Prophet Muhammad (pbh) talked to his audience of his day in the way that they could understand while giving absolute, 100% truth to those matters he wished to impart. His immediate followers did not need science, Comparative Religion or lengthy explanations … at that time!
In today’s world, however, things are different and people want evidence or as much of it as they can get their hands on to ‘check things out’ and that is ok because one wants to build a solid foundation based on Scriptural Evidence and Scriptural Continuity which is also supported by science, true history and logic. Failure to do this results in the concept of a chicken with its head cutoff running around like a madman possessed.
Fortunately, we have our ‘signs’ by which we can process our logic and use this to ‘wakeup’ to certain facts that will cause many people (hopefully) to think about things. In dealing with certain subjects that many so-called scholars are either baffled or confused by, I will present, GOD WILLING, a very, very short discussion of certain future events that seemingly have eluded many.
The big topic is what is called Khasf in Arabic and what that implies for the world and how that, in part, comes about. It’s not through magic but through ‘traceable scientific events’ that are somewhat known by scientists already – in their specialized fields of course.
In studying the Quran carefully especially about the Ad and Thamud peoples, one could get a feeling of a type of interaction between the natural world and the important organisms living on it which would be the human souls. And since this is an active/reactive world, a world where even the inanimate objects have their own ‘special place’ (set rules), the pattern seems to be set on the behavior of the top species which would be man. So man bears the brunt of that responsibility to ACT RESPONSIBLE!
To believe that the ONE GOD is acting upon the whims of mankind would be a critical mistake. This means that GOD does not jump around from place to place or condition by condition while haphazardly trying to fix things properly.
Naturally, HE has a system of checks and balances that will bring an infinite number of results to an infinite number of causes – all fine-tuned, of course under, HIS DOMINION, which would be the Laws of Outcomes. We as humans have no chance of understanding these things but we can see some correlations based on wisdom.
Simply by studying the Quranic verse called Ayatal Kursi and a few other verses, we know that the ONE GOD is not jumping around ‘fixing things’ one way or the other. In fact, a wise person knows that in some way GOD is connected to man’s neck-vein, in a way of speaking, and has uncountable authoritarian figures standing by with their marching orders to open things up or shut things down and in the way already preplanned or prescribed.
All of this is over man’s thoughtful head but is best shown by the entities that are in charge of certain mentioned but specific things in Islam. The angel that has the horn already placed to his lips could care less about who enters what gate of Paradise because he has but only one business and that is to blow that HORN for the repercussions that the ‘BLAST’ will have.
Similarly, we have a set of recording angels with us and their domain is with that individual and they have no thought or even business in thinking about which mountain to topple on people. The Angel who was responsible for opening the GATE for Muhammad (pbh) had to ask his created superior Gabriel if he was called for. For this Angel, like all angels have a set of ‘marching orders’ that they flawlessly carry out and are unconcerned with what is not their business. In other words, one doesn’t get passed that angel unless the preconditions are met, no matter who or what prophet one might be!!!
O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from ALLAH, but do (precisely) what they are commanded {to do}. Quran (66:6)
Mankind is given a simple task but we as humans don’t seem to think it is that simple! That task is to do right as what has been legislated through the DIVINE RECORDS or face the consequences. DOING RIGHT is a lifelong commitment and study based upon a spiritual approach combining mind, service and desire which would be justified under the Law. That is a very TALL TASK but Paradise is a very BEAUTIFUL PLACE!
This writing will not go into great depths about this issue but will lay a groundwork by which even the simplest soul may get the picture of what to expect in the near future – within about 20-25 years or so from now or even slightly before, GOD WILLING.
The Book of Daniel concerning the topic of the Anti-christ:
The Book of Daniel, said to be written more than 600 years before the birth of Jesus, (pbh) but rewritten countless of times after that date, contains a lengthy narrative concerning the pathetic individual called the Anti-christ beginning with Chapter 11 verse 21 until the end which declares his death. Fortunately for us it is in chronological order which can be mostly verified through correct hadith study and scientific studies concerning Earth’s geology.
Now, Islam contains a lot more information than the whole Bible on the subject of the Anti-christ but it is spread out all over the place whereas the knowledge of this devious devil is delivered in one chunk in this critical Biblical Text.
So, one can suggest the Book of Daniel Chapter 11 beginning with verse 21 hits the highpoints and these highpoints are further discussed and broadened in Islamic materials. That is a great proof for Islam and the continuity of truth!
The problem is that just about nobody seems capable of putting this knowledge together under a scientific and practical umbrella. Truly, for whatever the reason, the scholars have gotten in their own way and are in a dense forest without a compass. May ALLAH help them to take off the blinders!
The process used in understanding these things is very simple but yet in its own way very complex so the reader needs to be patient and broadminded, for a little bit goes a long way.
When Prophet Muhammad (pbh) spoke of lands sinking, one in the East, one in the West and in the Arabian Peninsula, he was not giving detailed accounts of specific things occurring in just this one hadith. However, other hadiths of his when combined with this knowledgeforecast dire, near extinction of the human race. That is when we have the ability to put it all together as in a connected chain of events with a lot of missing pieces put in place.
Without going through all of Daniel’s predictions for the future, which Islamic hadiths verify by the way, let us start with a simple problem as in:
Daniel (11:29):
This implies that Earth itself has undergone a drastic change of shape such that many lands will go under oceans and seas thus altering the geographical shape of the world causing huge confusion, a large amount of deaths and a near collapse of civilization as we know it! Just for example, (my words only), the continent of Africa will become 3 separate islands instead of one complete landmass.
“At the appointed time he (this very bad man) shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. Daniel (11:29)
The above suggests a change of condition and we are directed to the change of people’s condition especially when lands are in disruption and lives are hanging in the balance. In other words, chaos is the result.
And the chaos will be intense but the Earth will eventually stabilize as to reset itself, in a form of equilibrium, so that life will not be pummeled into extinction.
The intensity of these continuous events are stated in the appropriate hadith literature and in the New Testament sayings found in Matthew (24:21-22).
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened, NO flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake {the Real Believers that will be in the kingdom of the Messiah} those days will be shortened. Matthew (24:21-22)
These activities open up several things. One important thing is connected to the Prophet’s saying of the ten of the best horsemen going out to fight and they are going to fight with bows and arrows.
For real? Yes, for real!!! Now one may think that tanks and machine guns are needed and we do have plenty in stock! However, look at the Ukrainian-Russian War. Why did the Russians abandon their sophisticated tanks near Kiev? If one doesn’t have petrol or ammunition then a tank is a useless piece of junk! The same goes for other types of weapons. And one can’t get these things if the supply line is cutoff or the factories are in total ruin!!!
If oil and the supply routes are irrevocably damaged, then what are armies going to fight with – calling each other out by using bad language? One reason that armies exist is to render civilized areas in their own countries from total collapse as in rescuing people and giving them aid – to those who are fortunate/unfortunate enough to survive.
Now what could cause this tragic event and what might the outcome be in relationship to our Sun as viewed from Earth? This is an important point and it has a scientific answer.
When the Ring of Fire, located in our oceans, decide with ALLAH’s COMMAND to pour forth their anger by the churning upheaval of the nickel-iron metallic core of the earth in violent churning and the poles become drastically altered in what is called a ‘polar shift’ causing the Earth to wobble like a child’s toy setting off a few ‘super volcanoes’, which will further compound the problem, the Earth’s surface will buckle like thin paper as the mountains start to weave back and forth in an attempt to steady themselves – then one would see lands being swiftly ripped apart and tall buildings collapsing under the strain as society itself comes very close to near collapse!
Things will be so bad that the Earth will seemingly be ready to tear itself apart and in those times, evil will be spread abroad and people will struggle mightily to survive – legally or not.
Hence, we come across a hadith with an Arab man rolling around on the grave of his friend, fervently desiring that he could take his place in the grave. Only when society is turned upside down would this be the case especially for those who love life!
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (pbh) said: “The Hour will not come until a man would pass by the grave of another man and say: ‘I wish I were in his place.'”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
In fact, just as an aside to show just one of the horrors of the time, Africa will cease to exist as a continent but will become 3 very large islands surrounded by water! This will eventually go a long way in making Arab lands becoming verdant green like a hadith promises! See how things are inner-connected with each other!
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “The Hour will not begin until the land of the Arabs once again becomes meadows and rivers.” (Muslim)
Meadows, in this case, gives the meaning of a spread out land having a great amount of lush vegetation without the need for irrigation. That is quite a change from mostly desert and hot-type climates that we see now.
And what is the outcome of all of this squeezed Earth that people call home? By standing on the Earth surface under these conditions mentioned above, the Sun will appear to ‘REVERSE ITSELF IN THE SKY’ BY APPEARING TO GO BACKWARDS JUST AS PROPHET MUHAMMAD (pbh) SAID IT WOULD!
So, by following a certain hadith which declares that ‘correct belief’ will not be accepted AFTER THESE EVENTS OCCUR and whichever one comes first – the coming of the Anti-christ (as to his change in appearance or metamorphosis) or the appearance of the reversal of the Sun can be now known because following this logic the ‘Reversal of the Sun’ will come about before the Dajjal (Anti-christ) comes out of his shell or metamorphoses from being a regular unbeliever to becoming that man-monster under the process described in hadiths (Sahih Muslim) as to undergoing metamorphosis.
And one can follow this from what Daniel (pbh) has to say about how he will suddenly become extremely furious! That is he will be transformed into that creature called the Dajjal or Anti-christ due to being dramatically enraged.
So, we get this critical piece of information from hadith as to why or how this mad, evil man becomes the Anti-christ and that is because of great anger which will come upon him that will cause him to alter his size and appearance as the Prophet of Islam (pbh) proclaimed.
Nafi reported that Ibn ‘Umar said: Don’t you know that ALLAH’s Apostle (pbh) said that the first thing (by the incitement of which) he would come out before the public would be his anger {to ‘come out’ means to be unmasked as to who he really is}. (Sahih Muslim).
Daniel (pbh) mentions that missing piece of information that will cause that despicable liar to become altered in shape and size resulting in him donning the mantel of the Anti-christ. According to Daniel, it is the ‘ships of Kittim’ that will come against this master terrorist and now we need to find out the definition of this Kittim or Chittim! And this is yet another important key.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved {with great wrath}, and return, and have indignation against the Holy Covenant {against the true Believers and a Caliph set up in those trying, difficult days in all probability from the land of Palestine*}: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the Holy Covenant.
{*It is conjectured so because of the words ‘the Flourishing State of Jerusalem’ in the following hadith:
Mu’adh ibn Jabaal stated that The Prophet (pbh) said: The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be when Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state of Yathrib will be when the Great War comes, the outbreak of the Great War will be at the conquest of Constantinople and the conquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comes forth. He (the Prophet) struck his thigh or his shoulder with his hand and said: This is as true as you are here or as you are sitting (meaning Mu’adh ibn Jabaal). (Sunan Abu Dawud)}
And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.
Those who do wickedly against the Covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their GOD shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.
Now when they fall they will be granted {only} a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy {as many so-called Muslims will in the end turn towards this Anti-christ as hypocrisy will be widely spread}. Daniel (11:30-34)
The ships of Kittim have been defined by encyclopedias as Western Ships which would be understandable in this day and age as Rome or NATO. Remember the Book of Daniel was originally written more than 600 years before the birth of Jesus (pbh).
By looking up battles in hadith literature (as in the Book of Battles), one finds battles at the end times before the coming of Jesus (pbh) between Rome (defined in yet other hadiths as Christians) and the Muslims. This is important in defining the term ‘Kittim’!
The result, according to hadith literature, will be in the ‘Big Battle’ that one-third of the Muslim army will run away and NEVER BE FORGIVEN BY ALLAH, one-third will die as true martyrs and the other third will fight and win out over the ‘Romans’ and the enemy will be scattered like leaves {probably running away back to their home country or ending up dying in the wilderness}.
Abu Huraira reported ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) as saying: The Last Hour would not come until the Romans would land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them). When they will arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans would say: Do not stand between us and those (Muslims) who took prisoners from amongst us. Let us fight with them; and the Muslims would say: Nay, by ALLAH, we would never get aside from you and from our brethren that you may fight them. They will then fight and a third (part) of the army would run away, whom ALLAH will never forgive. A third (part of the army) which would be constituted of excellent martyrs in ALLAH’s eye, would be killed and the third who would never be put to trial would win and they would be {the} conquerors of Constantinople {that have come to join the army in Medina}. And as they would be busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongst themselves) after hanging their swords by the olive trees, the Satan would cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your family. They would then come out {from Constantinople}, but it would be of no avail. And when they would come to Syria, he {the Dajjal} would come out while they would be still preparing themselves for battle drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time of prayer shall come and then Jesus (peace be upon him) son of Mary would descend and would lead them. When the enemy of ALLAH would see him, it {he} would (disappear) just as the salt dissolves itself in water and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely, but ALLAH would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his lance (the lance of Jesus Christ). (Muslim).
This hadith seemingly is joined with another hadith as there appears to be a lack of continuity or flow of events. So, in retrospect we probably have two truthful hadiths hooked together.
Narrated Mu’adh ibn Jabaal: The Prophet (pbh) said: The Greatest War, the conquest of Constantinople {the second time} and the coming forth of the Dajjal (Antichrist) will take place within a period of seven months. (Sunan Abu Dawud)
Note the use of the word Romans in this hadith can be used as NATO or an army from modern day Christian countries which have not yet come into existence when this hadith was recorded. Also note that the numbers for such a vital operation are not overly large but large enough to constitute an invasion.
So Islam wins by default??? Not so fast! The now altered man who makes his appearance as the Anti-christ is so angry that his original appearance becomes changed. Now he, according to Daniel (pbh), will go after the people of the COVENANT OR THE PEOPLE OF FAITH. NOW ONLY MUSLIMS ARE STANDING IN HIS WAY OF TOTAL CONQUEST AND DANIEL DOES NOT SPARE HIS DISLIKE FOR THE ‘FALSE MUSLIMS’ THAT HAVE TWO MOUTHS AS THEY WILL GLADLY SELL THEIR SOULS FOR A PIECE OF BREAD!!!
Now this Anti-christ comes out to destroy the Islamic Faith with him DECLARING HIMSELF TO BE the so-called Messiah with his small army mentioned in Daniel (pbh) and in hadith material. Eventually, this evil man will declare himself to be THE GOD as Daniel (pbh) says and will wreak havoc with the true and loyal Muslims with a lot of part-time Muslims worshiping mainly for show which we already see in many societies today.
This Anti-christ now has a little over one year and two months plus to destroy Islam and, as we are coming to the end of Chapter 11, we see that this repugnant and treacherous individual is, according to hadith, trying to enter Medina which he can’t.
We know this because when he hears bad news (for him at least), as he will be going North into Egypt and Egypt is North of Medina so he will start to make his move south of Egypt and that is where hadith literature places him as he attempts to enter Medina but the Angels are protecting that city and will not permit that evil man to enter it according to hadith literature!
But then, according to Daniel, news from the East and from the North – the Eastern army of true Muslims (including thousands of sons of Isaac or newly converted ones to Islam) in Constantinople after it is recaptured (hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud) and the decent of Jesus (pbh) in Damascus in the North from Medina represent these things.
Hence, in great wrath will this monster called the Anti-christ go forth from outside of Medina to destroy and ruin in his rage. But he will die and the manner of his death is covered in the hadith literature!
All this is in Daniel (pbh) ONLY IF THE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS CONNECTIONS WHICH ARE MADE EASIER BY GOING TO THE ABUNDENT AND APPROVED HADITH MATERIALS. Yet no scholar in my knowledge has come forward with this, showing that they don’t comprehend Comparative Religion that soundly.
By taking the 10 best horsemen and bows and arrows as some so-called code words, some deluded individuals have suggested things that Prophet Muhammad (pbh) meant because he was too backward to know anything modern. In truth, that shows how backward thinking these people really are who try and besmirch (sully) the Prophet’s speech! That also shows something else very important and that is:
IF ONE READS THE MANUSCRIPTS CAREFULLY AND CROSSCHECKS THEM WITH HONESTY, ONE WILL GET BETTER AND MORE TRUTHFUL RESULTS THAN JUST GUESSWORK OR OUTRIGHT PLAIN FOOLISHNESS!
We are told this in the Quran in various places but people have come forth to make these Scriptures into mud except of course their own Scriptures. Once again, the Old and so-called New Testament (better known as the Ingeel) have certain fraudulent entries but that does not render them null and void.
The most beneficial use for these manuscripts, to me at least, is in proving the GLORIOUS QURAN to be GOD’s ONE AND ONLY HOLY, SANCTIFIED AND UNULDULTERATED WORD IN THE ARABIC FORMAT AND THAT MUHAMMAD IS ALLAH’s PROPHET!!! AMEN!
One can follow these devastating and most dynamic events even in more detail when one turns to the respected hadiths featuring the battles and end times as these hadiths fill in the dynamics of those periods with even more clarity. Proving once again that Prophet Muhammad (pbh) is that PROPHET so wonderfully predicted in the Scriptures that came before him but the knowledge of which, having been derailed by some scholars, whose payroll supersedes their honesty.
The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know. Quran (2:146)
Those to whom WE have given the Book know this as they know their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to believe. Quran (6:20)
Enter now the VILE man who will be transformed into the Anti-christ due to great anger as recorded in hadith literature:
And in his {another person’s} place shall arise a VILE person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue {by lies and deceit for this swine is extremely cunning}.
With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant {as an emergency Caliph has been set up but this cannot last as it is not from the Quraishi line and therefore must be eventually voided}.
And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people {the Anti-christ’s army as discussed in hadiths}.
He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
“He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he {the king of the south} shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him.
Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies {turncoats/traitors as is often the case amongst the hypocrites} shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.
Both these kings’ hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.
While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.
“At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved {and full of wrath}, and return, and have indignation against the Holy Covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the Holy Covenant.
And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation {in the land of Palestine}.
Those who do wickedly against the Covenant {and the emergency setup of that Caliphate}he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their GOD shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.
Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.
And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white {so as to encourage them towards True Faith/Belief}, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.
“Then the king {false Messiah} shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the GOD of gods, and shall prosper {with his wizardry} till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.
He shall regard neither the GOD of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.
But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses {Jinn}; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.
Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a {that} foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
“At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.
He shall also enter the Glorious Land, {this is Arabia as defined by the Old Testament with the Holy Land being Palestine} and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon {the best of the Palestinians}.
He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels {be by his side – the Libya of 600 plus BC as to the maps}
But news from the East and the North shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many {by giving the people a choice of worshiping him or starve to death}.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, {in the land of Palestine as he will be killed by Jesus the son of Mary at the place designated by ALLAH} and none shall help him. Daniel (11:21-45)
“At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time {see hadith about the swarming of the Gog and Magog (Turkic) peoples (their description as described in the hadiths concerning this matter) as they have declared that they have killed all that they have come in contact with sense leaving their home base and that they now will kill the Muslims who have taken refuge on Mount Tur with Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) called in hadiths ‘those in the sky’}. And at that time {when the Gog and Magog are finally destroyed} your people shall be delivered {saved}, everyone who is found written in the Book {of LIFE}. Daniel (12:1)
Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by HIM who lives FOREVER, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished {for another kingdom after the Christ led Islamic kingdom must arise and the Quran must be lifted up from the hearts and from the paper it is written on so that the unrighteous kingdom of Satan will reign for a time as discussed by the Prophet (pbh) including the place in Arabia where the women from the tribe of Daus will wiggle their buttocks around their chief idol and then this world as we know it will end and the Final Judgment begin.
Abu Huraira narrated that ALLAH’s Messenger (pbh) said, “The Hour will not be established till the buttocks of the women of the tribe of Daus move while going round Dhi-al-Khalasa.” Dhi-al-Khalasa was the idol of the Daus tribe which they used to worship in the Pre Islamic Period of ignorance. (Bukhari)}
But as for me, I heard but did not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?”
And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. Daniel (12:7-10)
From the New Testament:
“Then {at that time of GREAT turmoil and desperation} if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ DO NOT BELIEVE IT.
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect {THE CHOSEN ONES}.
Behold, I {Jesus} have told you {of this} in advance.
“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, he {this Christ} is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. Matthew (24:23-26)
And we know of this as we have been warned by Prophet Muhammad (pbh) concerning the 30 or so false messiahs that will plague the believers and would be believers!
What does the above have to offer? It shows clearly that Islam, when actually studied in earnest, provides a great deal of depth about these issues – for those who truly understand! So, research, if you will, the section on Battles found in the appropriate books of hadith literature and be not confused by wild, unsubstantiated theories or the flights of fancy by careless individuals.
A Short Synopsis of the ‘Sign unto Mankind’:
A Sign is something one follows in like manner but not necessarily on the same level. So, when Jesus (pbh) declared that ‘where I am you will be also’ he did not mean that as he was GOD’s chosen Messiah that we would also be chosen Messiahs:
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world {Sign to the world}. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John (8:12)
In my FATHER’s house are many rooms {levels}. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you {at the end of journeys}?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again {into my blessed kingdom that ALLAH will give me at the end of days} and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John (14:2-3)
Basically, it means following the Pathway of himself and one will be free to rejoice forevermore in the Salvation of Paradise. The road is long and arduous but victory can be yours if one really believes.
Victory does not come by just the tongue or a formula for that is the outward show or what the hypocrites depend upon. Victory comes from that (kingdom) which is within. Hence, the priority of prayer, fasting, charity, dhikr and other things that cultivate that being within the flesh which is the soul.
So, when he as adam (not the ADAM) but our adam was made to take on the world, he had to perfect the stages of his inner-self to reach that responsible and lofty stage of being that one (Messiah) who would gain the honor of opening the WAY for THAT PROPHET (MUHAMMAD) to lay down the Foundational Aspects of that WAY to FOLLOW – meaning the chosen way by the GOD HIMSELF.
It is HE {ALLAH} WHO has sent HIS Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it). Quran (9:33)
That is what one gets when one reads or interprets the Scriptures correctly!
We find our adam engaged in a struggle to conquer his inner self (aided by the prophecy found in the Book of Psalms stating that he will be protected by a host of angels to keep him from slipping) and further broadcast in the New Testament as ‘that one who is surrounded by angels LEST HE SHOULD STUMBLE AND FALL (INTO SIN):
For HE {GOD} will command HIS angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways {all your life}.
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. Psalm (91:11-12) and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” Luke (4:11)
Laying out the groundwork for these endeavors was the ONE GOD – ALLAH, so that he, the-would-be Christ-soul, could, with strict obedience to ALLAH, be that one to conquer all things needed to free himself from the cycle of life and death – first for himself and then for others! And this will bring in the FIANAL PROPHET to establish the ‘pure way’ and signal that the time for the end draws close.
Of course he will come back to ‘rule’ and he will die but he comes back as himself – the human being free of sin. Being completely human, he must follow that human pattern and come to rest in a ‘grave’ which is in the City of Light (Medina) and eventually rise-up together with that STANDARD of EXCELLENCE – Prophet Muhammad (pbh) as is found in Isaiah Chapter 53 and some hadith literature.
His special pathway that was given to him as a man who represents the human race or figurehead of the human race as adam (a SIGN unto mankind) is that of the individual, who needed 100% to put his trust in his LORD in gaining the ‘next level of challenge’. One can think of it as going up the rungs of a ladder to reach the golden gift at the top rung.
That is why we find in the hadith that adam sinned and mankind sins and adam forgot and mankind forgets, etc. So, adam is our father-figure and he could no more be a god or a son of god than you or me!!!
BUT BECAUSE HE BECAME SUCCESSFUL SO ALSO WILL THAT PART OF THE HUMAN RACE THAT BELIEVES AND FOLLOWS THE WAY BE SUCCESSFUL AND WILL ENTER PARADISE!
That WAY is shown directly by Jesus (pbh) on his return by his actions and deeds which are easy to follow:
- He will not lead the prayer when the Madhi is present but states the truth in that of the choice being ALLAH’s WILL to show the people that it was not him that signifies the WAY but in doing ALLAH’s WILL that justifies the WAY!
- He will follow strictly the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbh) except for taking a tax on the non-Muslims which in his ‘reign’ there will not be any non-Muslim for ‘all will believe in him before his death’ – Quran (4:159 ): There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in him before his {final} death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them {those who refused to believe} Quran (4:159)
- The prominence for this religion will be led by Caliphs from the Quraishi clan or at least 12 of them in a row thus showing continuity for this ‘religion’ to be that of ‘There is no god but ALLAH and Muhammad is HIS Messenger’ and in honoring him in that ‘Pathway which he laid down amongst the Makkan tribes first.
- He is going to show how much a man he is by eating and drinking, getting married and finally dying and being buried like what is considered ‘normal’ for the human race (hadith literature).
- So, if one wants to review his special program or GIFT/COMMANDMENT it is found in the Gospel of John and admirably put such that the Christ-soul is explained (for those who understand):
No one takes it {my life} from me, but I lay it down of myself {by my own accord}. I have {been given the} power to lay it down, and I have {been given the} power to take it {UP}AGAIN. This Command {Gift} I have received from my FATHER {MY LORD AND YOUR LORD; MY GOD AND YOUR GOD}.” John (10:18):
And it is your LORD that knows best all beings that are in the heavens and on earth: WE did bestow on some prophets more (and other) gifts than on others: and WE gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms. Quran (17:55)
For as the FATHER has life in HIMSELF, so also HE has granted the Son {SERVENT/son of man} to have life in himself. John (5:26);
I am the good shepherd {all prophets are good shepherds to their people}. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep {for the Believers}. John (10:11)
The Messiah’s station here is chief bringer in of the people (as that ‘holy priest Melchizedeck of GOD’)! Bringer in to what?
BRINGING THEM INTO THE SALVATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ISLAM WHICH MUHAMMAD (pbh) IS THE LEADER OF AND HENCE BEING THAT THIS IS THE SITUATION, MUHAMMAD, AS MUST BE THIS CASE, WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE PROPHETS ON THE LAST DAY TO LEAD THEM WHILE CARRYING THE BANNER OF PRAISE FOR THE ONE GOD: ONE GOD, ONE PEOPLES IN FAITH AND ONE WAY WITH SEPARATE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT (different named religions) but ONE WAY which is TRUTH:
Say you: “We believe in ALLAH, and the Revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their LORD: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to ALLAH (in Islam).” Quran (2:136)
Mankind was one single nation, and ALLAH sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them HE sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. ALLAH, by HIS Grace, Guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For ALLAH guided whom HE will to a path that is straight. Quran (2:213)
And that WAY will return in the Heavens:
Abu Sa’id reported that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said, “I am the Master of the children of Adam, and it is no boast. I will be the first for whom the earth is split on the Day of Resurrection, and it is no boast. I will be the first to intercede and whose intercession will be accepted, and it is no boast. The banner of Praise will be placed in my hand, and it is no boast.” Sunan Ibn Majah
Narrated Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of ALLAH (pbh) said: “I am the Master of the children of Adam on the Day of Judgement, and I am not boasting. The Banner of Praise will be in my hand, and I am not boasting. There will not be a Prophet on that day, not Adam nor anyone other than him, except that he will be under my banner. And I am the first one for whom the earth will be opened for, and I am not bragging.” (Jami at-Tirmidhi)
Once again in reference to John (10:18), Jesus (pbh) declares of himself (his soul’s history for that is his self) that when ALLAH WILLS, he will lay down his life and also be ready when ALLAH WILLS to take it up AGAIN as to ALLAH’S WILL, PLAN AND GUIDANCE – not according to Jesus’ decision or plan for he, like a true BELIEVER, has placed his whole being in ALLAH’s HANDS to GUIDE him as HE PLEASES ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN.
And for this activity the Messiah is granted a MOST GREAT HONOR in that he will arise ‘together with Muhammad’ when the call of the ‘blast’ comes.
And it was the PLAN of ALLAH to CONSECRATE (to make holy and pure – he (Jesus) born a prophet and remained sinless) that individual we call Jesus the son of Mary (pbh) into that REFINED and PERFECT (SINLESS) SOUL who represents (as a SIGN) the successful of mankind that we call the Messiah for the Believers. For he is not the Messiah to the unbelievers! So, truly he is a SIGN to the Believers!
