English-Finnish translations for Mahdi

Definition of Mahdi

• A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world.
• , 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 ; similarly to Sunni belief he will reappear before the end of time

Examples

• Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi.

Related words

• Mahdi
• Mahdist
• timahdite
• mahdollisesti loukkaava'') negro