The title al-Qāʾim Āl Muḥammad (Arabic: قائم آل محمد, "the one who rises of the family of Muḥammad"), also al-Qāʾim bi ʾl-sayf ("the one who rises with the sword") or al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh ("the one who carries out the order of God"), is given to a messiah-like figure in the eschatology of Shia Islam, sometimes equated with the Mahdi. The term first came into use in the eighth century to refer to a future member of the family of Muḥammad who would rise up and defeat the wicked rulers of the age and restore justice.[1]
According to some Imāmī ḥadīths, every imām is the qāʾim of his age (al-qāʾim ahl zamānihi). The twelfth and last imām, who is in occultation and will return, is commonly known as Muḥammad al-Qāʾim.[1]
Believers in Babism and the Bahá'í Faith both consider the Báb (1819–1850) to have been the Qāʾim.[citation needed]
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