(Bilingual Edition) [English = Arabic]
Author (s): Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi
Translator (s): Hassan Allahyari
The oceans of light and seas of illumination that is the Biha-r al-Anwa-r of the greatest ‘Allamah of all ages Muhammad Ba-qir Ibn Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi is a book of unparalleled worth and value in Islamic literature. The thirteenth volume of this reputable ocean of wisdom and trustworthy arc of salvation - titled by its author as Kita-b al-Ghaiba, that is, the Book of Occultation - is devoted to accounts about the Last Hujja of Allah the Imam of the Age, may Allah hasten his appearance. In the contemporary prints, this volume has been divided into three volumes, which span from the fifty first to fifty third of the total one hundred and sixteen volumes.
In your hands is the translation of the first of these three volumes, namely, the fifty first, which I translated in times of great stress and duress and lack of access to books and mentors. All thanks and gratitude is due to Allah, in the beginning and in the end, in private and in public, for His blessings as well as His trials. We thank Him from the depths of our souls and the bottom of our hearts.
