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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,[1][2] the eschatological figure in Islam who is widely believed to restore the religion and justice in the end of time.[2] 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.[1] This term was already common by the end of the Umayyad caliphate and largely replaced the term Mahdi in Shia literature.[2] 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').[1]