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Tag "Twelfth Imam"

tag name: Twelfth Imam type: Religions, Middle Eastern
web link: Twelfth_Imam
references: bahai9.com/wiki/Imám_Muhammad; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Mahdi
related tags: Imams; Shia Islam (Shiism)
referring tags: Hidden Imam; Qá'im
notes: The twelfth Imám is known by several titles: al-Mahdi (lit. 'the rightly guided'), al-Qa'im (lit. 'he who will rise'), al-Montazar (lit. 'the awaited'), Saheb al-Zaman (lit. 'lord of the age'), al-Gha'ib (lit. 'the hidden'), al-Hojja/Hojjat Allah (lit. 'the proof [of God]'), Sahib al-Amr (lit. 'lord of the cause'), Sahib al-Haqq (lit. 'lord of the truth'), Baqiyat Allah (lit. 'the remnant of God').

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  1. A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám, by Abdu'l-Bahá Adib Masumian, trans. (2016). — On apparently-conflicting hadiths (sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) regarding the Hidden Im...
  2. Consolation of Theology, The: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism, by Said Amir Arjomand (1996). — Overview of the Shi'i doctrine of occultation, or the "Hidden Imam," and how this idea evolved into ...
  3. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1999 Spring). — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
  4. Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism, The: A Sociohistorical Perspective, by Said Amir Arjomand (1996-11). — Background of the history and theology of concepts like Qa'im, Mahdi, ghayba, and the hidden twelfth...
  5. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
  6. Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation: Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D., by Said Amir Arjomand (1997). — Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and t...
  7. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses, by Todd Lawson (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
  8. Kitáb-i-Iqán, The: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology, by Sohrab Kourosh (2018). — The Kitab-i-Íqan resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a...
  9. Logos, Mythos and Kerygma: The Logic of Reconciliation and the Occultation of the Promised Qá'im in Bábí-Bahá'í Scripture, by Ismael Velasco (2004). — Theological background of the Twelfth Imam in Shi'i Islam, comprehensive interpretation of Baha'u'll...
  10. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The, by Stephen Lambden (2005). — Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’lla...
  11. Most Noble Pattern, A: Collected Essays on the Writings of the Báb, `Alí Muhammad Shirazi (1819-1850), Todd Lawson, ed, Omid Ghaemmaghami, ed. (2012). — Sixteen essays by many of the leading specialists on the sometimes very difficult and challenging wr...
  12. One Who Related the Existence of the Qáʼim, The, by Bahá'u'lláh Adib Masumian, trans. (2015). — One-paragraph passage related to the coming of the Mahdi.
  13. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
  14. Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan, by Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad Denis MacEoin, trans. (1997-06). — Translation of the questions submitted to Baha'u'llah by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal un...
  15. Regarding Jaʻfar-i-Kadhdháb ('Jaʻfar the Liar'), by Bahá'u'lláh Adib Masumian, trans. (2016). — One-paragraph passage about the mystical cities Jabulqa and Jabulsa and the truthfulness of a figure...
  16. Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam, by Abbas Amanat (2000). — Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Babi Faith.
  17. Shi`i Islam, by Moojan Momen (1995). — Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Baha'i Faith.
  18. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature, Adib Masumian, trans. (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
 
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