Mahdi

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Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer in Islamic eschatology who is expected to appear before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and righteousness.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eschatological redeemer ⓘ
figure in Islamic eschatology ⓘ
appearsBefore Day of Judgment ⓘ
associatedConcept divine guidance ⓘ
eschatological hope ⓘ
justice ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
associatedWith Day of Judgment ⓘ
end times ⓘ
final tribulations ⓘ
global community of believers ⓘ
category Islamic messianic figure ⓘ
centralIn Twelver Shia theology ⓘ
contrastedWith Dajjal in many narratives ⓘ
domain Islamic eschatology ⓘ
eschatologicalEvent appearance of the Mahdi ⓘ
eschatologicalFunction prepare the world for final judgment ⓘ
expectedBy many Muslims ⓘ
expectedTo fill the earth with justice after it has been filled with injustice ⓘ
lead a just government ⓘ
support Jesus (Isa) upon his return in many traditions ⓘ
unite Muslims ⓘ
hasDoctrinalVariationsBetween Sunni and Shia interpretations ⓘ
identifiedAsInTwelverShiism Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
linkedTo messianic expectations in Islam ⓘ
mentionedIn hadith literature ⓘ
mission to eradicate oppression ⓘ
to establish justice ⓘ
to restore true religion ⓘ
notMentionedExplicitlyIn Quran ⓘ
opposes corruption ⓘ
injustice ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
precedes second coming of Jesus in many Islamic traditions ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
role prophesied redeemer ⓘ
restorer of justice ⓘ
restorer of righteousness ⓘ
statusInTwelverShiism currently in occultation ⓘ
timeOfAppearance known only to God in Islamic belief ⓘ
titleMeaning the rightly guided one ⓘ
veneratedIn Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
viewInShiaIslam hidden Imam ⓘ
viewInSunniIslam future righteous caliph or leader ⓘ
willReappearAccordingTo Twelver Shia belief ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Mahdi → declaredHimself → Mahdi ⓘ
Mahdism → centralFigure → Mahdi ⓘ
Mahdi Army → namedAfter → Mahdi (messianic figure in Shia Islam) ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Fard Muhammad → regardedAs → Mahdi ⓘ
Occultation → relatesToEvent → reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad → title → Imam Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad → claimedRole → Mahdi ⓘ
Mahdi Akef → givenName → Mahdi ⓘ
Mehdi → variantForm → Mahdi ⓘ
Shia Imams → areConnectedToBelief → return of the Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
al-Qaʾim → viewedAsByTwelverShia → the Twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Sahib al-Zaman → alternativeNameOf → Imam al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Imam al-Zaman → positionInDoctrine → twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
al-Hujja → relatedConcept → Imam al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Báb → claimedRole → Mahdi (in Islamic eschatology, per his followers) ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
The Lisan al-Gaib → relatedConcept → Mahdi archetype ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
the Gate → relatedConcept → Mahdi in Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad → claimedRole → Qáʼim (messianic figure in Shia Islam) ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
Qaʼim → identifiedWith → Mahdi ⓘ
al-Mahdi → hasRole → Mahdi ⓘ
the Guided One → honorificFor → the awaited Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi