The Way to God’s Kingdom
Belief in the most certain event of Doomsday is part of
our faith as Muslims, and, in this context, the global happenings of our age
clearly indicate that the end of the world is probably a matter of near future.
This opinion is based upon the predictions of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), many of
which have already come true in the world around us, and the stage is obviously
being set for the final set of events before Doomsday — the grand finale of the
global drama. We shall now discuss these coming events which will precede the
establishment of the domination of Islam,
as disclosed by
Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Indications regarding the greatest World War of human
history that appear in the Hadith collections are, in general, couched in
allegorical language. It seems that The War will take place in three phases,
and will be fought predominantly in the Middle
East. During the
first phase, Muslim
and Christian armies will join
hands and fight against a third force, the identity of which
is uncertain. The
allies will defeat
their common enemy, but
then serious discord
and hostility will
break out between them, leading to the second phase of The War
characterized by fierce
fighting between the
Muslim and Christian armies.
Initially the Christians
will have the
upper hand, and the Muslims will lose important strongholds like Turkey,
Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Although during the first and second phases
the Jews themselves will not take
part in the battle, their resources,
technical know-how, and
their propaganda machinery will
be used with
utmost destructive effect against
the Muslims.
According to the prophecies, at this point the Muslims
will select a rightly guided man as their military and political leader. This
leader, called Mahdi in Hadith literature, will reorganize and unite the Muslim
forces against the Christians, shifting the fortunes of The War in favor of the
Muslims.
The third phase of The War will commence with the
appearance on the
scene of an
exceedingly cunning Jewish leader — Dajjal or Anti-Christ. From
then onwards the Jews will start to take active part in the fighting, and the
combined forces of Jews and Christians will inflict heavy losses on the
Muslims. At this stage — Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has told in unequivocal words —
Prophet Isa (AS) will reappear to strengthen and reinforce the Muslim armies.
He will deliver the final installment of Divine punishment to the Jews, and
will kill their leader, Dajjal. The reappearance of Prophet Isa (AS) will mark
the end of Christianity as a separate religion, and the most glorious and
peaceful era of human history will commence. This will be “God’s Kingdom on
earth,” when the Deen of Allah (SWT) will reign supreme, and the world will
enjoy unprecedented bounties and blessings of the Lord.
This period of Khilafah on the pattern of Prophethood
will last so long as Almighty Allah (SWT) wills; then, after this blissful era,
the world will once again be filled with wickedness. All the faithful
population of the world will die peacefully and calmly one day, just before the
end of the world. In this way, only the unbelievers and the wicked shall be left
to face the dreadful events of the Doomsday.
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