What does the word "Messiah" mean?
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|  What does the word "Messiah" mean?  Maseeh has a few meanings: 1- it's from mas-h, which means to touch or wipe over. Maseeh, on the structure of fa'eel, means one who wipes his hand over something. 2- it's from siyaha, which means to travel or cover a distance. 3- it's a hebrew word "masheeha" which means blessed and became Maseeh in the Arabic language, meaning mubaarak. 4- it means truthful, siddeeq. It is said that Dajjaal is also called maseeh because he will travel throughout the world and will change the appearance of things etc. Maseeh is also the laqab of Esa alayhi salaam. A laqab is a nickname/title given to someone, such as Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq radi Allahu anhu. Allahu a'lam what does the word 'Mesiah- مسيح' mean? - Multaqa Ahl al-Hadeeth |
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| Re: What does the word "Messiah" mean? Asalamu Alaikum Akhee, BarakhAllahu Feekum for your post,interesting.. |
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