dictionary the following definitions
can be found: to die down, subside,
abate, let up and also it says this
context of the word is similar to
"sakan" and "hada” both meaning
to calm down or to quieten.
And so this context of the word
could be used to give another
meaning "and he does not reach it
until he dies down" (die down: to
subside, diminish). More
specifically, the subsiding of his
wrath, and this is of course when
Allah (swt) Places Mercy in his
heart, as narrated from Imam Baqir
(a.s): "He will place the sword on
his shoulders for 8 months [it will
be] turmoil and pandemonium until
Allah is pleased." I said: 'How will
he know that Allah is pleased?' He
said: 'Allah (swt) will cast mercy
into his heart.' " Ghaibata
AlNu'mani, p.164.
This wrath that will go on for 8
months is very intense, such that the
people will complain and say if he
was actually from the children of
Fatima (a.s) then he would have
mercy, as narrated from Ali (a.s):
"Allah releases the trials through a
man from us, he will afflict them
with destruction/humiliation, he
will not give them anything except
the sword, he will place the sword
on his shoulder for eight months,
until they say: 'By Allah, this
person is not from the children of
Fatima (a.s), if he were from her
(a.s) children, he would have surely
had mercy on us.' " alA'raf alWardi
fi Akhbar alMahdi, (1/109), Hadith
130.
The concept of the 12 Mahdis (a.s)
has been