Dajjalian System of Life
It is important to distinguish between Dajjal the
individual, and Dajjal as a world-wide intellectual and social phenomenon based
on materialism and atheism. The latter is manifested as the philosophical
outlook that has taken shape during the last few centuries in Europe, as well
as the culture and life-style based upon that Godless outlook. The system of
life which is predominantly materialistic and which dominates the entire globe
today is actually the “Dajjalian System” itself, whereas the greatest defender
of that system will be Dajjal the individual.
As we have seen earlier, the innovations introduced by
St. Paul in the original teachings of Prophet Isa (AS) had led to the genesis
of a completely
new and different
religion. The highly irrational
claim of Trinity
ultimately resulted in the
divorce between two natural allies, religion and reason. The conversion of
Caesar Constantine in 313 C.E., and of the entire Roman Empire during the next
hundred years or so, turned out to be the starting point for the establishment
of Christian Theocracy in Europe. The huge vacuum created by the Pauline idea
of abolition of the Mosaic law was then filled with the virtually unlimited
authority of the Church, represented by the infallible Pope. During the Middle
Ages the Church and the clergy ruled the masses with an iron hand, oppressing
and exploiting them in the name of religion, while discouraging any inclination
towards science or rationalism.
The Aristotelian system of cosmos, as adopted by
Ptolemy, was already incorporated into the Christian theology. As a result,
when Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo opposed the Geocentric doctrine and
proposed Heliocentric views based on their scientific observations, the Church
condemned and vehemently opposed them as heretics, thus starting the
unfortunate rivalry and rift between Science and Religion.
The scientific and rationalistic movement in Europe,
therefore, came face to face with the powerful religious establishment of the
Church. The latter used all its resources to halt this new wave of progress
towards knowledge and learning, but succeeded only in producing among the
masses a deep mistrust of all things connected with religion. The ruthlessly
unfavorable attitude of the clergy caused a reactionary feeling of hatred
against the Church, and then against the very idea of religion itself.
The development of science and philosophy in Europe,
therefore, was forced to take place in an environment which was hostile to
religion, and this hostility has since then permeated deep down into the very
roots of Western thought. The world- view and civilization that grew out of
this materialistic frame of mind is what
we call the
“Dajjalian System” of
life. The hallmark of this system
is a profound shift of emphasis — from God the Almighty to the material
universe and laws of nature, from
spiritual pursuits to
sensual gratification, and
from salvation in the life-after-death to material prosperity in this
world.
Human beings have been endowed by Almighty Allah (SWT)
with two distinct sources of knowledge, that is, (a) information gathered by
the senses and their interpretation by means of reason, intellect, and logic;
along with (b) Revelation, in order to acquire knowledge of the ultimate
realities and also the practical guidance for living a just, virtuous, and
balanced life. However, the
unfortunate shift of
emphasis mentioned above resulted
in a serious imbalance in the modern thinking process. Thus, while humanity has
made an incredible amount of progress with regard to science and technology, we
see that, correspondingly, religion and morality have undergone unprecedented
decay and decline. As such, the Western civilization can be described as
possessing only a single eye, epistemologically speaking. In other words, it
has invested everything it had into a single source of knowledge — Reason
and Science —
while totally ignoring
the other, equally important, source
of knowledge —
Revelation from the Heavens.
The system of
life resulting from
this materialistic mental
attitude is characterized by a morbid preoccupation with collecting things and
accumulating money. The corner stone of the Dajjalian System is the
producer-consumer process, which is promoted as the ideal way of life. Highly
sophisticated means are employed to convince the masses that they want newer
and more expensive products, so that
they can be made to work continuously in order to earn the money to pay for the
goods and services they don’t even need. The life blood of the Dajjalian System
is usury, which is used to subjugate individuals as well as entire nations so
that they can be controlled and manipulated by a financial aristocracy. The
masses are encouraged to work hard, to enjoy their weekends, to uncritically
digest whatever the media feeds them, and to invest all their time and energy
in the pursuit of material well-being and sensual gratification. Humans are
being reduced to the level of beasts. Endless consumption of products has
become the dominant life-style of our times, and people have been made
conditioned to measure each other on the basis of wealth and affluence, rather
than character and morals. A whole entertainment industry has been created to
keep the minds of the masses occupied whenever they are not working.
The entire system is geared so that the overwhelming
majority is deprived of either the time or the energy to give any serious
thought to the nature of existence, to the Creator, to the accountability in
the Hereafter — or to the exploiters. Dajjal the individual will
represent the interests
of those who
are financially exploiting the whole world, against those who are being
exploited. After the Armageddon, a Just Social Order will replace the present
Dajjalian System, and there shall be no more exploitation.
