The Islamic Antichrist (38 page)

INTRODUCTION

1
. Zwemer,
Islam and the Cross
, 56.

CHAPTER ONE: WHY THIS BOOK? WAKING UP TO THE ISLAMIC REVIVAL

1
. Pawson,
The Challenge of Islam to Christians
, 11.

2
. Ibid.

3
. McDowell and Zaka,
Muslims and Christians
, 6.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Wilgoren, “Islam Attracts Converts.”

6
.
Al-Hayat
(London), November 12, 2001, as quoted in Middle East Media & Research Institute,
Muslim American Leaders: A Wave of Conversion to Islam in the U.S. Following September 11
, November 16, 2001.

7
.
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi
(Egypt), October 20, 2001, as quoted in Middle East Media & Research Institute,
Muslim American Leaders: A Wave of Conversion to Islam in the U.S. Following September 11
, November 16, 2001.

8
. Whittell, “Allah Came Knocking at My Heart.”

9
. McDowell and Zaka, 6.

10
. Ibid., 6.

11
. Ibid., 7.

12
. Middle East Media & Research Institute,
Muslim American Leaders: A Wave of Conversion to Islam in the U.S. Following September 11
, November 16, 2001.

13
. Wilgoren, “Islam Attracts Converts.”

14
. Hogan, “Drawn to Islam.”

15
. Pawson,
The Challenge of Islam to Christians
, 36.

16
. Ibid., 6, 7.

17
. Al-Jazeera,
Christianization in Africa
, December 12, 2001,
http://www.aljazeera.net/programs/shareea/articles/2000/12/12-12-6.htm
. For the English translation see:
http://www.islamreview.com/articles/fastdemiseprint.htm
.

18
. “Who is Isa Al-Masih—The Man in White?”
http://isaalmasih.net/
.

19
. Brother Andrew,
Light Force
, 140.

CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRED TEXTS OF ISLAM

1
. There is, however, a very small Islamic cult that adheres only to the Qur’an as its source of religious belief and practice. They are known as “The Submitters.”

2
.
Malik’s Muwatta
, Book 9, Number 9.7.27.

CHAPTER FOUR: THE MAHDI: ISLAM’S AWAITED MESSIAH

1
. Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 228.

2
. Kathir,
Signs Before the Day of Judgement
, 18.

3
. Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 18.

4
. Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 228.

5
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, 1.

6
. Sachedina,
Islamic Messianism
, 2.

7
. Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 229.

8
. Tirmidhi Sahih,
Sunan Abu Dawud
, (Sahih), vol. 5, p. 207; also narrated by Ali B. Abi Talib, Abu Sa’id, Umm Salmah, Abu Hurayra.

9
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, Book 36, Number 4271, narrated by Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin.

10
. Ibn Maja,
Kitab al-Fitan
#4084 as quoted in Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 231.

11
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, narrated by Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin.

12
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 277.

13
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, prologue, 4, 5.

14
. Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 4.

15
. Kelani,
The Last Apocalypse
, 34–35.

16
. Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi’Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, 50, as quoted in Yahya,
The End Times and the Mahdi
, 96.

17
. Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 231.

18
. Abu Nu’aym and As-Suyuti, related by Thawban, as quoted in Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 44.

19
. “Flags of the Islamic State,”
www.islamic-state.org/resources/flags-of-the-islamic-state.html
.

20
. Ibn Kathir,
The Beginning and the End
, vol.2, pt. 3, p. 288 as quoted in Gabriel,
Jesus and Muhammad
, 60.

21
. Tirmidhi as quoted in Zubair,
Signs of Qiyamah
, 42, and Abdullah,
Islam, Jesus, Mehdi, Qadiyanis, and Doomsday
, 54.

22
. Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 40.

23
. Sahih Muslim, Book 041, Number 6985.

24
. Sahih Hakim Mustadrak, related by Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (4:557 and 558), as quoted in Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 233.

25
. At-Tabarani, Related by Abu Hurayra, as quoted in Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 9.

26
. El-Kavlu’l Muhtasar Fi Alamet-il Mehdiyy-il Muntazar, as quoted by Yahya,
http://www.endoftimes.net/08mahdiandtheendtimes.html
.

27
. Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-Zaman, as quoted by Yahya,
http://www.endoftimes.net/08mahdiandtheendtimes.html
.

28
. Tabarani, as related by Hadrat Abu Umamah, as quoted in Zubair,
Signs of Qiyamah
, 43, and Abduallah,
Islam, Jesus, Mehdi, Qadiyanis, and Doomsday
, 55.

29
. Ibid.

30
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, Book 36, Number 4273, narrated by Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin.

31
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, Book 36, Number 4272, narrated by Abu Sa’id al-Khudri.

32
. M S M Saifullah, Muhammad Ghoniem, Abu Hudhayfah & Khalid al-Khazraji,
On the Transmitters of Isra’iliyyat (Judeo-Christian Material)
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/Ulum/israel.html
.

33
. Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 15.

34
. Ibid, 15.

35
. Michael Elliot, “The Semiotics of Saddam.”

36
. Izzat and ‘Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 40.

37
. Ibid., 16.

CHAPTER FIVE: COMPARING THE BIBLICAL ANTICHRIST AND THE MAHDI

1
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, 4–5.

2
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, Book 36, Number 4273, narrated by Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu’minin.

3
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, prologue, 4, 5.

4
. Amini,
Al-Imam Al-Mahdi
.

5
. Sahih Muslim, Book 041, Number 6985.

6
. Tirmidhi as quoted in Zubair,
Signs of Qiyamah
, 42, and Abdullah,
Islam, Jesus, Mehdi, Qadiyanis, and Doomsday
, 54.

7
. Izzat and ’Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 40.

8
. Ibid.

9
. Tabarani as quoted by Mufti A.H. Elias and Muhammad Ali ibn Zubair Ali, Imam Mahdi, online article from:
http://www.islam.tc/prophecies/imam.html
.

10
. Dr. Waleed A. Muhanna, “A Brief Introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar,” available online at
http://fisher.osu.edu/~muhanna_1/hijri-intro.html
.

11
. Izzat and ’Arif,
Al Mahdi and the End of Time
, 15, 19.

CHAPTER SIX: THE MUSLIM JESUS

1
. Sahih Muslim Book 041, Number 7015.

2
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 351.

3
. Sahih Muslim, Book 001, Number 0293, narrated by Jabir bin ‘Abdullah.

4
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 350.

5
. Sais I-Nursi, “The Fifth Ray,” in
The Rays
, 493, quoted in Yahya,
Jesus Will Return
, 66.

6
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, prologue, 3.

7
. Hakim Mustadrak (2:651) #4162 as related by Abu Harayra, quoted in Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 237.

8
. Sahih Ashrat as-Sa’at, quoted in Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 236.

9
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 351.

10
. Shafi and Usmani,
Signs of the Qiyama and the Arrival of the Maseeh
, 60.

11
. Kabbani,
Approach of Armageddon?
, 237.

12
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, prologue, 3.

13
.
Sunan Abu Dawud
, Book 37, Number 4310, narrated by Abu Hurayrah. See also Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Number 656.

14
. Shafi and Usmani,
Signs of the Qiyama and the Arrival of the Maseeh
, 59.

15
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 358.

16
. Yahya,
Jesus Will Return
, 52.

17
. Al-Misri,
Reliance of the Traveller
, 603.

18
. Muhammad Ali Ibn Zubair, “Who Is the Evil Dajjal (the ‘anti-Christ’)?” Online article from
http://www.islam.tc/prophecies/masdaj.html
.

19
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 360; Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Number 656.

20
. Zubair,
Signs of Qiyama
.

21
. Sunan Abu Dawood, Book 37, Number 4310, narrated by Abu Hurayrah.

22
. Tirmidhi, quoted in “Jesus (Isa) A.S. in Islam, and his Second Coming” by Mufti A.H. Elias at
http://www.islam.tc/prophecies/jesus.html
.

CHAPTER SEVEN: COMPARING THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE MUSLIM JESUS

1
. Ibn Maja, Kitab al-Fitan #4084, quoted in Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 231.

2
. Al-Sadr and Mutahhari,
The Awaited Savior
, prologue, 3.

3
. Sais I-Nursi, “The Fifth Ray,” in
The Rays
, 493, quoted in Yahya,
Jesus Will Return
, 66.

4
. Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 237.

5
. Shafi and Usmani,
Signs of the Qiyama and the Arrival of the Maseeh
, 59.

6
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 358.

7
. Al-Misri,
Reliance of the Traveller
, 603.

8
. Zubair, “Who Is the Evil Dajjal (the ‘anti-Christ’)?”

9
. Zubair,
Signs of Qiyama
.

10
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 218.

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE DAJJAL: ISLAM’S ANTICHRIST

1
. Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 223.

2
. Sahih Muslim Book 041, Number 7005, reported by Ibn Umar.

3
. Sahih Muslim Book 041, Number 7010, reported by Hudhalfa.

4
. Sahih Muslim Book 041, Number 7009, reported by Anas b. Malik.

5
. R’ad,
Freemasons and Dajjal
, 173.

6
. Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 223–4.

7
. Sunan Ibn Majah #4067, related by Abu Umamam Al-Bahili, quoted in Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 225.

8
. Philips,
Ad-Dajjal, the Antichrist
.

9
. Zubair,
Signs of Qiyama
, 17.

10
. Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 88, Number 248, narrated by Anas bin Malik.

11
. Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
226.

12
. Philips,
Ad-Dajjal, the Antichrist
.

13
. Suyuti, Durr al-Manthur, as quoted in Kabbani,
The Approach of Armageddon?
, 227.

14
. Excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered by Palestinian Authority
imam
Sheikh Ibrahim Madhi at the Sheikh ‘Ijlin Mosque in Gaza City, broadcast live on April 12, 2002 by Palestinian Authority television
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP37002
.

15
. Shahid,
The Last Trumpet
, 254.

16
. Veliankode,
Doomsday Portents and Prophecies
, 312.

17
. Sahih Muslim, Book 041, Number 6924, reported by Abu Huraira.

CHAPTER NINE: COMPARING THE BIBLICAL JESUS AND THE DAJJAL

1
.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/que5.htm
.

CHAPTER TEN: THE REVIVED ISLAMIC EMPIRE OF THE ANTICHRIST

1
. Unger,
Beyond The Crystal Ball
, 81.

2
. Hitchcock,
The Coming Islamic Invasion of Israel
, 44, 45.

3
. Roger Hardy, “Islamic affairs analyst: Islam in Turkey: Odd One Out,” BBC, September, 26, 2003.

4
.
Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
, Ezekiel 38
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries
.

5
. Hitchcock,
The Coming Islamic Invasion of Israel
, 31.