- 1馬赫迪（伊斯蘭教中受神引領、將降臨的領袖）
In Islam, the Mahdi is a holy leader who, in the belief, has not yet come — or, for some Muslims, is already born but hidden. God will send him in a dark time, and he will set the world right and bring people to follow Islam. The word is a title, not a personal name, and it means something like “the one who is guided.” Not every Muslim thinks about the Mahdi in the same way. The idea is much larger in Shia Islam, where many believe he is already in the world but unseen, than in a lot of teaching, where people may believe he will come but give him less space in daily faith. Over the years, more than one leader has stood up and said “I am the Mahdi,” and some of those claims led to wars. In English you will meet the word in news about those movements, or in writing about Islamic belief. Spell it with a capital M when it means this figure.
組成Borrowed from Arabic mahdiyy, “guided one,” from the verb hadā, “to guide.”
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mahdiname/ˈmɑːdi/
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IslamlifestylereligionA leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world.
- Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi.
- "Of course, my Lord. You asked what they were shouting, though. It was Mahdi! They directed the term at the young master. When they-" "At Paul?" "Yes, my Lord. They've a legend here, a prophecy, that a leader will come to them, a child of a Bene Gesserit, to lead them to true freedom. It follows the familiar messiah pattern."
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Muhammad b. Hasan al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams, born in 868 AD but believed alive and present in this world in a state of occultation; Similarly to Sunni belief, he will reappear before the end of time.
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A male given name from Arabic.
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A surname from Arabic.
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