An Impostor on Solomon’s Throne

  

Dajjal (Anti-Christ), the Qur’an and the Beginning of History

An Impostor on Solomon’s Throne

 

The Qur’an proceeded to reveal a truly astonishing event in religious history, the likes of which one can hardly, if ever, find a parallel. The description of the event has led us to the view that Solomon had a vision from Allah Most High in which he saw that a soulless impostor would one day sit on his throne, and hence seek to establish a bogus State with a claim that he has restored Holy Israel; and it was precisely because of his knowledge of that ominous future event that he immediately made an extra-ordinary prayer to Allah Most High. Here are the two relevant verses of the Qur’an:

 (Qur’an, Sad, 38:34)

Allah Most High caused distress to Solomon when He placed upon his throne a Jasad, i.e., a human body without a soul; and when Solomon saw what was shown to him, he thereupon turned penitently towards Allah and made a prayer. 

 

In the very next verse of the Surah Allah Most High described Nabi Sulaiman’s response to the Jasad which he saw sitting on his throne:

(Qur’an, Sad, 38:35)

Solomon responded with the prayer that Allah Most High might forgive him his sins, and ordain that his Holy State of Israel could never belong to any after him: verily, Thou alone can grant such a thing.

 

Proper methodology for studying this subject, in order to understand and identify the Jasad, requires that these two verses be studied as a whole. It is indeed regrettable that Islamic scholars failed to apply proper methodology in their efforts to explain the Jasad and, as a consequence they have delivered very strange explanations of the subject. 

 

When the two verses are studied as a whole, the entirely plausible deduction can be derived that the human body that was devoid of a soul, and hence described as a Jasad, which was placed on Solomon’s throne, terrified him into making the prayer that he made because he could see that it would attempt to usurp his throne—which is his rule over Holy Israel, and to create an unholy State in the Holy Land—in Holy Israel’s name—that would seek to compare with Holy Israel. 

 

Our view, therefore, is that Nabi Sulaiman saw the Anti-Christ or Dajjal, the false Messiah, sitting on his throne in Jerusalem, with a mission of eventually ruling over a State of Israel that would claim to be Holy Israel, and hence he made the prayer to Allah Most High in order to ensure that such an effort should never succeed. The Jasad who was sitting on the throne was Dajjal!   

 

We can now recognize that Dajjal is not an angel, nor a Jinn, but, rather, a Jasad, i.e., a human body that is without a soul.

 

We do not know of anyone who has previously identified the Jasad of the Qur’an with Dajjal, and hence it is possible that such an identification has been made in this book for the first time. Since this is the most important of all our views presented in this book, our readers would naturally be interested in knowing what were the explanations and interpretations of the verse that were given in particular, by the classical commentators of the Qur’an. For this reason we have included a summary of those views in Appendix Two. 

 

Since this writer is of the view that Dajjal, or the AntiChrist, is the Jasad that Allah placed on Solomon’s throne, it would follow that he is a special one-of-a-kind created being who would appear as a human being because he has a human body, but who would not be a complete human being since he would be without a soul (Nafs). Since he does not possess a soul, he would not have a free will, or a self-directed-will, and hence he would not be responsible for his conduct. It would follow therefrom that he would not be judged on Judgment Day as would all other human beings. It may be difficult, if not impossible, for some readers to even understand, much less to eventually accept, this view of Dajjal expressed above.  Hence, we advise that such readers should move on with the subject and not allow this view of Dajjal to become a bone that sticks in the throat.

 

We need to make one more comment concerning the Jasad however, before we can move on with our subject.

 

If Dajjal is, indeed, a Jasad, i.e., a human body without a soul or spirit, then it would follow that Dajjal does not possess intrinsic intelligence. He does not, and cannot think for himself. Rather his intelligence and his process of thinking is externally programmed. He is similar to a robot, and we can thus better understand Dajjal, and sometimes even recognize his footprints, in whatever functions through artificial intelligence. Nowhere are the Dajjal’s footprints more visible today than in the world of money where real money in the form of gold and silver have been replaced by a monetary Jasad of artificial money.  This will be the subject of a subsequent book, Insha’ Allah.

 

The Qur’an went on to describe the success of that Jasad in getting the Jinn to continue to work for him and to serve him for long years while believing that they were working for Solomon. The explanation for Dajjal’s success in that act of deception is that, upon the death of Solomon, the Jinn saw only the Jasad sitting on the throne and holding on to Solomon’s staff, and assumed that it was Solomon. The Jinn were bonded to Sulaiman by divine decree, and hence did not have the freedom to observe what was occurring in the world (see Qur’an, Saba, 34:12–14). They were unaware that Sulaiman was dead and buried. They had no knowledge of Akhir al-Zaman and, as a consequence, there was no way that they could realize that they were working as slaves for an impostor. Thus the unholy State of Israel would receive the continuous support of the Jinn during the long struggle for its eventual creation, upon the birth of Israel, and all through its life, so long as Dajjal continued to sit on Solomon’s throne while holding on to his holy staff. 

 

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Gog and Magog in other Scriptures

An Islamic View of Gog Magog in the Modern World

 

 

Gog and Magog in other Scriptures

It is only when one is convinced that one has penetrated and understood the subject as explained from the blessed Qur’an as well as from the supporting data provided by Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) that additional material located in previous scriptures can be included in the study of the subject. Such material, located in the Bible as well as in such Hindi scriptures as the Kalki Purana (which makes mention of Koka and Vikoka who will fight against Kalki)  should be very carefully studied and analyzed to determine harmony or discord with the system of meaning derived from the Qur’an and Ahadith. Only thus can such data be validated, and only then can such data shed legitimate additional light on the subject.  

 

 EXPLAINING TERMINOLOGY

An example of this is the critically important verse which identifies ‘someone’ or ‘something’ as the ‘Ilm (i.e. knowledge) of the Sa‘ah. That ‘someone’ or ‘something’ therefore constitutes the veritable key with which to both unlock the subject of the Last Hour as well as to recognize the Sa‘ah when it arrives and it is from that ‘Ilm that we derive the core of the system of meaning of our subject.

 

The subject of Gog and Magog is located in al-Sa‘ah (i.e. the Last Hour) and that term is itself linked to a number of other related terms which must be understood before we can explain Gog and Magog in the modern age. Let us therefore attempt to explain those terms as well as distinguish between them. 

 

Youm al-Qiyamah is generally used in the Qur’an to refer to the Day of Resurrection (i.e. Youm al-B’ath) but it has also been used to refer to the Day of Judgment (i.e. Youm al-Din). However, the material universe must first end with what is known as the Sa‘ah, or Last Hour, before the resurrection and judgment can take place. The Sa‘ah, Youm al-B’ath, Youm al-Qiyamah, Youm al-Din, etc., are, in turn, all contained in yet another term, Youm al-Akhir or the Last Day. 

 

Before the material universe ends with the Sa‘ah or Last Hour, however, Allah Most High has ordained that a number of ‘Signs’ would unfold in the world. These are known as the ‘Alamat al-Saah (i.e. ‘Signs of the Last Hour’) and have generally been recognized to consist of ‘major’ and ‘minor’ Signs.  

 

Among the so-called ‘minor’ Signs (although this writer recognizes nothing minor about them) are “women dressing and yet being naked”, “women dressing like men”, “men dressing like women”, “people engaging in sexual intercourse in public like donkeys”, “the worst people become the rulers”, “the worst member of a tribe becomes the ruler and people obey him out of fear of his evil”, and other such Signs. But the ‘major’ Signs are generally understood to have been mentioned in the following Hadith that was previous quoted in this book:

“Hudhaifa bin Usaid Ghifari reported that Allah’s Messenger came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion). He asked: “What are you discussing about?” They (the Companions) said, “We are discussing about the Last Hour”. Thereupon he said: “It will not come until you see ten signs” and (in this connection) he made mention of the ‘Smoke’, ‘Dajjal’, ‘the Beast’, ‘rising of the Sun from the West’, ‘the Descent of Jesus the son of Mary’, ‘Gog and Magog’, and Sinking of the earth in three places, one in the East, one in the West and one in Arabia at the end of which fire would burn forth from Yemen and would drive people to their place of assembly.” (Sahih Muslim)

 

Our readers should carefully note that there is no evidence that the blessed Prophet (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) made mention of these ten Signs in the chronological sequence in which they would occur, hence the mention of ‘Gog and Magog’ after ‘the return of Jesus the son of Mary’ does not imply that they would be released into the world after his return. 

 

Now the blessed Prophet (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) once experienced a vision which revealed to him that a hole had been made in the barrier built by Dhul Qarnain implying that the Divinely-ordained release of Gog and Magog had commenced:

 

 Zainab bint Jahsh said: "...once the Messenger of Allah awoke from such a sleep that his face was red and these words were on his tongue: 'There is none worthy of worship except Allah. Destruction is upon the Arabs on account of the evil which has come close to them. Today a hole as big as this has opened up in the barrier of Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj and the Prophet indicated the hole by forming a ring with his index finger and thumb." (Bukhari and Muslim)

 

“Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh: One day Allah’s Apostle entered upon her in a state of fear and said: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah! Woe to the Arabs from the Great evil that has approached (them). Today a hole has been opened in the barrier of Gog and Magog like this. The Prophet made a circle with his index finger and thumb. Zainab bint Jahsh added: I asked: O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we be destroyed though there will be righteous people among us? The Prophet said: Yes (it will come to pass) when wickedness increases (i.e. scum, evil, disgusting conduct, sexual perversity, etc., overtakes the world).” (This indicates not only political, economic and military oppression of Arabs but also, they would be demonized in every conceivable obscene and malicious way.) (Sahih Bukhari)

 

The Prophet (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) also once raised two of his fingers and declared about Youm al-Qiyamah as follows:

“I and Youm al-Qiyamah are like these two (and he showed his index and middle fingers).”  (Sahih Muslim) 

 The above two incidents reveal that the Last Age which is the age that would conclude with the Sa‘ah and Youm al-Qiyamah commenced in the blessed Prophet’s lifetime. This in turn implied that other Signs of the Sa‘ah (Last Hour) would continuously unfold in the world from the time of the advent of the last Prophet. This writer has argued in his book entitled ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’ that the release of Dajjal the false Messiah or Anti-Christ also took place in the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam).

 

The Qur’an has warned, time and again, that mankind would experience divinely-ordained tests and trials meant to determine whether or not they had any faith in Allah Most High. Those tests and trials are described in the Qur’an as ‘Fitnah’:

“And beware of tests, trials, temptations to evil which would not target only those among you who commit acts of injustice and wickedness, to the exclusion of others; and know that Allah is severe in punishment.”  (Qur’an, al-Anfal, 8:25)

 

But Allah Most High also delivers other warnings known as ‘Wa’ad’, i.e. Divine prophecies conveying warnings of that coming Fitnah in the form of specific events that would occur. The Qur’an declared quite ominously, for example, that the Israelite people would face a special trial and punishment at that time since Allah Most High would raise against them those who would inflict upon them, “until the very end of Youm al-Qiyamah, the worst possible punishment”:

“And lo! Thy Lord-God made it known that He would most certainly raise against them (i.e. the Israelite people), up to the Day of Qiyamah, those who would afflict them with the worst possible punishment: verily, your Lord-God is swift in punishment - yet verily He is (also) much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.” (Qur’an, al-A‘raf, 7:167)

 

Other than Gog and Magog, there can be no other people so divinely raised, whose mission of inflicting punishment on the Israelite people would continue up to the Day of Qiyamah.   

 

The Sa‘ah or Last Hour is a period of time with a beginning and an end between which, a series of events would occur that would result in the end of the historical process, i.e. history as we know it would end. That end of history, which precedes the end of the world would witness the dramatic culmination of the struggle between ‘truth’ and ‘falsehood’ in the historical process with final and conclusive victory for ‘truth’ over all its rivals. The Sa‘ah would then conclude with ‘the end of the material universe’ as we know it when the mountains would become the equivalent of pieces of wool that are blown hither and thither and the dead are resurrected from their graves. The Qur’an has warned mankind that the event which would result in the end of the material universe would be something truly awesome:

 “O men! Be conscious of your Lord-God: for verily the violent convulsion of the Last Hour will be an awesome thing!  (Qur’an, al-Hajj, 22:1)

 

After the Sa‘ah has reached its culmination in the end of the material universe, the Day of Qiyamah would continue to its own culmination in the events of Judgment Day. At that time every human being would be resurrected and then be taken for judgment. That day, in turn, is also described as the day when the way of life based on truth would prevail over all rivals. 

 

Among the events of the Day of Judgment as described in the Qur’an is a test of weight in which mankind would each be put on a scale in order to be weighed for faith and righteousness of conduct. Each would then be handed his or her book of deeds and ordered to read that book. Finally each would be ordered to cross a bridge which takes one to heaven but beneath which is the hellfire. The bridge is narrow and the place is so dark that when those without their own (internal) light put their hands before their faces they would not be able to see their own hands. Allah Most High bestows that light with which to see on that day upon the hearts of those who have faith in Him and whose conduct is righteous. It is not sold in the stock market! 

 

No one but Allah Most High knows when the Sa‘ah would take place (i.e. from the beginning of the Sa‘ah with which history would culminate, to the end of the Sa‘ah when the material universe would end, the resurrection takes place and judgment delivered):

“They will ask thee (O Prophet) about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?" (literally, when will it set anchor and land, as with a ship that is sailing) Say: "Verily, knowledge thereof rests with my Lord-God alone. None but He will reveal it in its time. Heavily will it weigh on the Samawat and the Earth; (and) it will not fall upon you otherwise than of a sudden." They will ask you - as if you could gain insight into this (mystery) by dint of persistent inquiry! Say: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Lord-God alone; but (of this) most people are unaware."  (Qur’an, al-‘Araf, 7:187)

 

Nor does anyone know how brief or how long a period of time would elapse after the end of history before the material universe ends. It could even be as long as a few hundred years. But the religion of Islam has provided a description of the end of the material universe as well as ‘Signs of the Last Hour’ with specific information through which it is possible for us to recognize the approach of that moment in the Sa‘ah which would be the end of history – the subject matter of this book.

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to be continued . . . .