GHAYBAH

Meaning of GHAYBAH in English

GHAYBAH: lit., absence; used to describe the concealment or occultation of the twelfth Imam, who is in the world but hidden from human sight.

Advanced Islamic English dictionary. Расширенный исламский словарь английского языка. 2012

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