Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 567
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 567 missionaries in the last days of his life seeking employment—like a beggar-from those who perforce teach against Islam in their schools and colleges. It is certainly not the way of a true Muslim to seek their employment. It is indeed a great pity that this man named Sa'dullah, who had died, had listened to some of my oral discourses and had an ample opportunity to study my books, yet prejudice and bias are such a curse on account of which nothing was of avail to him. Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā having suf- fered death was not anything doubtful. Allah the Exalted had spelled it out in the Holy Quran and His Prophet sa had seen him in the company of the deceased Prophets during the night of mi'rāj; while, on the other hand, it is also proven from the Holy Quran and hadith that all Islamic Khulafa' [Successors to the Holy Prophet; spiritual leaders] will come from among this very ummah. Indeed, the aḥādīth also state that the 'Isā who is to descend will be from among this very ummah. Despite all this, that unfortunate one failed to understand. Also, according to the earlier Scriptures and authentic aḥādīth, the great Sign of the last Messiah that had been given was that his coming would be simulta- neous with the appearance of the Dajjal. Moreover, the Holy Quran has shown that the Dajjāl¹* means the band of Christian missionaries 1. The meaning of the term dajjāl is none other than one who deceives, mis- leads, and tampers with the Word of God-it is such a one who is called dajjal. It is so evident that the Christian missionaries are experts at this task more than anyone else because the dajal [deceit] and deception practised by others is comparatively mild, but the dajal on their part is so great that they are spending tens of millions of rupees to somehow or other raise a human being to the station of God, they have published hundreds of thousands of books and periodicals all over the world; and they travel to the ends of the earth with the same purpose in mind. This is why they are the greatest Dajjal and indeed, in the context of the divine prophecy, there is no room for any other dajjal because it is also there on record that the Dajjal will issue forth from within a church and from among a people who shall rule the world and that their power and rule will last until the Day of Judgment. Under the pre- vailing conditions, is there any remaining part of the earth where the hypo- thetical dajjal of our opponents will make his appearance? (Author)