text: who is the dajjal?   dajjal is an evil figure in islamic eschatology, who will appear before yaum al-qiyamah (day of the resurrection). he is highly similar to the antichrist in christianity. various hadith, or traditions, are preserved about the attributes of ad-dajjal like the following:  1.he will be physically misshapen, and have one eye. there will be skin covering the area where the other eye is supposed to be . 2.he will deceive the faithful, teaching them that heaven is hell and vice versa.  3.he will have the power to work miracles in order to mislead believers.  4.he will try to put man on god's throne.  5.he will have the arabic letters kaf, fa and ra (kafir) -meaning unbeliever- branded on his forehead.  6.he will have the ability to revive the dead, and consequently claim to be god.  7.some traditions of islam relate that he will appear at isfahan, and that he will rally the isfahan jews and many women to his support. the prophet muhammad asked his followers to recite the first and last ten verses of chapter 'the cave' as protection from the dajjal. these verses deal with the beliefs and activities of the christian nations. he also taught his followers to pray, "o allah! i seek refuge in thee from the trial of the dajjal." he also said, there is no tribulation greater than that of the dajjal from the creation of adam to the day of resurrection. the occurrence of the dajjal will correspond with the appearance of the imam mahdi, who will rally the faithful on earth to oppose him. eventually, isa (the name of jesus in arabic) will return from heaven and slay the dajjal. according to many interpretations this will occur near the gate of ludd (ancient city of lydda) [1]. this will be followed by a golden age for islam (not to be confused with the separate islamic golden age) in which there are only true believers and almost everyone converts to islam. eventually decline will set in and by the will of allah the end will come for man. this is similar to a retelling of the christian apocalypse where the end comes with the return of jesus and judgment day. he is mentioned in chapter 16 of "the arabian nights": "sinbad voyage 1" or "first voyage"  "also to while away the time of waiting i explored a little island named cassel, which belonged to king mihrage, and which was supposed to be inhabited by a spirit named deggial. indeed, the sailors assured me that often at night the playing of timbals could be heard upon it."