According to Islam, Judaism and Christianity, King Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] who is among us now will be in search of justice, he will be a just ruler, he will rule with love and peace not with might and power, he will proclaim peace to all the nations, he will put an end to the wars, he will be in search with friendship, love and justice and will watch over the poor, he will put an end to oppresion and cruelty, he will be benevolent and humble. Some of the superior characteristics of the King Messiah [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] who has been described in the Torah and the other Judaic scriptures are as follows:
RIGHTEOUSNESS will be his [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] belt, and FAITHFULNESS the sash around his waist. (Isaiah, 11:5)
... A SCEPTER OF JUSTICE will be the scepter of your [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] kingdom... (Psalms, 45:6-7)
... In judging, [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] SEEKS JUSTICE... (Isaiah, 16:5)
With RIGHTEOUSNESS he [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will judge the needy... (Isaiah, 11:4)
You [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, and HATE WICKEDNESS (Psalms, 45:7)
... WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS HE [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] WILL JUDGE THE NEEDY. (Isaiah, 11:4)
... One from the house of David [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... WHO IN JUDGING SEEKS JUSTICE... (Isaiah, 16:5)
... And He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] WILL STRIKE THE EARTH WITH THE ROD OF HIS MOUTH [that is to say he will influence the world with his words without weapons], and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked [that is to say he will paralyse them spiritually with his speech]. (Isaiah, 11:4)
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)]... and he will DELIGHT IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD (Isaiah, 11:2-3)
... [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is] RIGHTEOUS AND HAVING SALVATION... (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)
"NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, but by My Spirit," says the Lord Almighty. (Zechariah, 4:6)
He [your king, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] 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)
His [Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh)] great righteousness and the wonders that he will bring about will cause all peoples to MAKE PEACE WITH HIMand all lands to serve 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 NATION AGAINST NATION. (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Sanhedrin 10:1)
... 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)
... 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)
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)
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)
If a king [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] will arise from the House of David... and REPAIR THE BREACHES [in the observances of Allah's Laws]... (Maimonides, Mishnah Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4)
... 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)] 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)
... He [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)] WILL NOT FALTER OR BE DISCOURAGED TILL HE ESTABLISHES JUSTICE ON EARTH... (Isaiah, 42:4)
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