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| Also, Hidden Imám. According to Shi'ih Islam, the last of twelve successors of the Prophet Muḥammad. The Twelfth Imám, who was named Muḥammad, disappeared in the ninth century AD. He is believed to have gone into concealment but to have continued to communicate with his followers through intermediaries called 'bábs' (gates). Neither the Twelfth Imám nor the last báb named a successor, and the tradition arose that at the time appointed by God, the Twelfth Imám would appear once again, sent by God to guide mankind. He is also called the Mihdi (or Mahdi — The Guided One), Ḥujjat (the Proof), Baqíyyatu'lláh (the Remnant of God) and the Qá'im (He Who Shall Arise). |
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