne will be at stake. The same holds true for all the emirates and sheikhdoms along the western Asia. All these are quite comfortably ensconced within the Dajjal's systems of Man's sovereignty. Outside of these sheikhdoms, kingdoms and emirates the rest of the populace called Moslem follow their ruling class who firmly believe in the sovereignty of Man i.e. are on the side of the Dajjal. Taken all these things and facts into consideration the reality of the present world it seems that Allah has been defeated in the challenge thrown to Him by the Eblis, Satan, that he will make most of the mankind disobedient to Him i.e. defy His sovereignty. It also seems that Allah's sovereignty is lost forever and there is no hope. But no. There are certain indications that this will not be the future. Firstly, the Qur'an declares the Last Messenger of Allah as Rahmat-ullel-Alameen, literally the blessing for all the people from Allah.2 He is the blessing for all those who accept the way of life brought by him, implement it in their lives and benefit from it. By this declaration Allah informs us that people who will guide their lives by the way of life sent through him will live in security, justice, prosperity, happiness and peace literally Islam. That is how the Messenger of Allah is Allah's blessing for all the peoples. Since Allah declared that he is a blessing for all the peoples, a time must come when all the peoples of the world will accept the way of life (Deen) sent through him. Otherwise the title of the blessing for all the mankind, Rahmat-ullel-Alameen, becomes unfulfilled and meaningless, which is impossible. And for that to happen, the Dajjal must perish. Secondly, the Messenger of Allah predicted- "For as long as Allah wills, Nabuat (meaning himself) will be present among you; then it will be lifted. Then will prevail 'Khelafat' in the footsteps of Nabuat that will last so long as Allah wills. After it will
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come Mulkan (monarchy) which again will last for as long as Allah wills. It will be followed by Jabariyat (rule of force).1 After that Khelafat in the pattern of Nabuat will return.2 The chronology of this narration is truly amazing! It is beyond any doubt that the first two phases narrated in this Hadis took place in exactly that manner. The third phase of it too, is history. During the Umayyad period, the hitherto Khelafat was turned into monarchy for all practical purposes, although the title of Khelafat was retained for political as well as deceptory purposes. Monarchy was the prevalent system of government the world over during that time and the Islamic Empire joined their ranks albeit under a different name. This situation continued for the next several hundred years. With the birth of the Dajjal 474 years ago the myriad monarchies gradually began to lose ground to various isms and cracies all around the world one by one. The era of Jabariyat, rule of 'might is right' predicted by the Messenger started with the birth of the Dajjal in 1537 which is continuing till now. The good news is that this too will come to an end soon and then Enshallah the Khelafat in pattern of Nabuyat i.e. the true Islam will return. And this will soon come with the destruction of the Dajjal at the hands of Isa (as). Thirdly, in yet another Hadis, the Messenger of Allah states - 'Glad tidings! Glad tidings! The compare of my Ummah is with the rain where it is difficult to ascertain whether the beginning is better or the end of it. How can the Ummah with me at the beginning, Mahdi in the middle and Isa at the end be destroyed? But as for those in between, they are not mine, nor am I theirs.'3 It is apparent from this Hadis that during the Akheri Zamanah or the Last Hour in the Bible, the people of the Ummah will become like the Ummah at the time of the Messenger of Allah. Although belonging to two very different phases in time, their similarities in character will be such that even the founder of their Ummah, the Messenger of Allah himself will have difficulty in deciding which one is better. Shukar Alhamdolellah. Another clear truth that emerges from this Hadis, one that we, Hezbut Tawheed have been reiterating over and over again trying relentlessly to persuade people to realize and face very stiff resistance from all, especially the Olema class of this distorted version of Islam, suffer humiliation and persecution for speaking aloud this one truth is that, from about 60-70 years after the Rasul Allah's departure to the coming of the Mahdi (as) in the hopefully not so distant future this so called Moslem population are Moslems in name only, they do not belong to the Rasul Allah and he does not belong to them. If they are not his people and he does not consider himself to be theirs, then where does that leave this population? On what grounds can one then possibly claim to remain Mo'men, Moslem or Ummat-eMohammadi? None. It is not because they no longer believe in the existence and Oneness of Allah but because they have subjugated to the doctrine of the Dajjal, to the sovereignty of man and adhere to it wholeheartedly. Almost similar circumstances were prevalent in the Arabia of 1400 years ago, when the Messenger of Allah made his appearance. The Arabs of old had as much faith in the existence of Allah and His Oneness as we do today; maintained that He is the
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Creator, the Sustainer and the Controller of all.1 They held Ebrahim (as) in very high place as a Messenger from Allah, believed themselves belonging to Ebrahim's (as) nation, accepted the Kaaba reconstructed by Ebrahim (as) as the House of Allah, offered their prayers facing the Kaaba as taught by him; observed the rituals centering Kaaba at the yearly pilgrimage of Hajj and the lesser Hajj, the Umrah; sacrificed animals at the Kaaba; observed the month of Ramadan as the month of fasting and practiced circumcision of their sons as taught by Ebrahim (as). They invoked the blessings of Allah before starting anything new as we do today, used to write the name of Allah before writing deeds and other important documents like marriages etc. They used to write Besmeka Allahumma (with your name Allah) almost similar to our writing Besmellaher Rahmaner Rahim (With the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful." If so where is the difference between the people among whom the Messenger came to establish Tawheed and this so called Moslem population of today? If the question arises that they worshipped idol and the present populace called Moslem doesn't, the answer is that the Moshreqs of Arab did not believe those idols to be Allah, the Creator or even the Sustainer of the world. Allah himself testified to this fact in the ayats quoted earlier. In these ayats Allah supplied answers to the question He instructs the Rasul Allah to ask the Arabs. What then was the significance of these idols to them? They believed those to be near and dear ones of the Almighty and worshipped them for two definite reasons. Firstly as they purported these idols to be close and near to Allah, they believed He would grant their wishes if they would intercede on their behalf for example-relief from illness, profit in business; dalliance from danger, misfortune etc. and the likes. Regarding this, Allah states, "They worship beside Allah which neither hurteth them nor profiteth them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah".2 Secondly, as the Arabs took the idols to be close and near to Allah, they imagined worshipping these would bring them closer to Allah himself, help them in gaining the 'Qurbiyah' -'proximity' of Allah. In this regard also Allah states "And those who choose protecting friends besides him say: we worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah.3 Therefore, it can be safely said that the Arabs worshipped the idols for two purposes, one was temporal and the other was spiritual. At no point did the Arabs hold their idols in the similar positions of esteem or importance as Allah. The question which now arises is that what differences can be perceived between the so called 'Muslim' population of today that follow the convenient rituals of their faith, consider themselves to be Mo'men, Moslem, Ummat-e-Mohammadi, expect to be placed in paradise after death, and the then Arabs to whom Allah sent His Messenger to bring back to Hedayah, the right path? Let's try to make this subject clearer. There is no doubt that the religion of Islam rests on five pillars (1) Kalema (2) Salah (3) Zakah (4) Hajj (5) Saom. Those who believe in these issues and observe them in their lives are called Mo'men, Moslem and Ummat-e-Mohammadi.
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Now let us gauge the differences of the Moslems now and those Arabs of 1400 years back. (1) KALEMA- the so called Moslem population of today believe that Allah is one, the Ma'bud, the Creator, the Sustainer, the Cherisher, All-knowing, Allpowerful, Compassionate, Merciful- to name some of His Attributes. The Arabs of that time used to believe the same things. (2) SALAH- The Moshreqs of Arabia used to say their daily prayers facing the Kaaba only in a different way as taught by Ebrahim (as), just as the Moslems of today do; history affirms this. After searching far and wide for their lost son, the family of Zayd (RA), freed-man and later adopted son of Rasul Allah, reached Makkah and learnt that he was in the care of one named Mohammad who was claiming to be a Messenger of Allah. Upon enquiring where they would find this man, they were told to go to the Kaaba and look for the man, saying his prayer separately from all others. That would be Muhammad (s.a.s). This proves that the Moshreqs of Makkah used to offer congressional prayers, though it was different from the Salah of today. They practiced Salah taught by Ebrahim (as). The process of Salah taught by the Messenger of Allah came later. (3) ZAKAH- The spirit of charity, of alms-giving from one's own earning was very much prevalent among the Arab Moshreqs. The story of the benevolent Hatem Tai is remembered even today. With the coming of Islam, Allah regulated the eclectic, irregular charity to a fixed 2.5% to be spent on various needful areas. (4) HAJJ- There is no doubt that Moshreq Arabia practiced the yearly pilgrimage of Hajj with much devotion and fervor throughout history. The sites, month, date and rituals were almost identical to the present Hajj. (5) SAOM- The month of Ramadan was observed as the month of fasting for Moshreq Arabia as well. What then are the differences between the Moshreq Arabs and the so called Moslems of today? If a Messenger from Allah was needed to bring them to the right path, what of now? The answer would be that despite all their 'Ebadat', belief in the Oneness of Allah, in His Existence, belief in Kaaba as the House of Allah, offering Salah, giving in charity to win His pleasure, performing Hajj and Fasting throughout the month of Ramadan- the Arabs were Moshreqs for the single reason that the sovereignty of Allah was absent in their Aqidah (concept) and society. They accepted the sovereignty of the custodian/guardians of the Kaaba, the Qurayesh. Their 'Deen', their way of life was acceptance of the decision of the Qurayesh as law. As today the sovereignty of the whole mankind belongs to the Dajjal and its Deen (the way of life) are the manmade cracies and isms. The Moslem population of our times also believe in the Existence and Oneness of Allah, offer prayers and give in charity and Zakah to please their Maker, perform Hajj and 'Tawaf' of the Kaaba with reverence, fast during the month of Ramadan and circumcise their own in accordance with the teachings of the Deen, yet in an exact replica of the Arab scenario, they have forsaken the sovereignty of Allah and accepted the Dajjal's system of human sovereignty at the national, collective level. One of the main reasons for this fatal error has been the substitution of Ma'bud for 'Elah' in the Kalema 'La Elaha Ella Allah', for which, despite all their good 63
deeds, all their Ebadat, they remained Moshreq. This was why a Messenger from Allah had to be sent to the Arabs in order to bring them back into the folds of sovereignty of the Maker. The call of the last Messenger of Allah to the Makkans gathered at the foot of the mount Safa was not any other than- say (believe) 'La Elaha Ella Allah'. If the actual meaning of the Kalema was 'One to be worshipped', would not his call have been redundant? Because the Arab Moshreqs were already evolved in His 'Ebadat' in way of saying regular prayers in the Masjadul Haram facing Kaaba, paying charity in way of Allah, performing yearly Hajj and observing fast in the month of Ramadan. Also it was not to please their idols, gods or goddesses that they took so much initiative either: it was to earn the pleasure of the Maker Himself, as 'Ebadat' for Him. The reasons for their worshipping of idols have also been clarified by Allah Himself in the Qur'an.1 Therefore it is clear that from the time of the first Messenger Adam (as) to the final Messenger of Allah there has been only Kalema they all have called their people to, 'and not "La Ma'bud Ella Allah- there is none to be worshipped other than Allah". Adam (as) to the Last Messenger none have come with any other Kalema than the "La Elaha Ella Allah - there is none to be obeyed other than Allah". No other attribute of His has been mentioned in the Qur'an as the key word in the Kalema either except Elah which means He who is to be obeyed. Of course it is very true that there is no Ma'bud (he who is to be worshipped), but it is not the Kalema, the foundation of the Deen. It is the Kalema of 'La Elaha Ella Allah' that a non-Moslem needs to utter and to believe and act accordingly to convert himself into a Moslem. Interestingly, we are to offer Ebadat towards the entity that orders it. If there was no direct order to engage in various forms of Ebadat there were no need for us to carry these out. Therefore, the command comes first, the execution of it later.2 Elah (who is to be obeyed) commands to worship which is being obeyed, so the Elah comes first and the Ma'bud later. Elah and Ma'bud are entirely two different words and carrying different meanings. As a result of the wrongful interpretation of the basic tenet, millions of beautiful mosques are being built to offer their devotion, there is no dearth of people performing the Hajj, paying-alms or fasting throughout the month of Ramadan. Beside these compulsory Ebadat, tons of personal acts of piety and devotion are being performed and some directives regarding the personal life are also being adhered from the Qur'an. But apart from the personal lives of the people, at the national, collective level, no law, no rule, no order-direct or indirect are being obeyed or paid any heed to, in short Allah is accepted as the Ma'bud only, not as the Elah. When it comes to the national, collective aspect of life, this population adheres to the doctrine of the Dajjal of the Judeo-Christian materialistic civilization and this is exactly what the Dajjal demands of the masses. Therefore, they no longer remain within the realm of the Deen, far removed from the foundation. The sovereignty of Allah established after a lifetime of struggle of the Messenger of Allah has again been relegated to oblivion and in its place now reigns the sovereignty of the Dajjal's
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doctrine, the sovereignty of man. The entire mankind today lay prostrate in 'Sajda' at the feet of the Dajjal. That his Ummah would fall to such depths was known to the Messenger of Allah in one Hadis, he states You will follow your predecessors to the extent that if you see them entering a snake or reptiles cave, you will follow them into it - when asked- "Ya Rasul Allah! Will it be the Jews and Christians who will be followed?" He answered, "Who else?"1 Therefore, it comes as no surprise that he disassociates himself from the Moslem people of the present, of the huge lot between the times of himself and the Mahdi (as). But the good news is despite the fact that his Ummah has become de-facto follower of the Dajjal, it will not be destroyed and a time will come when things will again become the way they are supposed to be. His Ummah will rise again and Enshallah among them will come forth people similar to the companions of the Messenger of Allah so much so that it will be difficult even for him to decide which is better of the two! Shukur Alhamdolellah. Fourth reason Once Abu Obaydah (ra) inquired of the Messenger- "O Messenger of Allah! Can there be people better than us, who have accompanied you in such difficult Jehad?" The Messenger of Allah replied-"During the Akheri Zamana (the Last Hour) will come people whose honor and prestige will be lot higher than yours". Abu Obaydah stared in amazement and enquired "Why will their honor be so high?" The Messenger of Allah replied, "I am with you, but will not be with them".2 There are same important things to be taken note of in this Hadis. First is the person who enquired these. He was none other than the distinguished companion, Abu Obaydah (ra), the person on whom the Messenger of Allah bestowed his own title of 'Al-Amin' or 'Amin-ul-Millat' as he came to be known as later; who lost several of his front teeth trying to extricate the metal pieces of the helmet lodged in the Messenger's head at the Battle of Ohud. As the commander of the Islamic army Abu Obaydah (ra) conquered and brought under the banner of Islam the greater part of northern Iraq. The second point to ponder is what this person is asking about. He asked if any person could be better than those who took part in-difficult, strenuous Jehad alongside the Messenger of Allah. The question was not if anyone could be better than those who prayed along with the Messenger, fasted as he did, paid Zakah or even made the pilgrimage with him. The very question reveals what the Messenger and his followers considered as most important Amal (deed) next to the faith itself. Abu Obaydah didn't say, we have participated with you in the prayers, Hajj, in fasting and many other pious deeds; He didn't mention any of those which the present day Moslems are so busy with instead he mentioned Jehad, which the present day Moslems have not only forsaken, but actually are against. However, from Abu Obaydah's question it becomes quite clear as regards to what the Messenger of Allah deemed most important and from the answer he gave to Abu Obaydah, no doubt remains that the Ummah of the last Messenger shall rise again, their 'Aqidah' concept of the Deen will be restored to the correct form so that they will be able to claim their rightful role. But for this to happen, the prerequisite is
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that they have to acquire the qualities of the Sahabas (Messenger's companions) and act like them. The only difference between these two groups, the early and the latter will be the presence and absence of the Messenger of Allah; this means he was there with the first Mo'mens but will not be present with these of the Akheri Zamana. But in every other quality, in 'Aqidah', Iman, readiness to sacrifice wealth and life to establish Allah's Deen on the earth, iron like unity, in discipline, obedience and Hejrat (forsaking everything in way of Allah), in all of these traits, they need to be like the 'sahabis' or companions of the Messenger. All being same the presence and absence of the Messenger of Allah will cause the position of the later Mo'mens to be higher than those of the companions. From this various Hadis, we are able to ascertain that the present scenario will change; not only distorted but in fact the opposite Deen that is being practiced in the name of Islam today will be brought back to the original form of the Deen-ul-Islam, Deen-ul-Haq, as revealed to the Last Messenger of Allah. This populace will once again emerge from the 'fisk' (disobedience), 'Sherk' (polytheism), 'kufr' (disbelief), 'zulm' (wrong doing), 'monafeki' (hypocrisy) and the curse that it is submerged in, and will become true Mo'men, Moslem and Ummat-e-Mohammadi [the nation of Mohammad (s.a.s)] and restart working on the responsibility left on them by the Messenger of Allah to fulfill his unfinished mission. Ensha-Allah, that day is not far off.
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ACTUAL EBADAT IN THE last chapter, I have tried to detail the consequences arising from the changing of the meaning of the 'Kalema' 'La Elaha Ella Allah' to 'La Ma'bud Ella Allah'. In the collective national lives of mankind, all the directives, orders and prohibition ascribed by Allah Himself have been rejected and set aside while the Dajjal has been accepted as the Elah with its prescribed doctrine implemented in all major issues. On the other hand, in their personal lives these people offer Salah (prayer), Saom, (fasting, self restrain), perform Hajj give in charity and consider themselves to be performing swaleha good deeds, and live in complacency that the doors of Jannah (paradise) await them. Now let us see what Allah understands by Ebadat and what Ebadat does He actually expect from us? The correct meaning of Ebadat is- the performance of the very job any particular object has been created for. The sun has been created to generate light and heat and that is what it is doing from the time of its creation, this is how it is performing its Ebadat. Similarly Allah has created the earth to facilitate the growth of plants, trees, crops, flowers etc and it is diligently carrying out its Ebadat since its creation. Similarly water, fire, electricity, light etc. all creation are carrying out their respective responsibilities without a seconds break, hence they all conform to their own forms of Ebadat. The same rule applies to all man-made objects; every object carries out the specific duty it is created to accomplish. The motor car, for example is built as a means of transport for people from place to place, to do it is its Ebadat. Electricity has been produced to run various electrical appliances like radio, television, computer etc., and all the various appliances perform Ebadat by perfectly doing what each is manufactured for. The only difference between the things created by Allah and those manufactured by human beings is that humans need raw materials to manufacture things and Allah doesn't need anything. When He wants to create something He just commands, "Be, and there it is."1 Now let us try to find out what Allah created man for. Once we know it we will understand what our true Ebadat is. This entire universe including the 'Malayeks' or Angels were created long before Adam was. When He announced before them His will to place His 'Khalifa' on the earth,2 they objected in union; however paying no heed to them, Allah went ahead and created Adam anyway3 which makes Adam and us, his descendants, all 'Khalifas' of the Maker, therefore it is important to understand the meaning of 'Khalifa' and 'Khelafat' clearly. The literal meaning of the word Khalifa is 'vicegerent'; holder of delegated authority, ambassadors, regional governor of a sovereign.4 If someone wants to have his works done by somebody else and appoints him as his representative, agent with necessary authorities then that appointed person becomes his Khalifa. If a spiritual guide and teacher (peer) for
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some reason wants to delegate his powers to some chosen disciples to guide and teach his disciples (Murids) on his behalf he appoints them as his Khalifas, his representatives. The condition is that person will disperse the 'peer' or shayekhs teachings in exactly the same manner as the 'peer' himself does, without adding or subtracting any from the original teachings. Therefore, a Khalifa is someone appointed by the peer to act on his behalf among his disciples. If however, this same Khalifa were to deviate from the peer's teaching according to his own liking, adding or subtracting at his fancy, but verbally declaring his peer's authority, would then the peer still tolerate him as his Khalifa? Another example may be sited here. Suppose an Emperor of a vast kingdom appoints a chosen person as governor of a specific region, in which case, the governor as the Emperor's viceroy would carry out his executive order to rule that area. This governor is the Khalifa i.e. representative of the sovereign emperor. He would be supplied with all necessary guidelines in law and order, economy, penal code etc. to ensure that things run exactly as they would under the Emperor himself. In short, the governor would have no independent authority to alter any of the Emperor's directives. If however, the governor chooses to disregard the Emperor's orders in lieu of which he imposes his own ideas and regulations, yet avowing to the Emperor's authority and sovereignty as lip-service; would then the Emperor still retain his appointment? Or acknowledge him as his viceroy? Logically thinking he would be recalled to the capital, stripped of his post and punished. While in power, the governor might still proclaim the authority of the Emperor, bow five times daily in reverence before him but for the very reason that he changed the entire system of the Emperor's rule, he would be removed from office and punished for violating and undermining the Emperor's sovereignty. Therefore, to relegate one's own responsibility on someone else is to bestow 'Khelafat' or vice-regency on him and that appointed person is the Khalifa. The chosen Khalifa of Allah on this earth is Adam (as) and consequently we, his descendants. In the Qur'an, Allah affirms that Adam (as) was placed as the vicegerent on the earth only.1 Then as the Khalifa of Allah on this earth what are the duties of mankind? What are the responsibilities? Simply put, the responsibility of Bani Adam is to do what the Creator would have done Himself had He not placed His vicegerent on the earth. What would Allah have done on this earth had He not put His representative or Khalifa here? The answer is that He would have ruled and administrated this world as He rules and administrates His vast creation, the universe. For the earth, however, He chose to delegate this responsibility to man. So to rule and administrate the affairs of this world on His behalf is the duty and responsibility of the Khalifa i.e. mankind. Now, how man will do it? To this end, Allah supplied a complete set of directions, inclusive of all aspects of regulation that He Himself would have used if He were to govern this earth Himself. He supplied these guidelines and instructed mankind to regulate their lives with it; as this would be the Ebadat they were created to perform.2
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This entire universe of the Maker is regulated by a strict code of discipline; each creation carries out the specific job it has been ordained without a moments interruption or hesitation. Among all of Allah's creations there is not one object that possesses even an atomic weight of self-will or will-power. But with the creation of Adam for the first time Allah created something that could break this discipline for this new creation was in possession of something so extra ordinary that not one from His entire universe full of creation were gifted with. Allah blew from His soul into Man,1 and this the latest creation rose far higher in rank than any of the others, became the "Ashraf-ul-Makhlukat- the most honored in the whole creation"; for along His soul came one and all of His sifats or attributes including that of free will which no other creation had any idea about. Allah's sifats or attributes are endless but what was transferred to man with the breath was everything in very small amounts; a small drop from the ocean, incomparable or entirely insignificant in comparison to the mighty ocean itself, but still a drop from the same source, of the same chemical composition. The reason why He blew into Adam from His soul which contains every attribute of His, though in infinitesimal quantity is that it is necessary that to function properly a representative, agent, a Khalifa must have the same type of power and authority as the employer. He regards the breathing from His soul into Adam as His trust (Amanat) to Man.2 Now we see that Allah is first and foremost the only Elah, the only one to be obeyed and the only Ma'bud, only one to be worshipped, that is to be served. First comes the acceptance of Him as the Elah, only sovereignty, and then come to serve Him (Ebadat) by governing this world on His behalf by His rules, regulations, laws, and orders. When this is carried out properly, man does the job he was created for, performing the actual Ebadat (service) expected from him. The result of changing the meaning of the word 'Elah' (He, who is to be obeyed) in the Kalema into 'Ma'bud' (He, who is to be worshipped, served), is that the huge population called Moslems but de facto Kafer (disbeliever, rejecter), Moshreq (polytheist), fasek (disobedient), zalem (wrong doer), Monafeq (hypocrite) and hence cursed by Allah, Malayeks (angels) and people. Furthermore, man has not remained a believer in Elah or Ma'bud either as he has accepted the Dajjal as his Elah and Ma'bud in his collective life. Let us observe what in mans concept Ebadat is that they are so busy with. As man was appointed the Khalifa of Allah, it is taken that they were to govern this earth according to the rules, regulations and directives provided by the Maker himself. This is the real Ebadat (service). However, to this present populace Ebadat is to recite Kalema with wrong meaning of the word Elah, to say prayers, to pay Zakah, to perform Hajj and to fast in the month of Ramadan. In doing these they are thinking that they are performing proper Ebadat and are very good Moslems. Yet in the true sense, to serve Allah is to work as His Khalifa by doing things on His behalf; so, as Allah's Khalifa, His vice gerent, if Khelafat is their Ebadat - then the question now arises is does Allah say prayer (namaz), pay Zakah (poor-due), perform Hajj, observe Saom (roza), or get up in middle of the night to say Tahajjud prayers? Is He in the practice of these or any other good deed that this population thinks of as Ebadat? Needless to say, He doesn't. All these good deeds do not fall within the category of real Ebadat, i.e. Khelafat. What then are these if not Ebadat? These are
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the practices He has ordered as mandatory so that the entire Ummah reaches a uniform level of discipline. Allah in His infinite wisdom has outfitted His Deen, His way of life with all possible solution and ramifications involving all facets of life, otherwise this Deen would not be complete and perfect. Allah affirms,- 'I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favors upon you.'1 Therefore there are solutions for all facets of human life in His Deen.2 Take for instance Salah (namaz), which is congregational by nature and solitary circumstantially, designed to install a combination of unity, discipline, obedience, alertness, and readiness to struggle and fight to uphold the truth in case of aggression from outside. Similarly, the issue of wealth and resources management is a very important factor in human existence, a sound, reliable system is imperative to ensure that there is no gross monetary inequality or injustice within the society. So, He has ordained Zakah as income tax, a system based entirely on fast, distribution of combined wealth. The primary goals of Hajj are the assessment of situations around the world, to find out what specific problems are in any given region and to ascertain the proper measures to be taken to take care of those. The other major objective of Hajj is to serve as rehearsal for the Day of Judgment when all souls will be called upon to answer for their time on earth. Last but not least is the practice of Saom-keeping in mind that man is a collective unit of body and soul, a process for the purification and enhancement of the soul is devised by means of the month of fasting. The meaning of the word Saom is selfrestraint. It should be noted that four out of the five pillars of the Deen, the system of life are concerned with collective life; only one, the Saom (self-restraint) is purely personal. What is being practiced today in the name of Ebadat by the Gomrah- diverted populations is not the actual Ebadat of Khelafat; it is the measures by which the Deen is supposed to be established and remain effective in society. The actual Ebadat is to govern this world in His place in accordance with the Deen, system of life as revealed by Allah. This population is not only crores of miles away from this actual Ebadat; they are headed in exactly the opposite direction. In accepting the Dajjal's system of human sovereignty, they are faseq-disobedient to Allah and in implementing the Dajjal's way of life rejecting that sent by Allah, they turned into worshippers of the Dajjal instead of Allah. Little does this huge population of praying, alms-giving, hajji and fasting people realize that firstly, they committed the greatest mistake by interchanging Ma'bud for Elah in the Kalema-e-Tawheed, but with the implementation of the Dajjal's word in their collective life, they have strayed far from the Ma'bud of their concept also, as such the Almighty Allah (is) no longer remains either the Elah or the Ma'bud for this people.3 I am not sure if I have been able to clearly portray the concept of Ebadat for which He has created the mankind. The meaning of the Ebadat He has stated in the Qur'an is "I have not created the Jinn (invisible beings) and men to any end other than that
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they may worship (Ebadat) Me"1; that is to accept Him as the only being to be obeyed and then to act as His representative on earth, administrate and govern by His laws, rules and regulations. The precondition of performing real Ebadat is establishment of the Deen-ul-Huq (the true way of life) based on the sovereignty of Allah. This is non-existent in the present world, so there is no real Ebadat anywhere in the world, even the Hezbut Tawheed which believes in the sovereignty of Allah has not being able to start the real Ebadat for which mankind has been created.
The Qur'an- Sura Dhariyat-56.
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A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Hadis- "Those who resist and confront the cursed Dajjal, their honor, prestige and reward will be the same as the Shaheed (martyrs) of Badr and Ohud."-Abu Horayra (RA), Bokhari, Moslem. The entire episode of the Dajjal is extremely important, especially so because no other event in the history of mankind can compare to the magnitude of this one event, this has been certified by the Messenger of Allah himself. This particular Hadis bears special message, good tidings for us, the people of the present day, also it contains some extraordinary points to be noted. The highest reward among the Mo'mens of this Deen has been retained for martyrs (Shaheeds), for no sooner does their soul leave the body than the highest paradise is granted to them. The highest position of prestige is also reserved for them as it is not allowed to refer to them as dead people, though they do not walk on this earth anymore. Besides these, there are some other specialties bestowed on them that Allah has not even granted His Messengers, let alone the general Mo'mens, either, e.g. there is no need to bathe or enshroud them in the traditional 'kafon' for burial, they have been exempted from the janaza or pre-burial prayer and also from the interrogation by the Malayeks in the grave. These rewards, recognition and honor belong only to the league of Shaheeds, those who embrace death to establish His Deen, His way of life on this earth. About the people who will confront and resist the Dajjal it is to be noted that1) They will be awarded the rewards of the Shahadat (martyrdom) besides the specialties mentioned above without sacrificing their lives. 2) They will be awarded the honor and reward of not one but two Shaheeds. In no other instance is there any provision of reward of two Shaheeds for one person.1 3) Those who will resist and confront the Dajjal will receive the rewards of not only two general Shaheeds, but one of the battle of Badr and the other of the battle of Ohud. 4) The Shaheeds of the battles of Badr and Ohud are recognized as those of the highest honor among all others, because Tawheed, Deen-ul-huq could not have been established on this earth had the Messenger of Allah lost either of these two battles. The Messenger of Allah said to those who returned from the battleground of Badr'Do what you please, for paradise is granted to you.'2 This was to those who returned victorious; those who were martyred must surely have received so much higher positions. And those to resist the Dajjal will receive the rewards and honor of not the living warrior, but the Shaheeds of the first battles of Islam! Not only of the Badr, but the reward and honor of Badr and Ohud combined.
There is a Hadis narrated from Umme Haram (ra) where it is stated that those who give up their lives in naval warfare will receive the rewards of two Shaheeds. This Hadis, however is not taken as a sahih one, but Hasan, its source is Sunane abu daud. Even if this Hadis is true, the two Shahadat (Martyrdom) are not Shahadat of Badr or Ohud. Hadis, from Abu Horairah (ra)-Bokhari.
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One might wonder why Allah would choose to favor these people (who resist Dajjal) with such unimaginable reward. The answer is quite simple, actually it is a matter of prestige for Allah, the challenge Eblis threw at Him, of winning or losing in this challenge. Around the world today, the Dajjal has overthrown Allah's sovereignty, His authority and replaced it with the Eblis' doctrine, human sovereignty. The Dajjal has effectively rejected the Maker as Rub- Lord, of His own creation and gotten away with this too. Excepting a tiny portion among this huge mass of people there is none today to speak up for Allah's sovereignty- and the Dajjal spares no end to label this group as terrorist and wipe them off the face of this earth. For this reason, the reward they are to receive from their Lord is so great. 5) In the Afterlife, Shaheeds from all times will be the envy of all people, and those who resist the Dajjal will surely be the envy of the general Shaheeds themselves! Envy of even of the Shaheeds of the Badr and the Ohud. For every Shaheed will enjoy the rewards of the particular Shahadat he/she achieved. The Shaheed of the Badr will get the reward and honor of the Shahadat at the Badr and the Shaheed of the Ohud will get the reward and honor of the Shahadat at the Ohud. The Shaheed of Badr will not get the reward of the Shahadat at Ohud or viceversa. Only those who resist and repel the Dajjal will be awarded the honor, prestige and reward for the Shahadats at the Badr and the Ohud combined. In all of Islam, there is no good deed, no other action for which the rewards are so unimaginable, stupendous. It also by far surpasses the reward and honor of the general Shaheeds. This opportunity par excellence, has eluded all the Messengers and their Ummahs because the Dajjal did not appear in their times. The Dajjal is here now, at this present time and with its destruction at the hand of Isa (as) it will never surface again, some 474 years have passed since its birth and now it had reached the height of maturity; so it is safe to say that Isa (as) is not long in coming either. Once the destruction of the Dajjal is complete, the opportunity to achieve these rewards will forever be lost to mankind. In the millions of years of human existence it is us, the people of the present day, for whom this small window in time is open. We are the people who witness the Dajjal, so they who rise amongst us to the occasion, to resist and confront the Dajjal, only they will be the fortunate ones to reap this golden harvest. Like I have stated earlier, the honor, prestige and reward for those who stand against the Dajjal is unparalleled in the history of Islam; it is much, much higher than those for other Shaheeds and even the Messengers. What could be the reasons in the elaborate scheme of things that warrant rewards of such magnitude? The principal reason is that the Dajjal wants to displace Allah from the position of sovereignty (Ulluhiyah) and occupy His place. Today the Creator holds no position of authority over the collective lives of the peoples of the world; for this reason those who strive to the limits of endurance and perseverance with their lives and their wealth, they are to receive rewards higher than any other among the entire mankind. The Dajjal's call to mankind is to reject the Deen, way of life from Allah and opt for its doctrine in the collective lives e.g. in economy, politics, penal code, education, administration in shorts every aspect of collective life. 73
The one area the Dajjal does not object to is the personal and private acts of worship, people can pray all they want in mosques, pagodas, churches, temples, and synagogues, remember their Allah, Eshwar, God, Eli, Buddha, and all their gods and goddesses to their hearts' content as long as it does not interfere with any state or administrative activities. The collective social lives of humans must be devoid of all one and all of the Creators directives, no rules and regulations of the Maker may have any bearing on the political, administrative sides of the society, it can have no influence on the law, penal code, education, economy, or any other facet. Instead, one and all directive of the Dajjal must reign supreme what the Dajjal sees fit must be obeyed this is the claim of the giant. As per the Dajjal's demand, all of mankind,1 inclusive of some 150 million plus Moslem population2 today has accepted its doctrine to govern their collective lives with; as a result there is no place on earth where the sovereignty of Allah is effective. Monarchy, socialism, democracy, communism, fascism, are all different forms of the Dajjal's system. After severe conflicts and clashes among these isms and cracies, democracy has emerged as the forerunner. The Judeo-Christian Civilization i.e. the Dajjal has adopted the democracy as their way of life and it is going to all lengths to impose it on the rest of the world. Had Hitler's fascism come out as the victor in Second World War, fascism would have been the order of the day in the world and democracy and communism would have been relegated to the inferior position just as fascism and communism are today. Following the fall of fascism with Hitler's defeat, democracy and communism remained at loggerheads for many, long years, from 1947 to 1991. When communism too, met its demise in 1991, capitalist democracy came out as the sole contender with the whole world at its feet. During the entire duration of the Cold War from after Second World War till the fall of communism, the only deterrent that prevented an all out war was the nuclear bombs; for both sides knew only too well that were they to use it first, their own destruction too was inevitable. With communism and fascism out of the way, capitalist democracy is the sovereign in most countries of the world and this power aims to replace the Maker's sovereignty with that of itself in places where they are still holding out against it. As a result of the non-stop barrage of propaganda in the print and electronic media, in discussions, speeches, and system of education, this kufr (disbelief) is now accepted as the truth in almost every corner of this world. Wherever a country or people refuse to accept this falsehood, the Dajjal counters with the cessation of business activities with them, imposes economic sanctions in an effort to inflict financial tribulation on them. If this works, well and good, otherwise they are treated with even tougher embargoes to compel them into accepting the Dajjal's way.3 In cases where even sanctions and embargoes do not bring the desired effect and the people do not accept man's sovereignty the Dajjal's forces do not hesitate to conduct military expeditions into their territory and force them into subjugation. Such expeditions cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilian men, women and innocent children, the old and the infirm, cause city after city to be
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See Hadis XIII and XIV in the chapter 'Identity of the Dajjal'. See Hadis XII in the chapter 'Identity of the Dajjal'. See Hadis VIII in the chapter 'Identity of the Dajjal'.
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destroyed, razed to the ground, hundreds of villages to be burnt down and leave millions disabled from cluster bombs. Yet these are not considered inhumane or unjust, all atrocities, killing, destruction and demolition in the name of warfare are very neatly labelled as collateral damage, as something quite casual that happens in wartime, not to be taken very seriously. After everything is said and done, it is not surprising that Allah reserves the highest reward and honor for those who will come forward and uphold the banner of the sovereignty of Allah ready to sacrifice their lives and their wealth without hesitation against this giant, the Dajjal so mighty that it grips the earth in its hand. The reward and the honor Allah reserves for these valiant men and women, He has not retained for anybody including His Messengers because none of His Messengers had the opportunity to face the Dajjal, they did not have to confront or resist this one fearsome entity whose might, influence and power enshrouds all the land and the waters of this earth. We know from the Messenger of Allah that this unprecedented giant with all its power and might will be totally destroyed by Jesus [Isa (as.)], a Messenger of Allah on his second coming to this earth and the sovereignty of the Creator will reign supreme all over the world.1 Those who are born at this critical age in the history of mankind, witness the the Dajjals reign, yet do not avail this opportunity of earning the highest reward and honor from Allah by resisting and confronting this cursed giant will be the most unfortunate people from the beginning to the end of the time.
Haids: Moslem from Abdallah ibn Omar (Ra), Moslem and Tirmizee from Nawas ibn Sa'man (Ra), Ahmed and Meshkat from Mekdad (Ra) etc.
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The Messenger of Allahs prophecy turns into reality

The question that now arises is, have those to receive the honor and prestige of two shahadats made their appearance on earth or not? Firstly, during the course of this book, I have approved beyond any doubt that the present day Judeo-Christian materialistic `civilization is indeed the Dajjal described in allegorical references and details by the Messenger of Allah. And there are people who have realized this truth and are working very hard to bring this fact before the world. To resist the Dajjal is to bring its true face to light before the people of this world. For once people realize the actual character of this deceiving civilization, they are bound to reject and repel it. These people are engaged in a tireless effort to achieve this very aim. Today the entire mankind, along with its huge population of Moslems has succumbed to the Dajjals claim to be the lord and blindly adhere to it, because they fail to recognize it for what it actually is. Were people to know that this very Dajjal is the usurper of Allahs sovereignty; they would surely not accept it as their lord and master and most definitely not accept its dominion. Therefore, the most effective means of rejecting the Dajjal is to make people aware of its true nature, its true character. It is this very job that this particular people, have made their lifes mission. This people are called the Hezbut Tawheed. From the time the Dajjal has been identified, it is only this group of people that is engaged in resisting it and thus these are the people whom the Messenger of Allah himself has referred to as beneficiaries of the prestige and honor of the two shaheeds. Let us try to make the topic clearer with the help of an example. Let us suppose that the Messenger of Allah foretold the coming during the Akheri Zamana of a group among his ummah to have three horns on their head and that it would be a sign of a Jannati group or people of the paradise. If a number of people with three horns were indeed to surface, would any doubt remain that they are the people referred to as the Jannati or heavenly group? Similarly, all over the world today people have forsaken the directives of the Almighty Allah in their national lives and instead lay in sajda at the Dajjals feet, govern themselves by the criteria set by the Dajjal, whole heartedly espouse the social, political, economic theories promulgated by it. In this scenario, it is only Hezbut Tawheed that has risen up to the task, identified the Dajjal for what it truly is and attempts to resist its influence with their utmost strength: is not then the Hezbut Tawheed, similar to that group of three horned people, worthy of the rights privileges of the martyrs of Badr and Uhud? Logically speaking, it makes complete sense, for further clarification, although for any sensible person, logic alone is enough to enforce belief or disbelief in any matter; let us take the definition of a martyr or shaheed provided by Allah- it too relates absolutely to the members of Hezbut Tawheed. In Sura Baqara: 154 Allah affirms, And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah: They are dead. No, they are living, although you perceive (it) not. And to stress further on this issue and make it clearer, Allah says, Think not of those who are slain in Allahs way as dead. No, they live finding their sustenance from their Lord.1 Many are of the opinion that the prohibition to refer to shaheeds or martyrs as dead is mark of respect; they are indeed dead. The reward for martyrs is the entry into
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Quran Sura Al Imran: 169
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paradise without any questioning and the order of not calling them dead is for respect; however this idea is not correct, because Allah has directly claimed shaheeds to be living if they were indeed dead and the declaration of calling them living were only as a mark of respect, then Allahs word would be false and that is not possible. Therefore, to call them living is not for honorary reasons alone, shaheeds are in fact living beings and as such have been forbidden by Allah to be referred to as dead. According to the Messenger of Allah, those who resist the Dajjal are the recipients of two shahadats and by Allahs definition shaheeds, martyrs are living beings. So the pertinent question that now looms large is, is there any direct proof of the Hezbut Tawheed members who resist the Dajjal as belonging to that category? The answer is yes, even this proof is provided by Allah. For it has been noticed that the bodies of Hezbut Tawheed members do not turn rigid after their demise, rather in keeping with the signs of shahadat martyrdom, their bodies remain soft and supple, e.g. life like. According to medical science, rigor mortise begins to set in a dead body within two and a half hours after expiring and over the next twelve hours it turns as hard as a piece of log. The body turns ice cold and remains in that rigid state for the next 12 hours before it starts to get softer again for decomposition to commence. In medical science, rigor mortise is the most definite proof of death: if it is observed in a body, it is believed to be dead and if it not present, the body is considered living. Furthermore, it is not confined to humans only; rigor mortise is the rule in all of the animal kingdom. However, we have noticed for quite some time now that, this infallible natural law is inoperative in the case of Hezbut Tawheed members. Their bodies neither turn rigid nor attain the ice like coldness, frigidity that is synonymous with death. In some cases, 27 hours have passed since demise but the apparent signs of death have still not shown. In another case, a grave of a Hezbut Tawheed member caved in 5 months after death but when people rushed to see what remained of the corpse to their utter disbelief the body had not decomposed and turn to dust: rather remained just as it was during burial. Some people who had known the deceased before opined that he looked more serene and beautiful than he did in life. What is more surprising is that all these members of Hezbut Tawheed had not given up their lives in battles to establish Allahs Deen on earth, some had expired of old age problems, some of sudden illness and others still in road accidents. These incidents are not one or two or sporadic, this is the rule for almost all Hezbut Tawheed supporters. We have collected witness accounts with signed and dated details that can be put forward if anyone wishes to them, Ensha-Allah. Medical science or forensics can offer no explanation for rigor mortise not occurring in a body, so the pertinent question that comes up is: what can possibly explain this science defying events? The only explanation is that the Almighty has accepted them all as shaheeds, martyrs for having resisted the Dajjal. Allah has referred to shadeeds as living and the Messenger of Allah has declared, Those who resist and confront the cursed Dajjal are recipients of the shahadats of Badr and Uhud.1 Therefore, by the decrees of Allah and His Messenger, those who resist the Dajjal of the Akheri
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Hadis - from Abu Horaira (RA) Bokhari, Moslem
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Zamanah, they are to remain immortal, they are to receive shahadat even while they live. In reality that is exactly what is happening, owing to their resistance of the Dajjal, they earn the prestige of two shahadats even if death apparently overtakes them, they remain immortal, living. For this reason alone, their bodies do not turn rigid in death, or turn ice cold as all other bodies do. In light of references of the Messenger of Allah, I have proved beyond any doubt during the course of this book that the present day Judeo Christian `civilization is indeed the Dajjal. However, for those who still have trouble accepting this fact, the miraculous events conveyed by Allah Himself should suffice. If what I have pinpointed as the Dajjal were indeed not so, then those who resist it would not have achieved shahadat, martyrdom either. Were the Dajjal to be a huge, yet to come giant or any other beings like us, then the signs of shahadat would not be manifest in the bodies of those who resist this Judeo Christian Civilization. The Dajjal described as the gravest danger ever to face mankind, about the tyranny and injustice of which every Nabi or Messenger from Allah from the time of Nooh (as), (Noah) has warned their people about, from the malaise (fetna) of which the Messenger of Allah himself has sought refuge with Allah is manifest in all its might before our eyes. It is the greatest challenge ever to face man, yet at the same time is it not the most golden opportunity for us to grasp? The Messenger of Allah has said, If I am present amongst you when the Dajjal shows itself, I myself would resist it with proof and testament. And if I am not here, then everyone of you are to resist it with proof and testament. In my place Allah Himself will be the Helper for every Momen.1 Therefore the foremost responsibility of the entire mankind today is to reject the Judeo Christian civilization e.g. the Dajjal and resist its influence. By the Grace of the Almighty, this is exactly what Hezbut Tawheed is doing and as reward for which Allah accepts them as martyrs of two shahadats this is what I have provided proof of. The Messenger of Allah has said the Dajjal will fling those who do not accept it as their lord to the throes of its hell, jahannam. This hadis too has been proved to the letter in the case of the members of this group. They have been subjected to untold persecution and harassment by the followers of Dajjal ranging from the lowest tier of society to the state level. They are labeled terrorists, detained by the law enforcing agencies on false allegations and subjected to inhumane torture in the name of interrogation. Some have ever been evicted from their ancestral homes, their belonging all looted and their houses burned to the ground. One man and one woman have even embraced martyrdom due to the cruel beatings of the villagers instigated by the religious clergies. In short, those who resist the Dajjal are effectively sent to its hell as foretold by the Messenger of Allah. For Hezbut Tawheed, this is cause for great rejoice for the Dajjals hell is heaven in reality.
Hadis - from Nawas Ibne Saman (Ra) Moslem, Meshkat.
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MAY ALLAH ACCEPT THIS BOOK OF MINE IN WHICH I HAVE REVEALED THE REAL IDENTITY OF THE DAJJAL FORETOLD BY THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH 1400 YEARS BACK, AS A FEEBLE ATTEMPT AT THE RESISTANCE AND CONFRONTATION AGAINST THE DAJJAL, THE JUDEO CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION THAT HAS USURPED HIS SOVEREIGNTY.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE DAJJALS EMERGENCE

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New Testament, Act-11:26.

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The Qur'an- Sura Araf-16, 17.

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The Qur'an- Sura Ankabut-14.

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IDENTITY OF THE DAJJAL

11th Hadis of this chapter.

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The Qur'an- Sura Baqara-213, Sura Yunus-19, Sura Nessa-1.

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OTHER HADIS CONCERNING THE DAJJAL

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