Occultation

E377523

Islamic eschatological belief Twelver Shia doctrine

Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Minor Occultation	1
Occultation canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3671844 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Occultation
Context triple: [Twelver Shia, doctrine, Occultation]

A. Météores
Météores is one of the scientific essays by René Descartes, accompanying his Discours de la méthode and focusing on the study of meteorological and atmospheric phenomena.
B. Eclipse of the Sun
"Eclipse of the Sun" is a 1926 political painting by German artist George Grosz that satirically depicts the corruption and brutality of Weimar-era politics and capitalism.
C. Eclipse
Eclipse is a widely used open-source integrated development environment (IDE) primarily for Java and other programming languages, known for its extensible plugin-based architecture.
D. Eclipse
Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight Saga, continuing the supernatural romance and conflict between Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black.
E. Eclipse
Eclipse was an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose dominance on the track made him one of the most influential sires in the history of horse racing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Occultation
Target entity description: Occultation is a central Twelver Shia belief that the twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is alive but hidden from public view and will reappear at the end of times to establish justice.

A. Météores
Météores is one of the scientific essays by René Descartes, accompanying his Discours de la méthode and focusing on the study of meteorological and atmospheric phenomena.
B. Eclipse of the Sun
"Eclipse of the Sun" is a 1926 political painting by German artist George Grosz that satirically depicts the corruption and brutality of Weimar-era politics and capitalism.
C. Eclipse
Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight Saga, continuing the supernatural romance and conflict between Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black.
D. Eclipse
Eclipse is a widely used open-source integrated development environment (IDE) primarily for Java and other programming languages, known for its extensible plugin-based architecture.
E. Eclipse
Eclipse was an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse whose dominance on the track made him one of the most influential sires in the history of horse racing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic eschatological belief ⓘ Twelver Shia doctrine ⓘ
aimsAtOutcome	establishment of justice ⓘ
ArabicName	al-Ghayba ⓘ linked to: al-ghayb (the unseen)
associatedWith	Hidden Imam ⓘ linked to: The Mahdi Imamate ⓘ Islamic eschatology ⓘ Mahdism ⓘ
centralBeliefOf	Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia
concerns	Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ Twelfth Imam ⓘ linked to: Imam al-Zaman
contrastedWith	Sunni views of the Mahdi ⓘ
describesStateOf	Muhammad al-Mahdi being alive but hidden ⓘ
eschatologicalRole	precedes the appearance of the Mahdi ⓘ precedes the final establishment of justice ⓘ
hasDoctrinalSource	Shia theological works ⓘ Twelver hadith collections ⓘ
hasPart	Major Occultation ⓘ Minor Occultation ⓘ linked to: Minor Signs of the Hour
hasTemporalAspect	period between the Imam’s disappearance and reappearance ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo	disappearance of the Twelfth Imam ⓘ
implies	absence of direct public leadership by the Imam ⓘ continuing spiritual guidance by the Hidden Imam ⓘ
influences	Twelver Shia devotional practices ⓘ Twelver Shia legal theory ⓘ Twelver Shia political thought ⓘ
involvesBeliefIn	divine protection of the Imam ⓘ eschatological savior ⓘ future universal justice ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
linkedConcept	Marjaʿiyya ⓘ Wilayat al-faqih ⓘ linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
normativeStatusIn	orthodox Twelver Shia creed ⓘ
relatesToEvent	reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi ⓘ linked to: Mahdi
relatesToTime	end of times ⓘ
religiousTradition	Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia
requires	faith in unseen Imam ⓘ patience for the Imam’s return ⓘ
teaches	Muhammad al-Mahdi is alive ⓘ Muhammad al-Mahdi is hidden from public view ⓘ Muhammad al-Mahdi will establish justice ⓘ Muhammad al-Mahdi will reappear at the end of times ⓘ
termUsedBy	Twelver jurists ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia Twelver mystics ⓘ Twelver theologians ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia
viewHeldBy	Twelver Shia laity ⓘ Twelver Shia scholars ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Twelver Shia → doctrine → Occultation ⓘ

Muhammad al-Mahdi → occultationType → Minor Occultation ⓘ

linked to: Occultation

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