PRESENTER: “As-Salaamu Alaykum.”

ADNAN OKTAR: “Wa Alaykum Salam.”

PRESENTER: “Some people say that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) came in the last century. Could you give information about this matter?”

ADNAN OKTAR: Claiming that Hazrat Mahdi(pbuh) came in the last century; had the Mahdi(pbuh) come, Islam should have been dominating the world. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) should have arrived. Christianity and Islam should have been united. Only the religion of Islam should have been left in the world. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) should have traveled the whole world. Our Prophet (saas) says that all weapons will be removed; so all weapons should have been removed. All the portents should have been realized. None of these happened in the last century. But all of the portents are realized in this century. The riot at the Kabaa, the eclipses of the Sun and the Moon, and so.. All of those well-known portents have happened. Therefore, there is no century other that this one in which the Mahdi will come. Our Prophet (saas) says that the life span of this community will last for 7 thousand years; the lifespan of the world is 7 thousand years. He says that 5600 years of this have passed. He gives the 7 thousand years as a calendar. The Messenger of Allah (saas) says that 5600 years of this have passed. What is left? 1400. Everything will happen in between 1400 and 1500 according to Islamic calendar, insha’Allah. Had the Mahdi come, now Islam would be dominating the whole world. This shows that the Mahdi did not come in the last century. But now, the dominion of Islam is in the rise in the perfect meaning of the word, I mean it is at a 90-degree rise. This shows that the Mahdi has arrived insha’Allah.