The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 282
282 Essence of Islam-III other time of the existence of such a Dajjal, God Al- mighty, Whose knowledge transcends the past, the pre- sent and the future, would have designated him and not these people as the great Dajjal. The sign of the great Dajjal, which we can clearly deduce from the Hadith of Bukhari 203 يَكْسِرُ الصَّلِّيبَ is that the great Dajjal would de- ify Jesus and would attribute salvation to the cross. It is a matter of great delight for the knowledgeable that on this point the definitive verses of the Holy Qur'an and authentic Aḥādīth are both in agreement. Thus, the truth about this controversial issue has come to the open. The Holy Qur'an unambiguously designates the Christian clergy as the greatest Dajjal and terms their lies to be so great as could destroy heaven and earth. And the Hadith also specifies that the true sign of the Promised Messiah would be that he would break the cross and slay the great Dajjal. Our stupid Maulavīs do not seem to reflect that the main objective of the Promised Messiah is the break- ing of the cross and slaying of the great Dajjal. The Holy Qur'an has foretold that the great deception and mischief whereby the order of the entire universe might be upset and the world brought to an end is the mischief of the Christian missionaries. From this it clearly follows that there is no greater Dajjal than the clergy and that he who, having witnessed the revelation of this great mischief, waits for some other, denies the truthfulness of the Holy Qur'an. Moreover, as the literal meaning of the word Dajjal is a group that pollutes the earth with its deceit, and, accord- ing to the Aḥādīth, the singular sign of the great Dajjal 203 'He (the Promised Messiah) will break the Cross. ' [Publisher]