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.

In Islam在伊斯蘭教裡, the Mahdi is a holy leader Mahdi 是一位神聖的領袖 who, in the belief, has not yet come根據信仰，他還沒有降臨 — or, for some Muslims, is already born but hidden或者對某些穆斯林來說，他其實已經出生了，只是隱藏著。God will send him in a dark time神會在黑暗的時代派他來, and he will set the world right他會把世界導正, and bring people to follow Islam並帶領人們信奉伊斯蘭。The word is a title, not a personal name這個字是個稱號，不是人名, and it means something like "the one who is guided."意思大概是「受引領的人」。Not every Muslim thinks about the Mahdi in the same way並不是每個穆斯林對馬赫迪的想法都一樣。

The idea is much larger in Shia Islam, where many believe he is already in the world but unseen, than in a lot of Sunni teaching, where people may believe he will come but give him less space in daily faith.

The idea is much larger in Shia Islam這個觀念在什葉派伊斯蘭裡份量重得多, where many believe he is already in the world but unseen許多人相信他已經在世上，只是看不見, than in a lot of Sunni teaching相比之下在很多遜尼派的教義裡, where people may believe he will come but give him less space in daily faith人們可能相信他會來，但在日常信仰裡給他的份量比較小。

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.

Over the years這些年來, more than one leader has stood up and said "I am the Mahdi,"不只一位領袖曾站出來說「我就是馬赫迪」, and some of those claims led to wars有些這樣的宣稱還引發了戰爭。In English在英文裡, you will meet the word in news about those movements你會在報導這類運動的新聞裡遇到這個字, or in writing about Islamic belief或是在講伊斯蘭信仰的文章裡。

Spell it with a capital M when it means this figure.

Spell it with a capital M要大寫開頭的 M when it means this figure指這個人物的時候。