
Dajjal (Arabic: المسيح الدجّال, romanized: al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl, lit. 'the false messiah, liar, the deceiver, the deceiving messiah'; Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܐ ܕܓܠܐ, romanized: Mšiha Daggala) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is said to have come from several different locations, but generally from the East, usually between Syria and Iraq comparable to Christian understanding of the appearance of the Antichrist in Christian eschatology.