I swear by the Concealment...

I swear by the Concealment, [81:16] (The stars) that run their course (and) hide . So he -asws said: ‘The Imam -asws would be in concealment in the year two hundred and sixty, then he -asws would appear like the meteor shooting in the dark night. So, if you were to come across his -asws time, it would delight your eyes’.

[1] في كتاب كمال الدين وتمام النعمة باسناده إلى ابراهيم بن عطية عن ام هاني الثقفية قال: غدوت على سيدى محمد بن على الباقر عليهما السلام فقلت: يا سيدى آية من كتاب الله عزوجل ” فلا اقسم بالخنس الجوار الكنس “ In the book KamaAl-Al-Deen Wa Tamaam Al-Ne’mat, by his chain going up to Ibrahim Bin Atiya, from Umm Hany Al-Saqafy who said: ‘I came to my Chief Muhammad Bin Ali -asws Al-Baqir -asws , so I said, ‘O my Chief! (Explain for me) a Verse from the Book of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: But no!

I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16] ’. قال: نعم المسألة سئلتنى يا ام هاني هذا مولود في آخر الزمان هو المهدى من هذه العترة، يكون له حيرة و غيبة يضل فيها قوم ويهتدى فيها قوم، فيا طوبى لك ان ادركتيه ويا طوبى لمن أدركه. He -asws said: ‘Yes, the question which you have asked me -asws , O Umm Hany, this is a coming (which will take place) during the end of times.

He -asws is Al-Mahdi -asws from this Family -asws , about whom -asws there will be confusion during his -asws absence. A people would go astray with regards to it, and a people would be guided with regards to it. So beatitude is for you if you come across him -asws , and beatitude would be for the one who comes across him -asws ’.

Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from a number of our companions, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan, from Umar Ibn Yazeed, from Al Hassan Bin Al Rabi’e Al Hamdany, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Aseyd Bin Sa’alba, from Umm Hany who said, ‘I met Abu Ja’far Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws , and I asked him -asws about these Verses: But no! I swear by the concealed one [81:15] The one who runs his course, the hidden one [81:16] .