Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 52
52 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION If the Dajjāl is understood to be distinct from the misguided preachers of Christianity, this would entail a contradiction, because the very aḥadīth which indicate that the Dajjal will prevail over the entire earth in the Latter Days, also indicate that in the Latter Days the power of the Church will overwhelm all religions. How can this contradiction be resolved unless the two are one and the same entity? Moreover, God Almighty, who is the Knower of the Unseen, says in the Holy Quran with reference to the mischief of Christianity that the heavens may well-nigh be rend asunder, and the mountains may crumble into pieces. Yet with reference to the Dajjal who, according to our opponents, will zealously trumpet his god-like powers, and whose mischief will be worse than all of the mischief of the world, the Holy Quran does not even mention that his mischief can rend asunder a small mountain. It is strange that the Holy Quran declares the mischief of Christianity to be the worst, yet our opponents clamour about some other Dajjal. And also consider the error of the Christian gentlemen. On the one hand, they have raised Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā to the level of divinity and, on the other hand, they also believe that he is accursed. Bear in mind that all linguists agree that being accursed is a spiritual matter, and one who is expelled from the royal court of God is called "accursed'—meaning the one who is not raised to God and whose heart is bereft of any bond of love and obedience with God-God being weary of him and he being weary of God. This is why Satan is referred to as accurseď. Thus, can any sane person suggest that Ḥaḍrat ‘Isä's heart was totally estranged from God and God Almighty had become weary of him? It is strange that, on the one hand, the Christian gentlemen, quoting the Gospels, say that this incident of Hadrat 'Īsā resembled the incident of Yūnus [Jonah] and the incident of Isḥāq [Isaac], and yet they themselves believe a creed that contradicts this resemblance. Are they able to tell us that Yūnusªs entered the belly of the fish in a state of death and stayed in it for two or three days in this lifeless state? Hence, what resemblance does Yasu' [Jesus] have with Yūnusas? What