Interpretation and reception
Tablet to Haji Sadr-i-Hamadani concerning the Twelfth Imam
Abdu'l-Baha
Offers spiritual preexistence and later bodily manifestation as a reconciliation of conflicting Qa'im reports, then critiques occultation narratives and expectations. A Bahai response to Twelver tradition.
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Edition and location
Adib Masumian provisional English translation, explicitly unofficial and unauthorized; date not displayed
Ma'idiy-i-Asmani volume 2, pages 50–52 as identified by translator; passage beginning As to the question of the twelfth Imam