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Mahdi

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  1. 1
    A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world. Sunni

    "Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi."

  2. 2
    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.

Etymology

From Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).

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