Translator's
Introduction
Author's Introduction
Chapter 1
The Beginning
of the Belief in the Mahdi
Chapter 2
The Pseudo-Mahdis
Chapter 3
Mahdiism, the Jews,
and the Iranians
Chapter
4
The Unseen World
and the Imam of the Age
Chapter 5
Who Was the Imam
after Hasan 'Askari?
Chapter 6
Can a Five Year
Old Boy Become an Imam?
Chapter 7
Why Did Not the
Occultation Become Complete from the Beginning?
Chapter 8
The Sunni Books
on the Characteristics of the Mahdi
Chapter 9
The Research about
Longevity
Chapter 10
The
Residence of the Twelfth Imam
Chapter 11
The Minds of the
People Prepare for the Advent of the Mahdi
Chapter 12
How Will the Imam
Know That the Time for the Appearance (Zuhur) Has Come?
Chapter 13
Further Investigation
in the Hadith-Reports