Islam — Twelver Shiʿa

An Egyptian and a Yemeni before the Sufyani

Kitab al-Ghayba — al-Tusi’s Book of Occultation · Kitab al-Ghayba, report 444; Thaqalayn chapter 51, report 22

Edition, transcription and reuse details

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 From him, from Ibn Faddal, from Ibn Bukayr, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: “An Egyptian and a Yemeni will emerge before the Sufyani.” Arabic source text 444- عنه، عن ابن فضال، عن ابن بكير، عن محمد بن مسلم قال: يخرج قبل السفياني مصري ويماني.