Dajjal will act negatively in using the opportunities available to confuse people. In this way, he will cause people’s thinking to deviate from God to non-God. This Dajjalism will be at work in both secular and religious fields. We give here a few examples to explain this more fully.

The Theory of Evolution

Organic evolution falls into the category of dajjali concepts. Charles Darwin (d. 1882) and other biologists discovered that different living species have striking similarities in their physical structure. For instance, take the cat and the tiger. By referring to this similarity, evolutionists have formulated the theory that an evolutionary process has taken place in the world of biology. One species develops automatically into some other kinds of (more developed) species during this process.

It was indeed a very great deception. What is indicated by the similarities between different species is nothing but a variety in the species. Although the Creator chose similarity in physical structure to create species, every species was a separate, unique creation. The evolutionists’ observations indicated variety, but they were fallaciously interpreted to prove the concept of organic evolution.

This theory does not deny the existence of God. However, in effect, it amounts to making God irrelevant in the whole process of creation. According to the theory of evolution, the whole process of life takes place by natural selection. This concept renders God’s role in the creation of life so negligible that there remains no significant difference between believing and not believing. In present times, we see that the concept of God has become almost peripheral in practical life. The major reason for this state of affairs is the general acceptance of evolution.

Material Interpretation of History

The exact sciences had simply discovered the realities of nature. Physicists performed this task with great rigour and objectivity. The realities of nature thus discovered were related to the revelation of divine signs in the universe and human beings. Their utility was as data supporting modern theology in terms of their nature. However, precisely the same period witnessed the appearance of secular philosophers and thinkers. They made harmful use of the information arising from scientific research in that they proceeded to use it to present a purely material interpretation of human history. This line of thought is outlined in Julian Huxley’s (d. 1975) book, meaningfully titled, Religion without Revelation.

Just as the west were leaders in the physical sciences in the present world, they also became leaders of the world in the interpretation of life. It was as if the task of interpreting both life and the universe could be performed only by the west. The inhabitants of the eastern world had no option but to follow the west.

The ideological task performed by the west was a material interpretation of history. During this period, many philosophers and thinkers came to the fore. They and their followers, who subscribed to their ideology, succeeded in influencing the minds of the whole world by using modern media. It has come about due to the misinterpretation of the facts. The reason is traceable to the religious scholars’ failure to play any constructive role.

Entertainment Culture

Dajjal undertook this task of deceiving the common person in another way. The new world discovered by science had great potential for guidance for the common person. For the first time, it had become possible for a man to discover the divine truth at the level of established knowledge, with better opportunities that existed for God-realisation. Scientific discoveries made it more apparent that the blessings man had received in this world were from his Benefactor and must be acknowledged as such. Thereby acknowledging the Benefactor, he could be held deserving of further blessings.

However, precisely simultaneously, dajjal appeared and misled man into a satanic entertainment culture, justifying this by invented philosophies. Everyone wanted to fulfil his or her desires right there and then. They forgot that every blessing brings with it responsibilities. Moreover, man has no right to enjoy these blessings without discharging these responsibilities.

In present times, the entertainment culture is in vogue. All men and women want to enjoy life to the full. The most popular motto of today is: right here, right now.

A significant number of books have been written to justify this ideology. One salient name in this field is Sigmund Freud (d. 1939). He was a great advocate of such thinking. He wanted to prove that human desires have a crucial role in forming the human personality. He held that by suppressing desires, one’s personality became scarred by repression, and the process of psychological growth became distorted. As such, it was necessary to satisfy one’s desires freely. Due to this misleading ideology, permissiveness prevails worldwide, and human society has been reduced to a jungle of well-clad animals.

A great fallacy lies hidden in the ideology of Sigmund Freud and other western thinkers of his ilk. They attributed the growth of personality development to the unbridled fulfilment of desires, whereas such development was a product of the human mind. Indeed, man’s mind promotes the growth of the human personality. The truth is that in this case, the fulfilment of desires is only a distraction and, as such, is an obstacle to intellectual development.

Dajjali fitnah, by its nature, is not a new evil. It has always existed in the form of satanic fitnah. What is particular about it is that this fallacious ideology has come to form the basis of a civilisation. Finding it very attractive, people, in general, will accept it. It will be the ultimate form of the grossly improper use of modern discoveries. This same dajjali culture prevails in the present age.