mahdi
IPA: mˈɑdi
Root Word: Mahdi
noun
- (Sunni Islam) A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world.
- (Twelver Shiite Islam) Muhammad b. Hasan al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams, born in 868 AD but believed alive and present in this world in a state of occultation; officially the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Iran; similarly to Sunni belief he will reappear before the end of time.
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Examples of "mahdi" in Sentences
- People claiming to be the Mahdi.
- Pilgrimage and claim to be the Mahdi.
- Mahdi was slain in battle as a result.
- Legend of the Mahdi, Messenger of the Covenant.
- Mahdi and Muhammad al Mahdi are two different things.
- Mahdi's frostbite was an embarrassment to the expedition.
- The book is explicit in describing the coming of the Mahdi.
- The Mahdi would not claim that he is Mahdi and a messenger.
- This Mahdi in the movie has much in common with the Mahdi Muad'dib.
- In the name of God, The merciful, the compassionate my name is Mahdi vazirian.
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