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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

A response to an earlier query

>>17480045

The answer is dajjal, imposter, is used for short to refer to al-Mesih ad-Dajjal, that is, the imposter Christ, or anti Christ. So let's talk about what the Qur'an and Sahih Hadiths have to say about the end times.

Before we begin, I advise you familiarize yourself with my thread on the Unseen (covers angels and jinn), archived here
>>/lit/thread/S17299897

The end times is a very common topic in the Qur'an, it talks about the future as much as the past, although most of the details in terms of signs are based on Sahih Hadiths. The Jews, first of all, play a very big role. As a fallen chosen people they are, in a way, a very vivid parallel to satan. Satan was chosen above all other jinn and elevated to sit with the angels. However his pride in his position made hostile to the elevation of humanity. Similarly Jews were extremely hostile to Muhammad ﷺ because they regarded Arabs as their inferiors and were upset one was made a prophet, also his praise of Jesus, the Messiah, upset them, and the Qur'an excoriates the Jews for slandering Jesus and Mary. Thus the Jews, from an Islamic perspective, went from the spiritual apex to the primary enemies of Allah and humanity, their extreme pride costing them their
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