The Dajjal: Islam’s Antichrist
The third primary character that
dominates Islamic eschatology is a
man whose full title is Al-Maseeh (The
Messiah) Ad-Dajjal , (The Liar Deceiver). Usually just referred to as
the Dajjal, he is a bizarre character
whose description and story seem far
more fantastic than either the Mahdi or
the Muslim Jesus. There are numerous hadith that contain
descriptions of the Dajjal. Here we
will just touch on the most common of
these traditions to give an overview of
just who this mysterious and strange
person is.
The Great Deceiver

The Dajjal is described as being a
deceiver who will have miraculous
powers and who will temporarily hold
power over the whole earth:
The Prophet was warning us that in the last days there would be someone who would deceive all of humanity. The Dajjal will possess power over this
world. Thus, Muslims must be careful
not to have the love of the world in
their hearts so they won’t leave their
religion and follow him. He will be
able to heal the sick by wiping his
hand on them, like Jesus did, but with
this deceit the Dajjal will lead people
down the path to hell. Thus the Dajjal
is the false Messiah, or Anti-Christ
(Massih ad-Dajjal). He will pretend to
be the Messiah, and deceive people by
showing them amazing powers.

He is One Eyed
Possibly the most frequently quoted
reference to the Dajjal is that he is
blind in one eye. The Hadith however,
are contradictory regarding which eye
is blind:
Allah's Messenger made a mention of
Dajjal in the presence of the people
and said: Allah is not one-eyed and
behold that Dajjal is blind of the right
eye and his eye would be like a
floating grape.
Allah's Messenger said: Dajjal is blind of left eye with thick hair and there would be a garden and fire with him and his fire would be a garden and his garden would be fire.

Infidel
The Dajjal is sometimes said to have
the word “Infidel” ( Kaafir) written in-
between his eyes, possibly on his
forehead. But this word will only be
perceptible to true Muslims, and no
one else:
Allah's Messenger said: Dajjal is
blind of one eye and there is written
between his eyes the word "kaafir" (unbeliever/infidel). He then spelled the word as k. f. r., which every Muslim would be able to read.
Very Important is that; this word
“Kafir” will be readable only by the
believer, literate or illiterate. Non-
believer: let him be educated from
“Oxford” or “Harvard” will not be able
to read it.

A False Miracle Worker
Sheikh Kabbani describes some of the
Dajjal’s miraculous powers:
The Dajjal will have powers of the
devil. He will terrorize the Muslims
into following him, converting them
into unbelief. He will conceal the truth
and bring forth falsehood. The prophet
said that the Dajjal will have the power to show the image of one’s dead ancestors on his hand, like a television screen. The relative will
say, “Oh my son! This man is correct.
I am in Paradise because I was good
and I believed in him.” In reality that
relative is in hell. If the relative says,
“Believe in this man, I am in hell
because I didn’t believe,” one must
say to the Dajjal, “No, he is in Paradise. This is false.”
The Prophet said: the Dajjal will say to
a Bedouin Arab, “what will you think if
I bring your father and mother back to
life for you? Will you bear witness that
I am your lord? The Bedouin will say,
“Yes.” So two devils will assume the
appearance of his father and mother,
and say, “O my son, follow him for he
is your lord…”

The Dajjal Will Claim To Be Jesus
Christ And Will Claim To Be Divine
The above tradition shows that the
Dajjal’s deceptive signs will be for the
purpose of leading people into believing that the Dajjal is actually
their “lord”. Muslim scholars
universally have concluded that the
Dajjal will claim to be divine.
According to the very well known
Muslim scholar, Abu Ameenah Bilal
Phillips, the Dajjal, “will claim to be
God”.
While there are no specific traditions
that state such directly, as a result of
the fact that the Dajjal is, according to
Islamic tradition, the false Jewish
Messiah who claims to be God, most
Muslims have deduced that the Dajjal
will thus claim to be Jesus Christ by
name.

The Dajjal And His Magic Mule
Muslim Scholar Muhammad Ali ibn
Zubair Ali says of the Dajjal, “ He will
travel at great speeds and his means
of conveyance will be a giant mule…
He will travel the entire world.” As
strange as this is, it also bears a faint
resemblance to Jesus the Messiah
who also rode a donkey as he entered
Jerusalem during the final week of his
ministry.

Cities Of Refuge
It is said that there are three cities
that the Dajjal may not enter; Mecca,
Medina and Damascus. Muslims are
encouraged to seek refuge from the
Dajjal in one of these three cities:
The Prophet said, "Ad-Dajjal will
come to Medina and find the angels
guarding it. So Allah willing, neither
Ad-Dajjal, nor plague will be able to
come near it."
The coming of the Anti-Christ (Dajjal)
must occur in the Last Days. This
dreadful event is approaching, and in
that time only three cities will be safe:
Makka, Madina, and Sham (Damascus). If anyone wants safety in
that time he will have to run to one of
these three cities.
Apart from these three cities, it is said
that the Dajjal will enter every single
city, town and village in the world to
test and possibly deceive every
human alive.

A Surah Of Protection
Muslims believe that if they memorize
a particular portion of the Quran that
they will be protected from the Dajjal.
It is somewhat like a verbal amulet
that protects one from the powers of
evil:
If the Dajjal comes upon someone who
has memorized the first ten verses of
Surat al Kahf (Chapter of the Cave) he
cannot harm him. And whoever
memorizes the last verses of Surat al-
Kahf will have light on the day of
Judgement.

He will be Jewish And Will Be
Followed by Jews and Women
Based on various Islamic traditions,
Muslims believe that the Dajjal will be
Jewish. The title of a book by Muslim
author Matloob Ahmed Qasmi,
Emergence of the Dajjal, the Jewish
King couldn’t make this point more
clearly. Imam Sheikh Ibrahim Madhi of
the Palestinian Authority articulated
the Islamic perspective regarding the
expectation of the Jewish people quite
well in one of his sermons:
The Jews await the false Jewish
messiah, while we await, with Allah's
help… the Mahdi and Jesus, peace be
upon him. Jesus's pure hands will
murder the false Jewish messiah.
Where? In the city of Lod, in Palestine.
Palestine will be, as it was in the past,
a graveyard for the invaders.
Samuel Shahid, a Christian Arab
scholar in his scholarly study of
Islamic eschatology says of the Dajjal
that he will be, “the embodiment of the
Jewish hope and longing. The bulk of
his army is recruited from the
Jews.”
As mentioned in the last chapter, the
followers of the Dajjal will primarily
consist of Jews and women. It is
mentioned that women are very
ignorant and as such are easily
misled. Veliankode states,
“Meanwhile, women will also fall to
the deviant line of the Antichrist
because of their unawareness and
ignorance of Islam.”

Slain By The Muslim Jesus
As mentioned in the last chapter, it
will be the Muslim Jesus who will kill
the Dajjal and his followers:
Allah's Messenger said: …the time of
prayer shall come and then Jesus son
of Mary would descend and would lead
them in prayer. When the enemy of
Allah (Dajjal) would see him… Allah
would kill them by his (Jesus’) hand
and he would show them their blood
on his lance (the lance of Jesus
Christ).

source; www.answering-islam.org/Authors/JR/Future/ch08_the_dajjal.htm