Islam — Twelver Shiʿa

Five signs before the Qa’im rises

Kitab al-Ghayba — al-Tusi’s Book of Occultation · Kitab al-Ghayba, report 427; Thaqalayn chapter 51, report 5

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Historical Arabic text as transcribed by Thaqalayn, chapter 51, reports 427, 428, 437, 443 and 444. New Rainbow Watch English translation prepared directly from the Arabic, September 2026, with the complete Arabic beside each rendering. Web transcription checked; no manuscript or printed-page collation is claimed. Report numbers and Arabic punctuation are retained; English punctuation and transliteration are editorial.

Underlying medieval Arabic reports are public-domain historical text. No modern editorial footnotes or Rizvi translation are reproduced. The English rendering was newly prepared for Rainbow Watch from the Arabic.

English translation — Rainbow Watch And through this same chain, from Ibn Faddal, from Hammad, from Ibrahim ibn Umar, from Umar ibn Hanzala, from Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, who said: “Five among the signs precede the rising of the Qa’im: the cry, the Sufyani, the sinking of the ground at al-Bayda, the emergence of the Yamani, and the killing of the pure soul.” Arabic source text 427- وبهذا الاسناد، عن ابن فضال، عن حماد، عن إبراهيم بن عمر، عن عمر بن حنظلة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: خمس قبل قيام القائم من العلامات: الصيحة والسفياني، والخسف بالبيداء، وخروج اليماني، وقتل النفس الزكية.