Surely the coming of Donald J. Trump is not foretold in the Holy Quran, and the End Time and the associated destruction of the State of Israel is not imminent--or is it? It may depend on who you ask. Ask in the highest political circles within Iran and it has already been answered in the affirmative. At least one Ayatollah has claimed that President Trump is indeed the Islamic Antichrist or Dajjal, signaling an imminent transition to a Final Judgment. Many may also believe that the development of nuclear bombs to destroy Israel is a mandatory commandment from Allah in order to initiate the End Times, which will right the imbalance of power between the evil first world (Israel, the USA and their allies) and the faithful Shiites. The Shiite clerics that rule Iran are not necessarily insane, but they adhere to ancient beliefs based on strict interpretation of Quranic prophecies that are utterly alien to Western pragmatism. Hence they are willing to endure massive bombings and devastation because they believe it is all part of Quranic prophecy, and at the end, the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi (the Hidden Imam), and Jesus (Isa) will descend from the skies prior to the Day of Judgment to establish global peace and justice. This is not just lip service. They truly believe it and they are not afraid to die for their beliefs.
The opinion that matters most is the opinion of the allegedly infallible Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who, we are assured, survived the bombing by the US and Israel last Feburary 28, and arose to this position upon the death of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. That bombing severely wounded Mojtaba but supposedly did not kill him, according to hints in the global media. We can assume he hates the US.
The Supreme Leader of Iran is believed to be infallible, meaning his authority cannot be questioned in matters of Scripture or Law, either one. He is like the Pope and Dictator. There is no reason to believe the new Supreme Leader is friendly to the US at all. He is said to have been seriously injured from the bomb blast, but according to The Jerusalem Post, he is alert though delegating his duties to the military.
Over the years, the previous Supreme Leader used his power to squash dissent via executions, torture and other policies that those in the West would normally find repugnant. At the same time, Iran has used oil money to export revolution around the world, including to Lebanon (which has a sizeable Shi'ite population). This is how Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations around the world receive backing.
Christianity, Judaism and Islam all have End Time narratives, or apocalyptic literature which describe the overthrow of evil earthly authorities and bringing the Righteous to power. The simple equation is this: Righteous = Christian in Christian interpretation of the Bible; = Jewish in the Tanakh, = Muslims in the Holy Quran. In the Quranic version, Jesus survived the Crucifixion (many interpreters understand that someone else somehow died in his place). The 12th and final Imam, accompanied by Jesus, will return to Earth to destroy the nonbelievers (i.e., Jews and Christians, for example). The Quran also prophecies that there is a Dajjal or Antichrist, a powerful world leader who will deceive many people into believing he is good, though actually he is incarnate evil. So, is Donald Trump the Shi'ite Dajjal?
Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Ameli has made this explicit accusation. Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has created a Fatwa, or religious decree, calling for President Trump's death. He is joined in this call by Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli, who has called for death to President Trump as well as death to Israel's President Netanyahu as well as the destruction of the State of Israel. However, only the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is truly regarded as infallible. Mojtaba is the son of the previous Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by a joint U.S.-Israeli operation on February 28, 2026. Supposedly reliable sources insist that the younger Khamenei survived, but there are not confirmed photographs or audio recordings. He is receiving the best available health care in Russia...but never mind. At some point, one way or the other Iran will have an undisputed, functioning Supreme Leader who will guide Iran through the End Time and decide whether they in fact need nuclear weapons to carry out the will of Allah. My belief is that they will continue to decide in the affirmative, although I hope I am wrong.
From New Delhi (India) Television, Instagram site.
For that matter, 39% of Americans also believe that the world is close to the End Time, according to a Pew Research survey taken in 2022.
Many Americans are making similar claims after he posted pictures of himself which seemed to portray him as Jesus.
Islam, Judaism and Christianity all have End Time narratives in which evil is destroyed and the righteous inherit the earth. Strict fundamentalists in Islam as well as Christianity and Judaism all have a clear idea who is who and where they will go after the Final Judgment, but disagree about who will be saved and who will be discarded into Hell.
Last year, on June 29, 2025, Shia Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi issued a Fatwa (religious declaration), calling President Trump an Enemy of Allah (Mohareb), and called upon Muslims of the world to kill him.
It does seem that there is great sentiment among senior Ayatollas for believing that the End Time is near, and that the Supreme Leader may well believe it also. It is very plausible that the Supreme Leader believes that a nuclear bomb needs to be used to obliterate all or part of Israel. We can only hope that he realizes that such a bomb strike will be met with a counterattack that is 100 times more powerful. Millions will die and Iran will not be allowed to win. Nuclear war makes no sense to a pragmatist of whatever religion. However, Iranian clerics are not pragmatists.
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