Question: We’re gonna be speaking today with Harun Yahya who is the author and the book that comes to mind is the Atlas of Creation... Can Mr Yahya explain to us what Mahdi is all about?

Adnan Oktar: Mahdi is a person who will come in the End Times, from the lineage of our Prophet, will act in unison with the Christians to annihilate atheism and irreligion from the world and bring peace and love. He will encourage disarmament all over the world and apply this politics throughout his life. Our Prophet says he will not shed a single drop of blood. He will be such an affectionate person. He will annihilate irreligion in alliance with the Christians. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will come in his time. Together with the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), they will dominate the Islamic moral values all over the world.

Question: We are speaking today with the author Harun Yahya through an interpreter. He has written 300 books, in 57 languages and his real name is Adnan Oktar. What I want to ask Mr Oktar (Harun Yahya) is why we have such a radical element of the Islam, why is it that they won’t come out of the fundamentalist belief of the Islamic religion? Have they gone a separate reason, a direction of belief?

Adnan Oktar: The Christian world should not have the slightest worry about this. Mahdi (pbuh) will solve this radically. Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) mentions such a situation. That the Muslims will be disunited and struggle with each other, a deterioration in the religion would occur, religion will be divided into sects but Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will emerge and unify all sects, and he will be in a peaceful and affectionate activity in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. And this will climax with the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh).

But in the Christian belief, Mahdi (pbuh), who will come in the End Times would be peaceful in the beginning but will turn out to be warmongering. This person described, is the antichrist. We don’t accept this after all. Awaited Mahdi (pbuh) will struggle with this. Because Mahdi (pbuh) is peaceful in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. At no stage Mahdi (pbuh) would make concession from peace, brotherhood and love. And he will not shed a single drop of blood. He will struggle with antichrist along with the Prophet Jesus (pbuh).

Question: Mahdi being the spiritual leader of the Islamic World, and the Jesus of the Christian world, two of these will be coming together as one, is that what you’re telling me?

Adnan Oktar: Yes. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will perform prayer together. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will push Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) from his shoulders with his beautiful hands to imamate (lead) to perform prayer. They will perform prayer together and from that moment on they will annihilate irreligion, atheism, lovelessness, egoism, selfishness, ambition for material, all malicious ideas together. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh), in unity with the Christians; Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and Muslims will annihilate this unrest and evil thoughts in the world in unity. Together they will bestow humanity a modern, affectionate, compassionate, beautiful world. They will abolish the antichrist way of thinking and insincerity, teach people sincerity and honesty. The characteristic of the antichrist is that, initially he will rise as peaceful only to show his hostile and sanguinary feature later on. But the characteristics of the Prophet Jesus and Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) are, they are affectionate and peaceful brothers in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. Our Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) says Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will not shed a single drop of blood, he will not wake those asleep, he will be so compassionate towards people. He will apply social justice. He will distribute the goods to people. People will enter an era of great tranquility and happiness. This is what we call the “Golden Age”. Children will put their fingers to a snakes’ hole and the snake will not bite them. Little children will play with wild animals. Even the aggressiveness of animals will disappear in this period. This is written both in the Gospel and in the hadith.