The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 283
Dajjal the Antichrist 283 would be his advocacy of the cross, if someone still fails to consider the Christian clergy as the great Dajjāl, he is indeed spiritually blind. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, pp. 46-48]. The Holy Qur'an then specifies that in the latter days the. Christians will dominate the earth, and they shall be the cause of all kinds of mischief running rampant. Waves of calamities will rise on all sides and will race down from every height. . . . They will possess great material strength and dominion, against which all other powers and states will seem powerless. They will also enjoy supremacy in all kinds of knowledge and sciences and establish new and wonderful industries. They will also be dominant in their policies, projects, and good administration, and will show great resolve in their worldly enterprises and will also excel in their endeavour to spread their faith. They will leave behind all other nations in their social, agricultural and commercial policies, as indeed in everything else. This is the meaning of: 204 مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ ). Hadab means high ground and Nasal means to run ahead and to excel. In other words, they will leave behind every other nation in whatever is great and prestigious. This is the major sign of the people of the latter days who were designated as Gog and Magog and this is also the sign of the mischievous group of Christian clerics who are called the Promised Dajjal. Since Ḥadab means an elevated part of the earth, this indicates that they will achieve all earthly heights but will be deprived of the spiritual 204 "They shall hasten forth from every height. '-Ṭā Hā, 21:97 [Publisher]