The Shooting Star (English Translation of “Al-Najm al- thāqib Fī Aḥwāl-e-Imam al-Ghāib”)
Al-Najm al-thāqib fī aḥwāl al-imām al-ghāʾib* (Arabic: النَجم الثاقِب في أحوال الإمام الغائِب) is a book written on Imam al-Mahdi (a) in Farsi by Mirza Husayn Nuri in twelve chapters. He has used original Shiite sources about Imam al-Mahdi (a) as well as Sunni sources. The content of the book is about the twelfth Imam (a), proving his existence, the stories of those who have met him and the duties of believers in the occultation era.
Author: Ayat-Allah Mirza Husein Nūri Ṭabarsi
Translation: Sayyid Athar Husein S.H. Rizvi
