The
Messiah (Hazrat Mahdi [pbuh]) whose coming is awaited in the Judaic
tradition—will be a spiritual leader who will establish world peace. Besides
being a guide to nations, he will be a just and honest judge who always makes
the most accurate decisions. He will have exemplary moral values and be a model
for the entire humanity, simply because of his fear and love of Allah. Since
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will fill the world with justice, neutralize all corrupt
societies and be a guide for all nations to follow, Jews refer to him using the
title "Yahev" or "Shahev" (The one who restores the people,
returns the people to God).
In
addition, Judaic tradition says that Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) personality and
beauty of soul will influence others, and that he will turn people in the
direction of faith with very wise words. However, this servant whom Allah
chooses and supports will very definitely not be any superhuman entity. He will
be an individual born normally to ordinary parents, but whom Allah supports in
every way physically and spiritually and bestows glory upon. Some of the
characteristics ascribed to Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) according to Jewish references
are:
1. He will be just:
With righteousness he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will judge
the needy... (Isaiah, 11:4)
... In judging, [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] seeks justice...
(Isaiah, 16:5)
... A scepter of justice will be the scepter of your
kingdom... (Psalms, 45:6-7)
Righteousness will be his [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)]
belt, and faithfulness the sash around his waist. (Isaiah, 11:5)
[Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh) is] righteous and having salvation, gentle ... (Zechariah, 9:9)
"The days are coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will raise up to David a righteous branch [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]...
who will... do what is just and right in the land... (Jeremiah, 23:5-6)
2. He will protect the rights of the
oppressed:
With righteousness shall he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]
judge the poor, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the
earth... (Isaiah, 11:4)
3. He will bring justice to the whole
world:
Here is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one in
whom I delight!... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will bring justice to the nations.
(Isaiah, 42:1)
... In faithfulness he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will
bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes
justice on earth. ... (Isaiah, 42:3-4)
Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] in righteousness to his service... (Isaiah, 41:2)
4. He will be honest and truthful:
You love righteousness and hate wickedness... (Psalms,
45:7)
... With righteousness shall he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]
judge the poor... (Isaiah, 11:4)
"In those days and at that time I will make a
righteous branch sprout from David's line; he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will do
what is just and right in the land." (Jeremiah, 33:15)
One from the house of David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]...
who in judging seeks justice... (Isaiah, 16:5)
... [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] shall reign in
righteousness... (Isaiah, 32:1)
The Messianic age [the Golden Age] will be ruled by
the Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)], a righteous and honest king... (Maimonides,
Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
5. He will be a savior:
... [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is] righteous and having
salvation... (Zechariah, 9:9)
6. His message will influence the
world:
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will strike the earth with
the rod of his mouth [he will influence with his words without having a
weapon]; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked [he will make them
spiritually ineffective by his speech.] (Isaiah, 11:4)
... And he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be called
wonderful counselor. (Isaiah, 9:6)
You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash
them to pieces like pottery [that is, Hazrat Mahd (pbuh) will demolish the
irreligious systems by his ideas]. (Psalms, 2:9)
7. His words will act on people's
hearts:
Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's
enemies [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) words are so wise and affective that he will
make the irreligious ideologies ineffective]. (Psalms, 45:5)
8. He will turn the whole world
toward belief in Allah:
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will [then] correct the
entire world to serve God together, as is written: "For then I shall turn
to the nations a pure tongue, that all shall call upon the name of God to serve
Him shoulder to shoulder." [Zephaniah, 3:9] (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah,
Laws of Kings 11:4)
9. He will spiritually cleanse
mankind:
But who can endure the day of his [Hazrat Mahdi's
(pbuh)] coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's
fire or a launderer's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he
will purify... and refine them like gold and silver. (Malachi, 3:2-3)
... I will... make you [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... a
light for the nations, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from
prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. (Isaiah,
42:6-7)
10. He will succeed with the power of
faith, without resorting to force:
"Not by might nor by power, but by My
Spirit," says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah, 4:6)
11. He will possess power and
success:
See, My servant [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will act wisely;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. (Isaiah, 52:13)
"Here I will make a horn grow for David [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)] and set up a lamp for My anointed one. I will clothe his enemies
with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent." (Psalms,
132:17-18)
Through the victories You gave, his glory is great;
You have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. Surely You have granted him
eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of Your presence. For the king
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the
Most High he will not be shaken. (Psalms, 21:5-7)
... He [Lord] will give strength unto His king [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)], and exalt the horn of His anointed. (1 Samuel, 2:10)
... A son is given unto us;
and the government is upon his [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] shoulder... That the
government may be increased, and of peace there be no end... (Isaiah, 9:6-7,
Targum and Debarim Rabbah)
12. He will be a spiritual leader to
nations:
The Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be a very great
king... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] was given authority, glory
and sovereign power. All the peoples, nations, and languages should serve
him... (Daniel, 7:14)
[He] will stand as a banner for the peoples; the
nations will rally to him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... (Isaiah, 11:10)
All the nations will come to listen to him [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)]... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Repentance 9:2)
In his [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] law, the islands will
put their hope. (Isaiah, 42:4)
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the
brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and
come to you... (Isaiah, 60:3-4)
... Until Shiloh [sent by God] comes, and to him
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be the obedience of peoples. (Genesis, 49:10)
13. People will be subjected to
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh):
May the king's [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] name endure for
ever; may his name be continued as long as the Sun; may men also bless
themselves by him; may all nations call him happy. (Psalms, 72:17)
His [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] great righteousness and
the wonders that he will bring about will cause all peoples to make peace with
him and all lands to serve him... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin, 10:1)
... Let the nations fall beneath your feet [All the
people will be subjected to Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]. (Psalms, 45:5)
14. He will possess hegemony:
... There was given him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom. All the peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Daniel, 7:14)
... He [your king] will proclaim peace to the nations.
His [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River
[Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah, 9:10)
Of the increase of his government and peace there will
be no end establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from
that time on and forever... (Isaiah, 9:7)
Here I will make a horn grow for David [Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)]... I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on his head will
be resplendent. (Psalms, 132:17-18)
He [God] gives His king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] great
victories. He shows unfailing kindness to His anointed. (2 Samuel, 22:51)
In future time, the King Moshiach [Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)] will arise and renew the Davidic dynasty, restoring it to its initial
sovereignty... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will rule from sea to sea and
from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. (Psalms, 72:8)
15. He will rule the world from his
own base:
... Son of David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), like the the
Prophet Solomon (pbuh)]... reigned only over his couch... (Talmud, Sanhedrin
20b)
16. He will rule the world through
his helpers:
... Son of David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), like the
Prophet Solomon (pbuh)]... reigned only over his staff [helpers]. (Talmud,
Sanhedrin 20b)
17. He will establish world peace:
I will take away the chariots... and the battle bow
will be broken... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will proclaim peace to the
nations... (Zechariah, 9:10)
His [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] great righteousness and
the wonders that he will bring about will cause all peoples to make peace with
him... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
(In the days of the Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)])... battles and wars will cease... "They will not lift a sword,
nation against nation." (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
18. He will be chaste:
... And the glory of the Lord rises upon you... and
His glory appears over you. (Isaiah, 60:1-2)
Through the victories You gave, his [Hazrat Mahdi's
(pbuh)] glory is great; You have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. (Psalms,
21:5)
19. He will trust in Allah and rely
on Him:
... For the king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] trusts in the
Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
(Psalms, 21:7)
20. Allah will support Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh) in every way:
Here is My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one in
whom I delight; I will put My Spirit on him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... (Isaiah,
42:1)
I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will
take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you... a light to the
nations ... (Isaiah, 42:6)
And the Spirit of Lord shall rest upon him [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)], the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel
and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Lord. (Isaiah, 11:2)
You welcomed him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] with rich
blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked You for life,
and You gave it to him... (Psalms, 21:3-4)
Our Rabbis taught, The Holy One, blessed be He, will
say to the Messiah, the son of David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]: "Ask of Me
anything, and I will give it to you." (Talmud, Sukkah 52a)
This is what the Lord says: "In the time of my
favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will
keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people..." (Isaiah,
49:8)
The spirit of the God is upon me... (Isaiah, 61:1)
O Lord, the king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] rejoices in
your strength. How great is his joy in the victories You give! You have granted
him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.
(Psalms, 21:1-2)
21. He will be intelligent and wise:
"The days are coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, a king [Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)] who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land."
(Jeremiah, 23:5)
That king who will arise from the descendants of David
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be even wiser than Solomon... (Mishnah Torah,
Repentance 9:2)
The Messianic age [Golden Age] will be ruled by the
Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... outstanding in wisdom... (Maimonides, Mishnah
Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
Rabbi Nahman said: If he (the Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)]) is of those living today... he would be our holy master. (Talmud,
Sanhedrin 98b)
22. He will be a servant beloved of
Allah:
He gives His king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] great
victories; He shows unfailing kindness to his anointed ... forever. (2 Samuel,
22:51; Psalms, 18:50)
... Through the unfailing love of the Most High, he
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will not be shaken. (Psalms, 21:7)
Here is My servant [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)], whom I
uphold, My chosen one in whom I delight... (Isaiah, 42:1)
23. He will be filled with the fear
of Allah:
... The spirit of the fear of Lord shall rest upon him
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... His delight shall be in the fear of Lord... (Isaiah,
11:2-3)
24. He remains close to Allah:
The Messianic age [Golden Age]... will be ruled by the
Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... outstanding in wisdom, close to God.
(Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
25. He is good-looking:
Your eyes will see the king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] in
his beauty... (Isaiah, 33:17)
You are the most excellent of men... (Psalms, 45:2)
26. Allah's glory will be upon him:
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory
of the Lord rises upon you... Nations will come to your light. (Isaiah, 60:1-3)
27. His speech is wise:
... And your lips have been anointed with grace...
(Psalms, 45:2)
28. He will teach and call people to
Allah's path:
... That king who will arise from the descendants of
David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... will therefore [be able to] teach the people the
ways of God and to fear them. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Repentance 9:2)
If a king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will arise from the
House of David... and repair the breaches [in the observance of Allah's
Laws]... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4)
... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will then perfect the
entire world, to serve God together... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of
Kings 11:4)
29. He will have majesty and
splendor:
... You have bestowed on him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]
splendor and majesty. (Psalms, 21:5)
30. His dwelling will be magnificent:
... His [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] resting-place shall be
glorious. (Isaiah, 11:10)
31. He will have humility:
... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] is triumphant, and
victorious, lowly... (Zechariah, 9:9)
32. He will act in accord with
Allah's approval:
If a king [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] will arise from the
House of David... and if he will fight the wars of God [if he wages
intellectual struggle for Allah]; we may, with assurance, consider him Mashiach
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4)
33. He will rule not superficially,
but with the knowledge of the hidden (ladun):
... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears... (Isaiah,
11:3)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] smells [a man] and judges, as
it is written, and he will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide
by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. [Isaiah, 11:3-4]
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b)
34. He will possess love and
compassion:
For he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will deliver the needy
who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. (Psalms, 72:12)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will have pity on the poor
and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save. (Psalms, 72:13)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will redeem their soul from
oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight.
(Psalms, 72:14)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will defend the afflicted
among the people, and save the children of the needy... (Psalms, 72:4)
35. He will be good-natured:
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] shall not cry, nor lift up,
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. (Isaiah, 42:2)
A bruised reed he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will not
break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. (Isaiah, 42:3)
36. He will be courageous:
... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will not falter or be
discouraged till he establishes justice on earth... (Isaiah, 42:4)
O mighty one [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]; clothe yourself
with splendor and majesty. (Psalms, 45:3)
37. He will be given abundance:
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] grew up before Him [the Lord]
like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground... (Isaiah, 53:2)
He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be like rain falling on
a mown field, like showers watering the earth. (Psalms, 72:6)
Surely You have granted him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]
eternal blessings... (Psalms, 21:6)
38. He will impart glad tidings:
How beautiful... are the feet of those... who proclaim
peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation... (Isaiah, 52:7)
39. He will epitomize Allah's title
of the Salam (Peace):
... And he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will be called...
prince of peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no
end... (Isaiah, 9:6-7)
40. He will have human form, and be a
genuine human being:
In my vision at night I looked, and there before me
was one like a son of man [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)], coming with the clouds of
heaven... (Daniel 7:13)
Rabbi Nahman said: If he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] is of
those living [today], it might be one like myself, as it is written. And their
nobles shall be of themselves, and their governors shall proceed from the midst
of them. [Jeremiah, 30:21] (Talmud, Sanhedrin 98b)
41. He will rule the world without
working miracles:
Do not consider it possible that the King Messiah
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] must make signs and wonders and make new things in the
world or revive the dead and the like, as the matter is not so... (Maimonides,
Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:3)
Let no one consider that in the days of the Messiah
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] anything of the customary way of the world will be
defunct, or that there will be anything new in Creation, rather the world will
remain as it is. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 12:1)
Do not think that the ways of the world or the laws of
nature will change in the era of the Messiah [in the time of Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh)]... The world will continue as it is. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah,
Sanhedrin 10:1)
The Sages did not ask him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] for
any signs or wonders. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:2)
42. He will be known throughout the
world:
He [Messiah (Hazrat Mahdi [pbuh])] will achieve great
fame, and his reputation among the nations will be even greater than that of
King Solomon... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
43. He will appear in the End Times:
... And in the last jubilee* the son of David [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)] will come. (Talmud, Sanhedrin 97b)
*Jubilee: a period that the Jews regard as holy and
occurs once every 50 years.
44. He will appear unexpectedly:
(In calculating
the time of the Messiah's [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] coming)... Three come
unawares... Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)], a found article and a scorpion.
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 97a)
45. He will be Allah's blessing upon
humanity:
... What is his (the Messiah's [Hazrat Mahdi's
(pbuh)]) name?... His name is Shiloh [sent by God]... His name is Yinnon [His
name shall endure for ever]... His name is Haninah [blessed by God]... His name
is Menahem [the comforter]... Because Menahem [the comforter], that would
relieve my soul... Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows...
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 98b)
46. His value was unknown at first:
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows,
and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was
despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah, 53:3, Messianically quoted in
Targum, Talmud Sanhedrin 98b)
47. He will be tested with hardships:
In the generation in which the son of David [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)] will come there will be prosecution against scholars. When I
repeated this statement in the presence of Samuel, he exclaimed, [there will
be] test after test... (Talmud, Kethuboth 112b)
The Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]—as it is written,
and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge of the
fear of the Lord... Rabbi Alexandri said: "This teaches that He loaded him
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] with good deeds and suffering as a mill [is laden].
[Isaiah, 11:2] (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b)
Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in
vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together
against the Lord and against His anointed one [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]. "Let
us break their chains," they say, "and throw off their fetters."
(Psalms, 2:1-3)
48. His helpers' main task will be to
serve Allah:
And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will
be named ministers of our God. (Isaiah, 61:6)
49. Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) being is
predestined:
The world was created only on David's account; Samuel
said: On Moses account; Rabbi Johanan said: For the sake of the Messiah [Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh)]. (Talmud, Sanhedrin 98b)
Seven things were contemplated (by the Holy One,
Blessed be He) before Creation: The Torah, repentance, the Garden of Eden and
Gehinnom, the Throne of Glory, the Holy Temple and the Messiah's [Hazrat
Mahdi's (pbuh)] identity. (Talmud, Pesachim 51a)
Seven things were created before the world, viz., the Torah,
repentance, the Garden of Eden, Gehenna, the Throne of Glory, the Temple, and
the name of the Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... The name of the Messiah
[Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)], as it is written, his name shall endure forever, and
[has existed] before the Sun! [Psalms 72:17] (Talmud, Nedarim 39b)
50. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will have a
serving period of 40 years:
It has been taught: Rabbi Eliezer said: The days of
the Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will last forty years, as it is written,
forty years long shall I take hold of the generation. (Talmud, Sanhedrin 99a)
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