Imam al-Zaman

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Imam al-Zaman is an honorific title for Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam who is believed to be the awaited savior and final guide of humanity.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sahib al-Zaman ⓘ
al-Hujjah ⓘ
linked to: al-Hujja

al-Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi

al-Qa’im ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaʾim
associatedWithBelief Mahdism ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
occultation ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Major Occultation ⓘ
Minor Occultation ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Iraq ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ
centralFigureOf Twelver Shia eschatology ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
devotionalPractice pledges of allegiance ⓘ
prayers for hastening reappearance ⓘ
visitation of shrines of his forefathers ⓘ
expectedAction eradicate oppression ⓘ
establish justice ⓘ
unite believers ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact Shia devotional poetry ⓘ
Shia political thought ⓘ
Shia ritual practices ⓘ
honorificFor Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
invokedIn Du‘a al-Faraj ⓘ
Ziyarat texts ⓘ
supplications ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
linkedConcept divine guidance ⓘ
end times ⓘ
justice ⓘ
return of the Mahdi ⓘ
linkedScripturalSource Nahj al-Balagha (indirectly via Imami doctrine) ⓘ
Quranic verses interpreted about the Imams (according to Shia exegesis) ⓘ
Shia hadith collections ⓘ
literalMeaning Imam of the Time ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
positionInDoctrine twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi
reappearanceBelief will appear at the end of times ⓘ
refersTo Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ
roleInBelief awaited savior ⓘ
final guide of humanity ⓘ
theologicalStatus infallible Imam (according to Twelver Shia belief) ⓘ
timeOfReappearance unknown ⓘ
titleType religious honorific ⓘ
usedAs devotional title ⓘ
liturgical title ⓘ
usedByCommunity Twelver Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
usedIn Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
veneratedIn Shia Islam ⓘ
Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia

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Referenced by (9)

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

Muhammad al-Mahdi → honorificTitle → Imam al-Zaman ⓘ
the Báb → claimedRole → Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Wallace Fard Muhammad → regardedAsByNationOfIslam → Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Occultation → concerns → Twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq (Ṭayyibī tradition) → derivesLegitimacyFrom → Imām in occultation ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Sahib al-Zaman → relatedTitle → Imam al-Asr ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Imam al-Zaman → literalMeaning → Imam of the Time ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
al-Hujja → titleFor → the twelfth Imam ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Valiasr Street → namedAfter → Vali Asr (a title referring to the twelfth Shia Imam, Mahdi) ⓘ
linked to: Imam al-Zaman