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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world. · 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; Similarly to Sunni belief, he will reappear before the end of time. · A male given name from Arabic. · A surname from Arabic.
Etymology tree Arabic هَدَى (hadā) Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy)bor. English Mahdi Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).
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