Islamic messianism : the idea of Mahdi in twelver Shīʻism
Print Book, English, ©1981
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©1981
x, 230 pages ; 24 cm
9780873954426, 9780873954587, 0873954424, 0873954580
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Transliteration
Preface
Introduction: The Islamic Messiah, Al-Mahdi
The twelver Messianic Imam, Al-Qa'Im Al-Mahdi
The occultation of the Imamate Mahdi
The Imamate of the hidden Imam
The return of the Mahdi
Conclusion
Appendix: index of the Imam and the Imamate in al-Kulayni's Kitab al-hujja in al-Kafi
Glossary
Chart: the Imamite Imams
Notes
Selected bibliography and abbreviations