MAHDI

Definition: MAHDI

MAHDI

Noun

1. Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "MAHDI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1899. (references)

Note: Mahdi \Mah"di\, noun. [Ar., guide, leader.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: MAHDI

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Mahdi (The). The supreme pontiff of the Shiites (2 syl.) Only twelve of these imaums have really appeared- viz. Ali, Hassan, Hosein, and the nine lineal descendants of Hosein. Mohammed, the last Mahdi, we are told, is not really dead, but sleeps in a cavern near Bagdad, and will return to life in the fulness of time to overthrow Dejal (anti-Christ). The Mahdi which has of late been disturbing Egypt is hated by the Persians, who are Sunnites (2 syl.); but even the Turks and Persians are looking out for a Mahdi who will stamp out the "infldels." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Mahdi

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Mahdi is a man that is believed by the Muslims to come at the end of the times.

The Mahdi is not to be confused with the Messiah Isa son of Mary (Jesus). They are two different persons, who will both appear in the Last Days. al-Mahdi will precede the second coming of the Messiah Isa son of Mary. The Messiah Isa (Jesus) will be able to slay ad-Dajjal (the false Messiah); al-Mahdi will not be capable of this.

al-Mahdi is a title meaning "the guided one". He will come from Makkah (Mecca) and rule from Damascus.

Khalif Ali, the fourth Khalif in Islam, reported that the Prophet Muhammad said, "Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah [Day of Judgment] to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initially was filled with oppression."

According to other reported sayings by the Prophet Muhammad some of the features of al-Mahdi are:

He will be tall
He will be fair complexioned
His facial features will be similar to those of the Prophet Muhammad
His character will be like that of the Prophet Muhammad
His father's name will be Abdullah [same as Prophet Muhammad's father]
His mother's name will be Aamina [same as Prophet Muhammad's mother]
He will speak with a slight stutter
He will occasionally hit his hand upon his thigh when he stutters
His age at the time of his emergence will be forty years
He will receive Knowledge from Allah

One of the signs which will indicate the emergence of al-Mahdi will be that in the month of Ramadhan prior to his emergence an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur. This has never happened before in history [as of Jumaada al-awal 1424 AH / July 2003 CE].Only the year 2005 stands out uniquely when a Solar and Lunar eclipse would both occur during the month of Ramadan and these eclipse be visible from middle east and Arabia.

The title has been claimed by various individuals in history, including Muhammad Ahmad who founded a short-lived empire in Sudan in the late 19th century.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mahdi."

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Crosswords: MAHDI

Non-English Usage: "MAHDI" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (mahdi).

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Commercial Usage: MAHDI

Domain	Title
Books	Day of the Mahdi, No. 190 (reference) Looking for the Mahdi (reference) The Mahdi - A Millennium Thriller (reference) The Mahdi of Allah (reference) The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Muhsin S. Mahdi (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs, Vol 27) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: MAHDI

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Sudan	In 1881, a religious leader named Muhammad ibn Abdalla proclaimed himself the Mahdi, or the "expected one," and began a religious crusade to unify the tribes in western and central Sudan. (references)
	Sudan	His followers took on the name "Ansars" (the followers) which they continue to use today and are associated with the single largest political grouping, the Umma Party, led by the descendant of the Mahdi, Sadiq al Mahdi. (references)
	Sudan	Taking advantage of conditions resulting from Ottoman-Egyptian exploitation and maladministration, the Mahdi led a nationalist revolt culminating in the fall of Khartoum in 1885. The Mahdi died shortly thereafter, but his state survived until overwhelmed by an Ango-Egyptian force under Lord Kitchener in 1898. Sudan was proclaimed a condominium in 1899 under British-Egyptian administration. (references)
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Usage Frequency: MAHDI

"MAHDI" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.07% of the time. "MAHDI" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	85.07%	57	44,859
Noun (proper)	14.93%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	67	N/A

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Name Usage Frequency: MAHDI

The following table summarizes the usage of "MAHDI" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mahdi	Last name	200	40,008
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Expression: MAHDI

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "MAHDI": Mahdi-al-kalisi.
	Ending with "MAHDI": al-mahdi.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MAHDI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
mahdi	67
mahdi obeidi	31
imam mahdi	28
mahdi obeidi shukur	7
caesar mahdi	6
al mahdi	6
mahdi wheels	3
emam mahdi	3
hazrat mahdi	3
bourai mahdi	2
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Modern Translations: MAHDI

Language		Translations for "mahdi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		ahdimay.(various references)

Spanish		mahdi. (various references)

Thai		ผู้นำอิสลามหรือพระเยซูที่มาช่วยชาวโลก. (various references)

Ukranian		месія (messiah). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "MAHDI"

Words rhyming with "MAHDI" (pronounced 'Mah"di'): Barramundi, Cadi, Dandi, Garibaldi, Ginglymodi, Hindi, Jaborandi, jaguarondi, Maravedi, salmagundi, Yaguarundi, Yezdi. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MAHDI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-m"
	-1 letter: amid, maid.
	-2 letters: aid, aim, ami, dah, dam, dim, had, ham, hid, him, mad, mid.
	-3 letters: ad, ah, ai, am, ha, hi, hm, id, ma, mi.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-m"
	+1 letter: dirham.
	+2 letters: dampish, dharmic, dirhams, hadarim, haemoid, halidom, maddish, maidish, midrash, phasmid.
	+3 letters: admonish, amidship, amphipod, chadarim, chammied, chedarim, drachmai, famished, halidome, halidoms, handmaid, hematoid, humanoid, machined, maidhood, midwatch, misheard, phasmids, rhodamin, semihard, shammied.
	+4 letters: amidships, amphipods, anthodium, chamoised, chlamydia, chromatid, diaphragm, diathermy, dichasium, dichogamy, dichromat, dithyramb, ethmoidal, halidomes, handmaids, hardiment, homicidal, housemaid, humanised, humanized, humankind, humanoids, hybridoma, impeached, kaddishim, maidhoods, midrashic, midrashim, midrashot, mishandle, misshaped, mujahedin, nymphalid, rhodamine, rhodamins, wampished.
	+5 letters: admonished, admonisher, admonishes, alchemized, amphiploid, chairmaned, championed, chlamydiae, chlamydial, chromatids, damselfish, dehumanize, diaphragms, diathermic, dichromate, dichromats, dimethoate, disharmony, dithyrambs, empathised, empathized, emphasised, emphasized, handmaiden, hardiments, harmonised, harmonized, hemihedral, housemaids, humidistat, humiliated, hybridomas, hypermedia, machinated, maidenhair, maidenhead, maidenhood, mechanized, methodical, midrashoth, midshipman, midwatches, misbehaved, mischarged, mishandled, mishandles, mismatched, mispatched, misphrased, mithridate, mujahideen, nymphalids, rheumatoid, rhodamines, rhomboidal, shadchanim, timberhead.
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