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Kitāb al-Ghayba

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī

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What is the difference between a hidden Imam and an Imam who does not exist or one that exists in the heavens?

180. hadíth

وقد بينا فيما تقدم الفرق بين وجوده غائبا لا يصل إليه أحد أو أكثرهم وبين عدمه حتى إذا كان المعلوم التمكن بالأمر يوجده.

We have also previously elucidated the difference between the instance that he exists in hiding where no one or few can reach him and the instance of his non-existence until his capacity of governance is known and then God creates him.

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