Adnan Oktar A9 TV; January 7th, 2014

To criticize one's self and not claiming to be free of blame would make a Muslim adopt the character of a guide. A person's criticizing himself would make him wise and healthy. Exalting one's self would make one sick. It makes one crazy. When one criticizes himself, when one criticizes his lower self, he would be exalted; he would become wise and smart.

We need to put our trusts in the mercy, compassion and Wisdom of God. That is because God is the One Who creates your mercy, your compassion and your logic.

The mentality that states "I am the only one acting as God commanded, the others are sinners," is very wrong.

Some people are talking about many superstitions yet they conceal the true miracles of our Prophet (saas). Points are accumulated spiritually against those who do that.

Concealing the miracles of our Prophet(saas) is a great offense in respect of religion and the Qur'an; it is one of the greatest mischiefs.

God knows what to do. Do not attempt to teach mercy to God, may God forbid. God is the One Who teaches you what mercy is. God is the One Who teaches you what compassion is. You wouldn't have known mercy or compassion if God hadn't taught you about those anyway. God teaches you all those and you attempt to make comments about God - may God forbid- with what God shows you. God is the One Who shows you everything, second by second.

We can have mercy in our name but we cannot have mercy in the name of those who have suffered. That wouldn't be an acceptable feeling of mercy.

Goodness and compassion is hard. Mercy and love is hard. But offending and destroying is very easy. One goes and takes a rifle in his hand and shoots at people. That is it. But loving demands effort, it demands patience. It requires will power, it requires generosity, it requires determination at the highest level, it requires perseverance at the highest level.

How could a Muslim ever drink vine with one's eyes open? It would get stuck in his/her throat and he/she wouldn't be able to do it even if he/she wants to. Adultery paralyzes a Muslim. He/she would feel his/her hands and feet tied, he/she wouldn't be able to cope with it. A Muslim wouldn't have the strength to commit a sin knowingly. His/her sight would be lost and he/she cannot bring his/herself to do it, insha'Allah.

The spirit of showing compassion to women would increase love for women as well. Some people only see women as sexual objects. They would then approach them in the spirit of hatred. Compassion and the spirit of mercy and protection would increase love in folds. Actually compassion is mentioned all the time in the Qur’an. I mean there is love mixed with mercy, a protective kind of love.

Compassion, mercy, leniency: That is what we ask from God, is it not? What do we want in Heaven? We want Almighty God to forgive us and to be lenient, compassionate and protective towards us. We therefore need to treat people in the same manner as well.

As children are innocent like angels, their looks are a treat for the soul. Immaculate and sinless, innocent looks are very beautiful.

People generally do not attach necessary importance to the concept of the lower self. Actually it is a special force embedded in humans, it is a negative power; may God forbid it might drive one crazy and might even make one commit murder, it might make one commit suicide. All these troubles happen under the influence of the lower self. People imagine that nothing would happen if they go by their lower selves but actually lots of things happen. It might take one over and drag them into troubles,; the lower self suffocates one.

It is not possible to carry out possitive studies with one’s lower self. Lower selves cannot be exonerated. It is a force that is active in a person’s soul constantly commanding evil.

God gives one aggressive, abnormal wrong feelings to the lower self, but He also shows the ways to be protected against those with the verses of the Qur’an. The whole system of trial is founded upon that anyways. People need to recognize this highly dangerous threat and be alerted and be careful against it. We are to look for the acts that please God the most.

The lower self, jealousy and egocentricity make one’s body do abnormal acts eventually. People assume that nothing bad will happen if one follows his lower self; actually lots of things happen. It would ruin a man. The lower self is the propelling force in those who commit suicide. It drives them mad and drags them into committing suicide. They also commit murders because they abide by their lower selves.

God tells us that He would accept the repentance of even the Pharaoh if he repents. The door for repentance would never be closed for anyone alive. We are responsible to call all sinners to repent. Repentance is acceptable for all sorts of sins. Saying "it wouldn't be acceptable for this or that person" would reflect a very loveless point of view and is not correct anyway.

Compassion, mercy and exalting people are crucial topics according to the Qur'an.

Love and compassion is the main characteristic of the Turkish army. That is why the armies of the whole world admire the Turkish army, they admire their loving attitude, their compassion, their sense of justice, their trustworthiness, their respectability.

Of course all mistakes, all abnormal behaviors are revealed to every people. Because they do those mistakes knowingly, their faces are darkened. For instance their voices become weak, they start crying, they get angry, their blood tension peaks or drops. They feel that pain because they do not act as Allah has commanded. If they act in line with what Allah commanded their hearts would be at ease.

It is religiously unlawful for a person to kill himself, it is an assassination. He would thus go to the Sight of God as a murderer who did not repent. That is not acceptable.

Committing suicide is a form of murder. One who kills another would remain in the Hell for all eternity. The verse about this is very explicit in the Qur'an. That person would die without repenting, that is because he would thus be taking the life God gave him. And by killing himself he would be losing all he has, while it was possible for him to survive and continue his struggle in the way of God.

People are very open to the teachings of love and also to the teachings of violence. Mahdi (pbuh) is the one who will give that inspiration of love, that inspiration of affection to people. Mahdi (pbuh) is a peacemaker.

In the End Times, if people do not gather around one single mind, various minds would get in conflict with each other. When minds are in conflict, people will be in conflict as well and at the end anarchy occurs. It is apparent that there is no way out other than the Mahdi (pbuh) who is the teacher of love.

The country in which Mahdi (pbuh) will be born will be the leader country. God has sent Mahdi (pbuh) to Turkey, Turkey will be the leader.