The Minor Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلصُّغْرَىٰ, al-Ghaybah aṣ-Ṣughrā), also known as the First Occultation (Arabic: ٱلْغَيْبَة ٱلْأُولَىٰ, al-Ghaybah...

(tamma) occultation, later called the Major Occultation (al-ghaybat al-kubra). The letter, ascribed to al-Mahdi, added that the complete occultation would...

eclipse. The symbol for an occultation, and especially a solar eclipse, is (U+1F775 🝵).[not verified in body] The term occultation is most frequently used...

six days and announced the beginning of the complete occultation, later called the Major Occultation, which continues to this day. The letter, ascribed...

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 Minor Occultation (874–941 CE). They were also known as the Gates (Arabic: أَبْوَاب...

(wukala) likely continued to operate during the Lesser Occultation. The Twelver doctrine of occultation (ghayba) crystallized in the first half of the fourth...

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 Minor Occultation in 941 CE. The wikalah was responsible for the relations between imams...

father in 874, who was possibly poisoned by the Abbasids. During the Minor Occultation (874–941), it is held that the twelfth Imam remained in contact with...

and of the twelfth Twelver Imam, Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi during the Minor Occultation. A rival of his in claiming to be the bāb (door) to the Imams was...

cistern where the Twelfth Imam, Muḥammad al-Mahdī, first entered the Minor Occultation or "hidden from the view"—whence the other title of the Mahdi, the...

six days and announced the beginning of the complete occultation, later called the Major Occultation, which continues to this day. The letter, ascribed...

occultation, later called the Major Occultation, which continues to this day. The letter, ascribed to al-Mahdi, added that the complete occultation would...

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...

characters and symbols occulted to Imam.[clarification needed] List of Shia books Occultation (Islam) Minor occultation Major occultation "Kitab al-Ghayba:...

(2003). "History of Shi'ism: From the Advent of Islam up to the End of Minor Occultation". Al-Islam.org. Translated by Limba, Mansoor L. Ahlul Bayt Digital...

successively represented their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his Minor Occultation (874–941 CE). Uthman is also said to have been a trusted representative...

ephemeris must be precisely known before occultation predictions can be reliably made.: 2 : 35  To facilitate occultation predictions for 2002 MS4, astronomers...

successively represented their Hidden Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his Minor Occultation (874–941 CE). Ibn Ruh in this role succeeded Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn...

in addition to the queen and king. In divinatory, esoteric and occult tarot, the Minor Arcana are believed to represent relatively mundane features of...

all considered equivalent minor prophets that championed and spread the cause of the major prophet. Last Judgment Occultation (Islam), Shi'ite eschatological...

successively represented their twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, during his Minor Occultation (874–941 CE). Abu Ja'far in this role succeeded his father, Uthman...

development of the Twelver Shia faith at a time of confusion following the Minor Occultation of the 12th Imam.The clan's theological accomplishments include the...

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...

another star, and this occultation was timed by several observers in New Mexico and Arizona, coordinated by the IOTA Asteroid Occultation Program. The result...

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...

from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. Also, Albazofari, a person who lived in minor occultation, narrated from The Four Deputies of Imam Mahdi that Imam Mahdi said...

era of the Minor Occultation of Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams who, according to Shia belief, is currently in occultation and will...