And in another version: Allah will bring reform for him in a single night.

By Allah! Your Imam shall remain hidden from you for a long time. You will be tried and examined in those times. To such an extent that some people shall say: He has died or he has gone into some cave. While the believers will be shedding tears for him. The hearts of the people will be shaken up by the calamities like a ship is tossed in the waves of the stormy sea.

None shall get deliverance except those from whom Allah has taken oath, on whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He helped with His mercy. At that time twelve standards will arise and all of them will be alike, thus it will not be known, which the standard of truth is. I began to weep, so the Imam asked: O Abi Abdullah why do you weep?

I replied: Master, why shouldn’t I weep when you say that twelve standards will arise and all of them will be alike, thus how do we know which is the standard of truth? The Imam said: Look at the sun, on which army it is shining. I said: Maula, this same sun? “Yes,” he replied, “O Abi Abdullah, have you seen this sun? I said: Yes.

Imam said: I swear by Allah, our matter (Wilayat) is more clear than this sun.” This traditional report is also mentioned in Ghaibat Nomani through two other chains of narrators.