Without the antichrist Mahdi can in no way exist. The antichrist lays the ground for the system of the Mahdi. And the Mahdi lays the ground for the system of the dajjal (antichrist). Without the Pharaoh , the Prophet Moses (pbuh) would not have existed. With the Nimrod, the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) appears. Allah creates them altogether; the negative and the positive. The positive force is the Prophets and the negative force is the antichrists. - Harun Yahya