English-French translations for Mahdi

• mahdi
  Les travailleurs des organisations humanitaires sont également assassinés, dont Mohamed Mahdi. Workers from aid organisations have also been murdered, among them Mohamed Mahdi.
  Les jeunes tournent le dos au sectarisme et à la violence, les milices perdent leurs soutiens et l'armée de Mahdi coopère. Young people are turning their backs on sectarianism and violence, the militia are losing support and the Mahdi Army is cooperating.
• Mahdy

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