Adnan Oktar A9 TV; May 9th, 2016

The irreligious try to intimidate Muslims. It is not becoming for a Muslim to accept being intimidated. The Companions were subjected to incredible torture and pressure of their families because they followed our Prophet (saas). They resisted all such pressure heroically. What makes a Muslim a hero and valiant is the sufferings he goes through. It is the ordeals he goes through for God’s approval. Those who leave Islam because they fear those who condemn them don’t deserve paradise in the hereafter.

Our Prophet (saas) explained that at the time of the Mahdi (pbuh), a selfish, hateful character would be prevalent and people would stay away from the Mahdi. In fact, some people have no qualms about befriending immoral people, but choose to stay away from the students of the Mahdi, who are among the greatest.

Ashab al-Kahf [The Companions of the Cave] is another name for the system of Mahdi. It is the implicit, cryptic description of the system of Mahdi. All those ciphers depict the system of Mahdi. How, when and where the system of Mahdi will occur are explained in great detail via a highly secret ciphering system.

Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) had so much admiration for the Mahdi (pbuh). They asked much about him and our Prophet articulated in great detail.

We’re promoting the way of the Qur’an; the spirit of the Companions. It is modern, devout and compliant with human nature.

Nobody can stand against the system of Mahdi despite that there only a small group of people working for it and a large group of people, primarily involving the shadow states, the bigots, the polytheists, the hypocrites, opposing it. This is a miraculous aspect of the system of Mahdi. The Mahdi and his followers are invincible; they are not destined to be defeated.

If you are looking for the Mahdi's group, God presents evidence in the Qur’an. He says, “Follow those who do not ask you for any wage” When we look at religious scholars and teachers, we see that almost all of them are getting paid: Ninety nine percent of them are getting paid. If you want to find the Mahdi group, you will recognize them when they don’t ask for a wage.

If you give fanaticism an inch, it takes a mile. It is very dangerous. The state must adopt a determined policy to spread modern thinking, a modern state structure and a modern conception of art. In other words, one must live by a modern Islam. What does modern mean? Like in the time of the Companions.

The Companions of our Prophet (saas) always strove for the sake of God. But the hypocrites always had excuses like ‘our houses are exposed' or ‘we would have come if we knew how’. However, if they were told that they would be given gold, they would have immediately obliged. That is because it would have served their interests. However, one's interests should always be in showing good morality; one should choose faith and reward from God instead of gold. Otherwise one would start to turn into an animal.

The whole issue is in submitting to God wholeheartedly and in loving God. Once you attain that, you would progress steadily on the right path. You might want to go faster, but God would not let you speed up. The system of the Mahdi is a system that progresses slowly. The followers of the Mahdi blossom out slowly as well. No matter how much they want it, no matter what they do, God makes them fill in that preordained time.

If you run after the transient world, God would make it constantly run away from you and the world would then become a trouble for you. However, the world would become beautiful with self-sacrificing people. For instance, our Prophet (saas) was very altruistic and selfless. His companions were very altruistic and selfless. None of them were self-seeking. Societies with self-seeking people collapse.

The community of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) continues until Hijri 1506 (2082-2083 ). After Hijri 1506, the form of preaching the message of religion, their system changes completely. I mean after that date, Muslims would only be able to communicate with each other with very secret, hidden symbols, because they will kill all Muslims. The Qur'an will be burned and there will be nothing left pertaining to acts of worship. They will burn down the mosques, they will demolish the Kaba'a and only the plain field of the Kaba'a will remain. They will not leave behind anything pertaining to what is holy.

I pray that Allah brings goodness to Muslims and to the whole world in this new year. May Allah abolish the troubles and conflicts in the Islamic world and pave the way for the Islamic Union. May Allah make us students to the Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh).

According the hadiths, no negative accusation, no trap set against them would ever have an impact on the Mahdi and his followers.

The students of the Mahdi are people who have given their promise to God that they would submit to Mahdi in the spiritual realm before time and space were created. The loyalty and friendship of Muslims come from the spiritual realm where they know and love one another.

Adhesions to the system of the Mahdi in a calm, covert environment are much more eligible. For instance, there had been groups adhering to our Prophet (saas) but the good deeds they will attain for doing so is much less. The first ones to pledge allegiance are very eligible. The first 313 people, like the number of the companions who fought in the Battle of Badr, they are very important.

Very rare, elect people, those who are specifically been inspired by God, those who are taken into a deep sleep approach the Mahdi (pbuh). Just like the People of the Cave. Such a person would not be able to go anywhere even if he wants to, because it is in his destiny. The will of a genuine student of the Mahdi would not be able to leave him. But the other ones cannot become his students even if they want to.

The real Mahdi (pbuh) has small power. I mean he has a small community, a small group of friends. Almighty God loves creating big things from scratch, He loves making tiny things great. For instance, God creates a big, 25 or 30 meter high fig tree from a small, tiny fig seed within 15 to 20 years and lets us eat hundreds of thousands of figs from that tree.

Both the People of Ar-Raqim [Inscription] and the People of the Cave consist of young people. The People of Ar-Raqim are the students of the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) and the People of the Cave are the students of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).

We will recognize People of the Cave, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Jesus Messiah (pbuh) with the radiance of faith, insha'Allah.

In the End Times, there will be people like the People of the Cave. The Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) will be among them as well. There will be people who do not know their past; there will be may be ten, may be 15, may be 20 such people, with no family and no past. And we will realize that one of them is the Jesus Messiah (pbuh) and we will understand that some of them are the People of the Cave.

The Surat Al-Kafh refers to the system of the Mahdi from the beginning till the end. Our Prophet (saas) informed us in the hadiths that the People of the Cave will be the helpers of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).

Our sight sharpens as Allah lifts the covers upon us.

The system of the Mahdi is a heroic saga against all forms of pressure.

Hypocrites were very much jealous of our Prophet’s beauty. What the opponents of our Prophet (saas) envied most in him was his joy and his beautiful love for women.