The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 45
45 shall not show mercy to men or women, and shall not relinquish or sheathe their swords until all of man - kind becomes Muslim. They also say that the Mahdi will silence the disbelievers with political punishments and not with heavenly signs. He will not leave a single home belonging to a disbeliever on the earth, and shall smite the neck of every dweller and traveller save those who become believers. He shall fight the Christians and all those who accepted Christianity; he shall rule India and other lands, and achieve great victories, and kill, pillage, plunder, and enslave men and women. The Messiah shall descend from the Heavens to assist him, as a servant. He shall not accept jizyah [tax] or fidyah [ransom], and will take pleasure in killing all the disbe - lievers on earth. Likewise, their soldiers shall set upon God’s earth mercilessly shedding blood. They claim that the collective bodies of the scholars are agreed upon these beliefs, whereby they have been transmit - ted through successive generations from past scholars to those of the present day, as well as many of the emi - nent elders. As for us, O servants of Allah the Merciful, we do not find these beliefs to be truthful or correct; rather, we find them to be corrupt and refuted, and not from the Noble Messenger. My Lord has taught me that this