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HARUN YAHYA - ADNAN OKTAR

One had ith reveals that the Mahdi will con quer
Istanbul, and his assist ants will face var i ous dif fi cul ties
before that con quest and later defeat them:
Allah will con quer Constantinople (Istanbul) for the peo -
ple of His most loved friends… He will remove ill ness
and trib u la tion from them.
(Signs of the Judgment Day, p. 181)

In the Qur'an, Allah has reveals that many pro phets
and mes sen gers were reject ed by their peo ples,
accused of being crazy or sor cer ers, and were sub ject -
ed to many assaults and great oppres sion. But they
remained patient in the face of these attacks and
respond ed in the fin est pos si ble man ner.
Messengers before you were also denied… (Surat
al-An‘am, 34)
We will be stead fast, no mat ter how much you harm
us… (Surah Ibrahim, 12)
But then they turned away from him and said: "He is
an instruct ed mad man!" (Surat ad-Dukhan, 14)
Equally, no mes sen ger came to those before them
with out their say ing: "A magi cian or a mad man!"
(Surat adh-Dhariyat, 52)
But he turned away with his for ces, say ing: "A magi -
cian or a mad man!" (Surah ash-Shu‘ara', 39)
He (Pharaoh) said: "If you take any deity other than

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