Quran Universe

Villains of Islamic History: From Iblis to the Dajjal

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Ibrahim

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Arabia before Islam523–570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1260 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

  2. Isa ibn Maryam descends
  4. A landslide in the east
  5. A landslide in the west
  6. A landslide in Arabia
  7. The smoke
  8. The sun rises from the west
  9. The Beast of the earth
  10. A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history26 from the Quran, hadith and history

Every age had its tyrant

From Iblis to the Dajjal the story repeats: someone rises in arrogance, a prophet or a believer stands against them, and what they relied on becomes what undoes them.

Who said it?

…"I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

Travel through the land; then observe how was the end of the deniers.

Quran 6:11

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Ibrahim

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Arabia before Islam523–570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1260 CE

The end of timeStill to come