A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 107
Signs of the advent of the Messiah and Mahdi 107 The Promised Messiah as continues: The fact that both the Promised Messiah and the dajj a l will perform circuits of the Ka‘bah proves that this does not mean that they will physically perform circuits of the Ka‘bah, for in that case we would have to concede that the dajj a l will succeed in entering the Ka‘bah or that he will become a Muslim; both of which assertions go against the clear purport of a ha d i th. This hadith has to be interpreted, and the interpretation which God has made manifest to me is that, in the latter days, a group of people will emerge who will be called dajj a l. This group will be a bitter enemy of Islam and in order to completely bring down the structure of Islam, it will go circuiting round the Ka‘bah, which is the centre of Islam, like a thief. As against this, the Promised Messiah will also perform the circuit of the centre of Islam, which the Ka‘bah symbolises. The purpose of the Promised Messiah in performing the circuit of the Ka‘bah would be to apprehend the thief named dajj a l , and to safeguard the centre of Islam from his designs. We know that the thief goes around the houses at night and so does a watchman, but while the purpose of the thief is to rob and plunder a household, the purpose of the watchman is to apprehend the thief and to have him locked in a prison of severe punishment so that people are safeguarded from his mischief. Thus, this hadith indicates that in the latter days, the thief who is designated dajj a l , will try his utmost to demolish the structure of Islam, and that the Promised Messiah, out of his devotion to Islam, will raise his supplications to Heaven and that all angels will lend him their support so that he should be victorious in this final battle. He will neither get tired, nor