• The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided') is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the End of Times...
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    appearance of the Mahdi are the collection of events, according to Islamic eschatology, that will occur before the arrival of the Mahdi, The signs differ...
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  • Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justice and redeem Islam. Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh...
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  • (Arabic: غَيْبَة, ghayba) in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that the Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already been...
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  • In Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is a Messianic figure who, it is believed, will appear on Earth before the Day of Judgment, and will rid the world of...
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    Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), who claimed to be the Mahdi, the messianic saviour of Islam. Sadiq al-Mahdi was Prime Minister of Sudan on two occasions: first...
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  • the appearance of the saviors, Mahdi and Jesus, which "is seen to represent the ultimate victory of the ummah of Islam ... in some senses". Piety will...
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  • to Islam as "submission to God." It is in this sense, according to Amir-Moezzi, that one should understand the claims that al-Mahdi will impose Islam on...
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    school of Shia Islam, the Mahdī is believed to have been a historical figure identified with the Twelfth Imam, Hujjat Allah al-Mahdi, and is therefore...
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    Sheikh al-Qurashi, the Mahdi would make himself known through a number of signs, some established in the early period of Islam and recorded in the Hadith...
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    imam, Muhammad ibn Isma'il, who would return as the prophesied Islamic messiah (mahdi). Orphaned at a young age, he moved to Salamiya, the family's base...
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    ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (المهدي, "He who is...
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  • Muhammad as 5,432 years. The primary characters in apocalyptic Islamic narratives are: the Mahdi ("Guided One"), Isa (aka Jesus) who descends from heaven in...
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    Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (category Self-declared mahdi)
    founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdī—which is the metaphorical second-coming...
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  • in salat (Islamic ritual prayer which Muslims perform five times a day) telling the Mahdi to lead. The Mahdi is an Islamic figure in Islamic eschatology...
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  • Look up Mahdi, masum, Mahdism, or مهدي in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. Mehdi is a variant alternative...
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    Ahâdith 7007-7009. The Mahdi (lit. 'the rightly guided one') is the redeemer according to Islam. Just like the Dajjal, the Mahdi is never mentioned in...
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  • Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) or Shi'a Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661...
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    Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016. Abdul-Mahdi is a former member of the powerful Shi'a party the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC. Long based in neighboring...
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    Messiah (redirect from Messiah in Islam)
    that the prophesied eschatological figures of Christianity and Islam, the Messiah and Mahdi, were, in fact, to be fulfilled in one person who was to represent...
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    Messiah ("Second Coming of Christ"), the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims as well as a "subordinate" prophet to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. There are a wide variety...
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    claim of Fatimid Caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah to imamate and clung to their belief in the coming of the Mahdi, and they revolted against the Fatimid...
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  • include Hinduism (Kalki) Judaism (Mashiach), Christianity (Christ), Islam (Mahdi and Isa Masih), Druze faith (Hamza ibn Ali), Zoroastrianism (Saoshyant)...
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    The Mahdi's tomb or qubba (Arabic: قُبَّة) is located in Omdurman, Sudan. It was the burial place of Muhammad Ahmad, the leader of an Islamic revolt against...
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  • Black Muslim religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960–1975 (2006), p. 157. Pan-Arab Colours, crwflags.com; Mahdi Abdul-Hadi, The Great Arab Revolt Archived...
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  • structures Moubarak Mosque, Val-d'Oise Islam in France Alhakam (2019-10-11). "Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V a.a. inaugurates Mahdi Mosque in Strasbourg". www.alhakam...
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  • to Muhammad al-Mahdi Shia Islam portal Islam portal Hadith of Jesus praying behind Mahdi Four Deputies Reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi Signs of the appearance...
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    centralize power and ensure a smooth succession. Al-Mahdi proclaimed that the caliph was the protector of Islam against heresy, and also claimed the ability...
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    International claims that Shahi is the awaited Mahdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar while Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam did not. According to MFI's website, Shahi...
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  • ISBN 978-0-8160-5454-1. Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (2007). "ISLAM IN IRAN vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. XIV/2...
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