Dajjaal … Antichrist

Part 10

Let us continue our brief list of what Shaitan has been trying to achieve:

To oppose the True Islam, the One and Only Religion of Allah- i.e. the Religion of all Allah-Chosen Prophets and Successors (SBUT) prior to Shaitan-tempted human distortions (Qur’an 3:19, 85 , …)- Shaitan and his misled jinn and human followers have been trying to cause separation between humankind and the Truth on the one hand through propagating deceptions, enmities, bloodshed and … in the name of God and religion, and on the other hand by innovating many forms of mystic, Gnostic, philosophic, atheistic, agnostic, and … ways of thinking which reject the necessity and centrality of believing in any unique concept of any god, prophet, belief, precept, or … in order to achieve salvation, and …

Let us never forget that in Sermon 121 of the Nahj al-Balaaghah it is stated that Hadrat ‘Ali (SBUH) has warned us: “Certainly, Satan has made his ways easy for you and wants to unfasten the knots of the Religion one by one and to cause division among you in place of unity. Keep away from his evil ideas and enchantments and accept good advice of he who offers it to you and preserve it in your minds.”

It is important to pay attention that in these Shaitan-innovated ways and so-called religions a distorted mixture of some original beliefs still remain … which pave the way for the final Shaitanic blow …

… And that final Shaitanic blow that Shaitan wishes for is the emergence of the Dajjaal which is to oppose the ultimate hope of humankind i.e. the Appearance of the Savior of humankind, Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH) …

As stated in the Majestic Qur’an 38:80-82 Shaitan had requested a respite from Allah until the Day of Resurrection but Allah only granted the respite until the period of the time made known, which has been clarified by Imam Sadiq (SBUH)- as stated in Tafsir Borhaan and …- as the period of the Appearance of Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH). So Shaitan knows that with the ever-Promised Appearance of Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH) his time shall be over and he will then be killed … so from the beginning he has been trying to cause the Emergence of Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH) to be delayed as much as possible … and finally he has been planning to try one last time to try to take even more humans with him to Hell through the emergence of The Dajjaal …

Remember what Hadrat ‘Ali (SBUH) said: There is no enemy worse than Shaytan and the devils with him, and nothing can hurt you more than they can. Their wish is for you to be with them tomorrow in Hell when they are being tortured and they will be in Hell eternally and the flames of Hell will never be reduced.

In order to try to figure out a little about The Dajjaal, it is important to keep a few points in mind:

According to jewish documents the expected savior or mashiach or messiah will be riding upon a donkey:

In Jewish tradition, the Messiah's Donkey (Hebrew: חמורו של משיח) refers to the donkey upon which the Messiah will arrive to redeem the world at the end of days. (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98a; as cited in the English Wikipedia.)

The jews say that the origin of this belief can be found in Zechariah 9:9: "... your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

According to christians the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 was fulfilled. In the new testament in Mark 11:1-11 it is told that as Jesus approached the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples to a nearby village to fetch him a donkey. Upon their return, Jesus then rode the donkey into Jerusalem.

Here it is noteworthy to mention that the book of Isaiah of the bible also refers to a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel:

Isaiah chapter21 statement 7, version Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (DRC): “And he saw a chariot with two horsemen, a rider upon an ass, and a rider upon a camel: and he beheld them diligently with much heed.”

And according to a part of a beautiful Hadith from Imam Reza (SBUH)- which we have presented in the article “Mohammad, the Promise of Enjil (Gospel)”- when debating a jewish scholar:

“Imam Riza (SBUH): … And the Prophet Esha'ya [Isaiah] has said in that which you and your companions say in Tawrat [Torah]: I saw two riders which the earth became bright for them, one of them was on ass, and the other one on camel. So, who rode the ass, and who the camel?

Ra's al-Jaaloot: I do not know those two; so inform me of them.

The Imam (SBUH): The rider of ass was ‘Eesa          [Jesus], and the rider of camel, Mohammad. Do you deny that from Tawrat?

Ra's al-Jaaloot: No, I do not deny …”

(Tawheed of Shaikh Sadooq, ‘Oyoon Akhbaar Reza, Tafsir Noor al-Thaqalain, …)

Therefore it was indeed prophesied that the “Messiah of the children of Israel” i.e. the Prophet Jesus (SBUH) was going to ride upon a donkey. but the jews, misled by Shaitan, for many selfish reasons have not accepted the Prophet ‘Eesa- Jesus- (SBUH) as their Messiah; for more information please refer to all parts of the article “Two Messiahs” (also as another chapter of this E-book) in this site kindfather.com

As briefly discussed in “Two Messiahs” there always have been two distinct prophecies: one for the coming of the Messiah of the children of Israel i.e. Hadrat ‘Eesa (SBUH), and another prophecy for the coming of a triumphant and kingly Messiah or the Savior of humankind, i.e. Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH) …

Here we are going to present another undeniable and precise indication; let us have a careful look at the aforementioned Zechariah 9:9 and the following statement 9:10:

In Zechariah 9:9 as mentioned above, the children of Israel were promised the coming of a humble and lowly Messiah mounted on a donkey, which indeed did happen, Prophet Jesus (SBUH) came riding on a donkey and tried to re-guide the children of Israel away from Shaitan-taught distortions and foretold of the final Prophet and his Successors …; then Zechariah 9:10 is depicting a totally different picture, a picture of powerful victory and rulership of the entire world:

King James Bible

Zech. 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

Notice that it is said that the dominion of this Promised King will be the entire earth, and his rule shall be “from the river”.

While the King James version and many other versions have not mentioned from which river this kingdom shall be governed, other versions have indeed specified the river:

Holman Christian Standard Bible

… And He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

NET Bible

… Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

When looking at these two statements, as they appear in the book of the Prophet Zechariah- Zakariya- (SBUH), it seems that there is a definite paradox. Messiah is described as humble and lowly (statement 9), then in a following statement He is described as a powerful king (statement 10). The jewish scholars themselves have said that there were to be two Messiahs: one whom they called the suffering Messiah (b. Sukkah 52a), and the other, the conquering Messiah (Sanhedrin 98a). Undeniably, the first humble Messiah who was rejected and did not achieve rulership, was indeed the Prophet Jesus (SBUH), and the second one who shall be a powerful King and will rule the entire world from the Euphrates River shall indeed be Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH). Authentic Hadiths from the Infallible Ones (SBUT) assert that Hadrat Mahdi (SBUH) shall establish his Divine Kingdom in al-Kufah which is located on the banks of the Euphrates River (Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 11; Bihar, vol. 100, p. 436; …).

But Shaitan, as part of his tradition and plot, has been misdirecting the selfishly acceptive jewish scholars to knowingly reject both Jesus (SBUH), and Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (SBUT) … thus the jews are still awaiting two false messiahs.

THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE JEWS- WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR SHAITAN-TAUGHT DISTORTED BELIEFS- ARE EXPECTING A FALSE CONQUERING MESSIAH WHO IS SUPPOSED TO COME RIDING UPON A DONKEY …

Shaitan, as part of his tradition and plot, has also been misdirecting the selfishly acceptive christian scholars to knowingly reject Mohammad and the AhlulBayt (SBUT) … thus christians combined the two prophecies for two Messiahs into one, and declared that both prophecies refer to Jesus, his first and second comings, whom the christians claim to be god.

THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CHRISTIANS- WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEIR SHAITAN-TAUGHT DISTORTED BELIEFS- ARE EXPECTING A FALSE MESSIAH, A MAN-GOD, ONE OF WHOSE SIGNS HAS BEEN TO RIDE ON A DONKEY …

Let us never forget that the Promise of Allah was always True, but the evildoers believed in Shaytan who had no power to force them. He merely called them and they acceptively came running to him. They must blame themselves. Shaytan knew well that he was not and never could be equal to Allah and to those Chosen by Allah, so the evildoers must suffer the penalty. This is what Shaitan will say on the Judgment Day:

Qur’an 14:22 And the Shaitan shall say after the Amr (Matter …) is decided: Surely Allah promised you the Promise of Truth, and I gave you promises, then failed to keep them to you, and I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded and obeyed me, therefore do not blame me but blame yourselves: I can not be your aider nor can you be my aiders; surely I have disbelieved in your associating me with Allah before; certainly the unjust shall have the painful punishment.

Please also refer to the E-book “Mohammad and AhlulBayt (SBUT), the Promise of Bible”, and other related E-books and articles, in this site: kindfather.com

To be continued …