Qa'im Al Muhammad

In Shia Islam, Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad (Arabic: قائم آل محمد, lit. 'the one who shall rise of the family of Muhammad') is an epithet for the Mahdi, the eschatological figure in Islam who is widely believed to restore the religion and justice in the end of time. The term was used as early as the eighth century to refer to a future member of the family of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad who would rise against tyranny in the end of time and restore justice. This term was already common by the end of the Umayyad caliphate and largely replaced the term Mahdi in Shia literature. The term was often qualified as al-Qa'im bi 'l-sayf (lit. 'the one who shall rise with the sword') or al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah (lit. 'the one who shall rise by the order of God').