Imam al-Zaman

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Imam al-Zaman is an honorific title for Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam who is believed to be the awaited savior and final guide of humanity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
alsoKnownAs Sahib al-Zaman
al-Hujjah
linked to: al-Hujja

al-Mahdi
linked to: Muhammad al-Mahdi

al-Qa’im
linked to: al-Qaʾim
associatedWithBelief Mahdism
eschatology
occultation
associatedWithEvent Major Occultation
Minor Occultation
associatedWithPlace Iraq
Samarra
centralFigureOf Twelver Shia eschatology
linked to: Twelver Shia
devotionalPractice pledges of allegiance
prayers for hastening reappearance
visitation of shrines of his forefathers
expectedAction eradicate oppression
establish justice
unite believers
hasCulturalImpact Shia devotional poetry
Shia political thought
Shia ritual practices
honorificFor Muhammad al-Mahdi
invokedIn Du‘a al-Faraj
Ziyarat texts
supplications
language Arabic
linkedConcept divine guidance
end times
justice
return of the Mahdi
linkedScripturalSource Nahj al-Balagha (indirectly via Imami doctrine)
Quranic verses interpreted about the Imams (according to Shia exegesis)
Shia hadith collections
literalMeaning Imam of the Time
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
positionInDoctrine twelfth Imam
linked to: Mahdi
reappearanceBelief will appear at the end of times
refersTo Muhammad al-Mahdi
roleInBelief awaited savior
final guide of humanity
theologicalStatus infallible Imam (according to Twelver Shia belief)
timeOfReappearance unknown
titleType religious honorific
usedAs devotional title
liturgical title
usedByCommunity Twelver Shia Muslims
linked to: Twelver Shia
usedIn Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia
veneratedIn Shia Islam
Twelver Shia Islam
linked to: Twelver Shia

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Muhammad al-Mahdi honorificTitle Imam al-Zaman
the Báb claimedRole Mahdi
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Wallace Fard Muhammad regardedAsByNationOfIslam Mahdi
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Occultation concerns Twelfth Imam
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq (Ṭayyibī tradition) derivesLegitimacyFrom Imām in occultation
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Sahib al-Zaman relatedTitle Imam al-Asr
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Imam al-Zaman literalMeaning Imam of the Time
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
al-Hujja titleFor the twelfth Imam
linked to: Imam al-Zaman
Valiasr Street namedAfter Vali Asr (a title referring to the twelfth Shia Imam, Mahdi)
linked to: Imam al-Zaman