FOREWORD: AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT REGARDING THE MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW INTRODUCTION: THE END TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN, AND THE GLAD TIDINGS OF THE MAHDI FOLLOWING THE TRUE FAITH OF PROPHET ABRAHAM (PBUH) THE DOMINION PROMISED TO THE HEIRS OF PROPHET ABRAHAM (PBUH), AND THE MAHDI'S DESCENT FROM THE LINE OF PROPHET ABRAHAM (PBUH), ACCORDING TO JUDAIC SOURCES "THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL" REFERRED TO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE COMMUNITY OF THE MAHDI SIGNS OF THE MAHDI IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND OTHER JUDAIC TEXTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAHDI IN JUDAIC SOURCES THE PERIOD OF THE MAHDI'S RULE IN JUDAIC SOURCES SIGNS OF THE MAHDI IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THE PERIOD OF THE MAHDI'S RULE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SIGNS OF THE MAHDI'S COMING IN THE QUR'AN AND OTHER ISLAMIC SOURCES