Ashrat al-Saah - al-WabilYusuf al-Wabil

Chapter Two: The Messiah, the Dajjal

The Meaning of “Messiah”

Abū Abd Allah al-Qurtubī cited twenty-three opinions regarding the derivation of this term (1), while the author of al-Qāmūs brought the number to fifty opinions (2).

This term may refer both to the utterly truthful one and to the deeply misguided liar. Thus the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary—peace be upon him—is the utterly truthful one, while the Messiah, the Dajjal, is the deeply misguided liar.

Allah created the two messiahs, each the antithesis of the other. Jesus—peace be upon him—is the Messiah of guidance: he heals those born blind and lepers, and brings the dead to life by Allah’s leave. The Dajjal—may Allah curse him—is the messiah of misguidance. He puts people to trial through what he is granted by way of

(1) See *Al-Tadhkira*, p. 679. (2) See *Tartīb al-Qāmūs*, 4:239. The author of *Al-Qāmūs* states that he cited these opinions in his *Sharh Mashāriq al-Anwār* and elsewhere.
الفصل الثّاني المسيح الدَّجّال * معنى المسيح: ذكر أبو عبد الله القرطبي ثلاثةً وعشرين قولًا في اشتقاق هذا اللّفظ (١)، وأوصلها صاحب "القاموس" إلى خمسين قولًا (٢). وهذه اللفظة تطلق على الصدِّيق، وعلى الضَلِّيل الكذاب. فالمسيح عيسى بن مريم ﵇: الصِّدِّيق، والمسيح الدَّجّال: الضِّلِّيل الكذاب. فخلق الله المسيحين، أحدهما ضد الآخر: فعيسى ﵇ مسيحُ الهدى؛ يبرئ الأكمه والأبرص، ويحيي الموتى بإذن الله. والدَّجّال -لعنه الله- مسيح الضلالة، يفتن النَّاس بما يُعطاه من
(١) انظر: "التذكرة" (ص ٦٧٩). (٢) انظر: "ترتيب القاموس" (٤/ ٢٣٩)، وذكر صاحب "القاموس" أنّه أورد هذه الأقوال في كتابه "شرح مشارق الأنوار" وغيره.

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