This article is about occultation in Twelver Shi'ism. For the broader concept of occultation in Shia Islam, see Occultation (Islam).
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The Minor Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلصُّغْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah aṣ-Ṣughrā), also known as the First Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْأُولَىٰ, al-Ghaybah al-ʾŪlā), refers in Twelver Shia Islam to a period of nearly seventy years (874–941 CE, 260–329 AH) during which the Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed to have communicated regularly with his followers through four successive agents. This period was followed by the Major Occultation (941–present), where there is no agent of the Hidden Imam, whose reappearance is expected by the Twelvers to fill the earth with justice and peace in the end of time.
The MinorOccultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلصُّغْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah aṣ-Ṣughrā), also known as the First Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْأُولَىٰ, al-Ghaybah...
for an occultation, and especially a solar eclipse, is (U+1F775 🝵). The term occultation is most frequently used to describe lunar occultations, those...
the seventh Imam, had not died but was in occultation. In parallel, traditions predicting the occultation of a future imam also persisted in the writings...
Islam, the Major Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah al-Kubrā, 329 AH-present, 941 CE-present) is the second occultation of the Hidden...
successively represented their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his MinorOccultation (874–941 CE). They were also known as the Gates (Arabic: أَبْوَاب...
tariqahs whose last Imams have gone into Occultation and the Shia Nizari Ismailis, who deny the concept of Occultation and so have to have a present and living...
six days and announced the beginning of the complete occultation, later called the Major Occultation, which continues to this day. The letter, ascribed...
who were active from Ja'far al-Sadiq's time until the end of the MinorOccultation in 941 CE. The wikalah was responsible for the relations between imams...
called a stellar occultation, in which the object passes in front of a star from the vantage point of Earth. Since the occultation event is only visible...
and of the twelfth Twelver Imam, Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi during the MinorOccultation. A rival of his in claiming to be the bāb (door) to the Imams was...
(2003). "History of Shi'ism: From the Advent of Islam up to the End of MinorOccultation". Al-Islam.org. Translated by Limba, Mansoor L. Ahlul Bayt Digital...
in addition to the queen and king. In divinatory, esoteric and occult tarot, the Minor Arcana are believed to represent relatively mundane features of...
2010, an occultation by Varuna was successfully observed by a team of astronomers led by Bruno Sicardy on the night of 19 February. The occultation was observed...
recently, a series of occultation events through the 2010s and early 2020s revealed that Chiron hosts rings, making it one of four minor planets and the only...
Ghayba or al-Ghayba (Arabic: الغيبة, 'Occultation', 'Concealment') may refer to: Occultation (Islam), Shi'ite eschatological belief in the concealment...
eternal religion could not continue without a leader. In the period of MinorOccultation, theologians like Ibn Qube Razi, Newbakhtis, al-Shaykh al-Mufid, Seyyed...