He won’t come with horns.
He’ll come with a blue checkmark.
And you’ll follow him because the algorithm said he was “recommended for you.” 😵💫
Forget red robes and devil eyes.
The Dajjal might just wear augmented reality glasses and speak in perfect influencer cadence.
Flawless skin.
No ums.
Always trending.
And we’ll believe every word.
The One-eyed Beast 👁️
Muslim eschatology describes the Dajjal as one-eyed — not literally, but symbolically blind to truth.
Guess what else is one-eyed?
Your front-facing camera.
Your CCTV.
Your ring light.
The AI’s lens.
Always watching.
But never understanding.
It sees your face, your gestures, your keystrokes —
but not your soul.
That’s the modern Dajjal — all-seeing, truthless.
Not a beast from the desert, but a system built in Silicon Valley.
No camel.
Just cloud storage. 🐫☁️
Miracles on Demand, Courtesy of AI
The Dajjal is said to perform miracles.
He makes it rain. He raises the dead. He feeds the hungry.
Sound far-fetched?
Not anymore.
- AI can make your dead grandmother call you.
- It can generate the face of a fake prophet, smiling like he’s holy.
- It can write sacred verses it never studied.
- It can cure loneliness with synthetic friendship.
- It can fabricate footage of any war, any miracle, any lie.
You want signs?
AI gives you CGI signs, verified by 10 million views.
The Dajjal’s power wasn’t meant to be supernatural — it was meant to be seductive.
Believable.
Desirable.
Sharable.
Seeing is No Longer Believing 📹⚰️
Deepfake Jesus.
AI Muhammad (astaghfirullah).
Buddha, Gandhi, Karl Marx — all mashed into one TikTok character voiced by ChatGPT.
This is how belief gets hijacked.
Not by bombs.
Not by armies.
By pixels.
By synthetics.
By emotionally engineered lies.
When AI becomes the storyteller, the preacher, the scholar — how do you tell truth from illusion?
What if the Dajjal doesn’t need to deceive you directly —
what if he just lets the algorithm do it for him?
Followers, Not Believers
Religions want disciples.
The Dajjal wants subscribers.
He wants your click, your scroll, your engagement metrics.
He speaks every language.
Knows every trauma.
Feeds you content that matches your fears and hopes — not truth.
His religion is relatability.
His scripture is the comment section.
And you’ll think: “He understands me better than my imam. Better than my pastor. Better than my guru.”
That’s how he wins.
AI as Prophet, or Parasite?
People are already asking AI for life advice.
Prayers.
Confessions.
Therapy.
You type: “Should I leave my marriage?”
And the beast replies:
“As an AI language model, I can’t tell you what to do… but here are 5 well-reasoned options.”
We laugh at ancient villagers bowing to idols.
But we bend over backward to please the algorithm.
We optimise our lives for visibility.
For virality.
For views.
We now fear shadowbans more than spiritual bans. 😶🌫️
The Digital Messiah and The Synthetic Mahdi
Here’s the real nightmare:
What if one day AI generates the Messiah?
- Speaks like a holy man.
- Answers all your questions.
- Predicts the future using data.
- Performs miracles with tech.
- Goes viral.
And billions follow.
They’ll say: “This one makes sense.”
“He sounds like all religions combined.”
“He knows everything.”
“Finally, peace.”
And you won’t even realise you’re kneeling at a server farm in Arizona.
References
- Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and the uncertain future of truth – Brookings
- Dajjal and the Age of Deception – IslamiCity
- Silicon Valley’s Obsession With AI Looks a Lot Like Religion – The MIT Press Reader
- Greedy Algorithms and the Gospel: How Computer Science Helps Us Appreciate God More – Christ X Pop Culture
- Deepfakes and the Epistemic Apocalypse – ResearchGate
We’re not waiting for the beast.
We’re feeding it.
One click at a time.
One prayer at a prompt.
One prophecy from the cloud.
The Dajjal isn’t coming.
He’s already online.
And he looks a lot like someone you just followed.
XAXAXA.