Article 32 — The Antichrist Dajjal and Baphomet
The Antichrist, Dajjal and Baphomet: Understanding the symbols of deception in the end times
The Goal of the Wise — Door Number Thirty-Two
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Who really is the Antichrist? Why do religious traditions foretell a great deception before the fulfillment of divine promises?
In the thirty-second Door of The Goal of the Wise, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) examines the figures of the Dajjal and the Antichrist.
The chapter associates these themes with a particular reading of modern history, power and religious symbols.
The Dajjal in Islamic traditions
The Dajjal is generally presented as a deceptive figure associated with the events of the end times.
The prophetic traditions describe him as a major trial.
The book takes up this idea and seeks to understand how deception might manifest itself through the structures of the world.
Baphomet and religious symbols
The chapter also examines the figure of Baphomet.
This symbol has received various historical, religious and occult interpretations.
The author incorporates it into his analysis of the Antichrist and of the forces opposed to divine guidance.
The documented historical uses of these symbols must be distinguished from the particular meanings the book attributes to them.
Power and deception
The book addresses in particular the power of the United States and its supposed role in eschatological events.
It presents a religious interpretation of certain geopolitical developments.
These connections belong to the author’s prophetic reading and do not demonstrate the existence of a coordinated occult plan.
Discernment in the face of appearances
Beyond the eschatological figures, the chapter raises a fundamental question.
How can deception be recognized?
Appearances can be seductive.
Authority can present itself as legitimate.
A belief can seem convincing without being well-founded.
The search for truth therefore requires particular attention to evidence and contradictions.
Conclusion — How can true deception be recognized?
The thirty-second Door examines the representations of the Antichrist and their meaning in the book’s doctrine.
Does the greatest danger lie in an external figure, or in our capacity to accept an illusion as truth?