Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated January 21st, 2012
ADNAN OKTAR: Timothy Furnish, who is this person?
Ms. DIDEM: He came here previously to do an interview with you. He is a well-known author.
ADNAN OKTAR: An author..
Ms. AYLIN: He is an expert on Islam.
ADNAN OKTAR: He is an expert on Islam. What does he say?
Ms.DIDEM: He asks you this. A friend of ours wrote a piece on Facebook about the return of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). He wonders whether the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) has been reborn or whether he has appeared secretly on Earth or how this exactly happened. He says that he thought that the hadiths contained reference to his returning to Earth in the same way as he ascended to the heavens, just like it is depicted in the New Testament. And now he is asking you about this.
ADNAN OKTAR: When the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) had been raised to the heavens, it is depicted as if he had been raised in front the eyes of his followers; that is not the case. When they entered the chamber they could not see the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). And his ascent to the heavens happened in that way. Allah turned him into light in a moment and he passed on to another space, to the fourth dimension. That is a characteristic of human beings. It happens with the Will of Almighty Allah. They become light and cross to the fourth dimension. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is now in the fourth dimension. I say this so they can understand. He will be taken back to the third dimension in a single moment. That is what will happen. While he comes back Allah of course creates it with a flamboyance, with a beauty and He sends him [the Prophet Jesus(pbuh) along with angels in great glory. He will descend with the prayers of all the angels, so his descent is of course very flamboyant, very beautiful. They will bring him nicely and lay him down in a state of sleep among a Christian community. Maybe in a room of one of their homes or in a room of a big church, in a decent place. They will find him in a state of sleep, wearing a yellow robe, with long hair, the loveliest person in the world. He will know Aramaic. They will speak English to him, but he will not understand, because he speaks Aramaic. So they will realize there is something extraordinary. He will then learn English and French and other languages. He will learn the Qur'an and he will become a hafiz, he will memorize the Qur’an from start to finish. Our Prophet (saas) says; "Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) has a hafiz" -a hafiz –a helper, he says. He says that he is Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) vizier. He says "He is the most eminent and purest of viziers." That is it. Who can be pure? The prophets. Even Hazrat Mahdi (saas) is unsullied only in his judgments. Our Prophet (saas) says he will be infallibly pure.
He says he [the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)] will be "the most eminent of viziers." But Allah has left these to the end of Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) life; both his reign over the world and his time with Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) Our Prophet(saas) says that "it will last 7 or 9 years".
The next 10 years in front of us will be full of ordeals, it would not be that easy.. I mean very great things will happen. People will no longer be comfortable or at ease. But there will be a huge rise in Islam, and great growth in Christianity as well. The subject of the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will be raised in Christianity. Look, I am saying this now. They will see that what I am saying is true. Preparations will be made all over the world for the coming of the prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh). Or rather, people will be convinced he has returned and that he is somewhere. One sign of the Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) majesty is that he will conceal himself even though he comes. For instance, look, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be known from the portents. But there will be no signs when Jesus Messiah comes. It will be very, very secret. It will be very confidential. That is because it would shake the Earth. What would a bigot say if he sees Jesus the Messiah (pbuh)? He would behave wrongly in terms of respect. What if an ignorant Christian sees him? He would behave wrongly in terms of respect. That is because he will want belief in the Trinity from him and even, may Allah forbid, for him to say, "I am Allah." But he will say: "La Ilahe Illa Allah, Muhammed ar-Rasul Allah." What would he do then? May Allah forbid, they would then attempt to martyr him, may Allah forbid. What will that man do if he says, "La Ilahe Illa Allah, Muhammed ar-Rasul Allah, I am the Prophet Jesus"? Right? They burned a whole house full of people in America. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will not permit such clamor. In other words, he behaves extremely rationally. And the same goes for Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). But the interesting thing about Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is that there are 7 billion people, 1.5 billion Muslims, for Allah to show how they are heedless and lacking in foresight and to show His own artistry. The way of the Mahdi will grow before the eyes of the world. That will happen openly, loudly, tearing things down, yet they will not understand until the final moment, look this is the wisdom of Allah. That is something unbelievable, this is a miracle. Well, let me not say it is unbelievable - may Allah pardon me- but rather it is a miracle. Look, our Prophet (saas) says, "they will be 313 people." What does that mean? It means they will appear really perverse and abnormal. Show me a community of 313 people, a Muslim community. You cannot. It is impossible.
Even the smallest Christian group has a large number of supporters. What does 313 mean? Our Prophet (saas) says; "They will regard him as going astray, as perverse. They will regard them directly as faithless and apostates." He is quite explicit. "Even a religious scholar in the city, in Medina," he says. One of the most eminent people of all, "will say, 'This man has destroyed our faith. He is an apostate. He has abandoned the religion, and he wishes to lead us into deviation'. " He says; "he will try to instigate the people". But Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will neutralize him. That means that Allah will confound him. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will not soil his hands. Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) hands will not get into any kind of mess. Allah will drown them in their own filth. That is what it means. So Allah says "I will confound him." A bigot will appear and strive against Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and he will drown in his own plague, in his own filth, in his own swamp. That is what it means. That is what is meant by "He will neutralize them." Insha'Allah. A hadith states; "Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) work is harder than that of our Prophet (saas) in this regard." "They will oppose him with the Qur'an," hadith states. And Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will give a struggle against them with the Qur'an. They will maintain that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) misinterprets the Qur'an and applies it wrongly. That is what they will maintain. And look at the disadvantage Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is under - our Prophet (saas) says, "He will not know Arabic". Yet he is the greatest mujaddid and mujtahid of all, despite not knowing Arabic. Our Prophet (saas) explicitly states that "He will not know Arabic". That is a clear sign that he will not be born in Mecca or Medina, not in Arabia in other words. If someone is born in Mecca or Medina it will be impossible for him not to know his mother tongue, Arabic, won't it? That is impossible. To live there, but not to know Arabic. You will inevitably pick it up as a child. Our Prophet (pbuh) says, "Come to him, even if you have to crawl over snow." There is no snow in Mecca or Medina. That means he will be somewhere with snow and ice. Somewhere that can be very cold. That is obvious. There is no question of everyone understanding it. But the followers of Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) are very scrupulous.