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HARUN YAHYA - ADNAN OKTAR

... All my broth ers will bear wit ness that I have never
accept ed the impu ta tion of being the Mahdi. Indeed, in
response to what learned peo ple in Denizli said about
wheth er Said claims to be the Mahdi, con tra ry to what
all his dis ci ples believe, Said stat ed in his objec tion, "I
am not a say y id, the Mahdi will be a say y id," and refut -
ed them. (Rays of Light, p. 365)

I know that I am not a say y id (descend ed from the line
of our Prophet (saas)). Generations are not known at
this time. Yet, that great fig ure of the end times will be
descend ed from our Prophet (saas). (Emirdağ
Addendum, p. 247-250)

Bediuzzaman also recalled one of the had iths of our
Prophet (saas) in his works - "it is incom pat i ble with
Qur'anic moral val ues for one who is a say y id to con ceal
the fact," thus mak ing it clear that what he said on this
sub ject was the truth:
Those peo ple who are not say y ids, but who say they
are, and those who are say y ids, but who say they are
not, are both sin ners, and in the same way that such
claims and deni als are for bid den … so add ing any thing
to or remov ing any thing from the had iths and Qur'an is
for bid den. (Judgements, p. 52)
Had Bediuzzaman been a say y id, there would have
been no rea son to con ceal it because being descend -

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