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Originally Published: February 5, 2015
Last Updated: February 5, 2015
MAHDI
“the rightly-guided one” in Arabic, designation of the descendant of the Prophet who is expected to return to rule the world.
See in entry ISLAM in IRAN:
vi. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN SUNNI ISLAM;
vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM;
viii. THE OCCULTATION OF MAHDI;
ix. THE DEPUTIES OF MAHDI.
