如果你曾经好奇，被预言的达贾尔，也就是敌基督，为何能拥有如此众多的追随者，其中包括穆斯林，尽管他身有残缺、暴虐成性，而且额头上明明写着“卡菲尔”一词，那么不必远求，看看当代政治便知。

If you have ever wondered how the prophesied Dajjal, i.e., the anti-Christ, could have such a large following among people, including Muslims, despite his physical disfigurement, his tyranny, and the word kafir literally spelled out on his face, look no further than modern politics.

我一直对此感到疑惑。一个显然邪恶的存在，为什么还会有人追随它？答案就在我们周围。在东方和西方，我们都能看到同样事情的影子。有些政治人物公然犯下种种暴行，残害人类。他们屠杀、实施无人机打击、盗窃、贪腐、投毒，所有这些都在公众的注视之下发生。可似乎没有人在意。试想，如果像奥巴马总统这样的人发表一番煽情、迎合民意的演讲，就足以让人口水直流、目瞪口呆地崇拜追捧，那这个人还真的在乎他的手所造成的谋杀和压迫吗？

I always wondered about this. Why would anyone follow such a clearly evil being? The answer is all around us. We see shades of the same thing happening today, in the East and West. You have politicians that openly commit all manner of atrocity against the human race. They massacre, drone strike, steal, corrupt, poison — all in full view of public scrutiny. But no one seems to care. I mean, does a person really care about the murder and oppression wrought by the hands of someone like a President Obama if him making a sappy, pandering speech is enough to elicit drooling praise and slack-jawed devotion from that person?

在人们的思想中，许多罪行被粉饰了。轰炸、入侵、占领，不过被说成是“地缘政治”或“强硬的外交政策”。杀害无辜平民，不过被称为“附带损害”。将警察部队军事化，使其恐吓社会，并造成无休止的暴行与死亡，不过被说成是“对犯罪严厉”和“重视安全”。难道只要措辞巧妙，你们就会随声附和吗？只需精心挑选几个术语，你们就再也看不见那把割裂尸体的屠刀了吗？那些包装精巧的术语，难道就像一剂灵药，让你们的头脑无法抗拒吗？

So many crimes are whitewashed in the minds of people. Bombing, invading, occupying — these are nothing more than “geopolitics” or “hawkish foreign policy.” Killing innocent people is nothing more than “collateral damage.” Militarizing a police force that then terrorizes society and is responsible for an endless stream of brutality and death is nothing more than being “tough on crime” and “serious about security.” Is creative wording all it takes for you people to fall in line? Just some carefully chosen terms and suddenly you can’t see the butcher’s knife mutilating the corpse? Is well-spun terminology like a magic elixir that your mind cannot resist?

如果是这样，只需记住一点：真主并非独眼。

If so, just try to hold on to one thing: God is not one-eyed.