Who is Dajjal?

Do we live through the final prophecies now?

Dajjal. One word in Islam which immediately intrigued my curiosity and imaginary. If Christian eschatology offers Antichrist and End Time, the Islamic eschatology follows the line too and introduces us with the term of Al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl (لمسيح الدجّال), the False Messiah, the Deceiver, Islamic evil hero who is claiming he is the Masih, the Messiah before the important Yawm al-Qiyamah (Day of Resurrection).

It is interesting to see that Islam signs of Dajjal sees in the next phenomena: dishonesty as a way of life, falsehood, usury and bribery, innocent’s blood would be shed, pride will be taken on act of oppression, the rulers will live on corruption, the scholars will be hypocrites, there will be no any shame, respect. The Damascus will be ruined. We can detect many of signs nowadays. Does it mean that Dajjal is among us and who is he if he is not Antichrist or as Jews believe, Armilus?