Translator''s IntroductionAuthor''s IntroductionChapter 1The Beginning of the Belief in the MahdiChapter 2The Pseudo-MahdisChapter 3Mahdiism, the Jews, and the IraniansChapter 4The Unseen World and the Imam of the AgeChapter 5 Who Was the Imam after Hasan ''Askari?Chapter 6Can a Five Year Old Boy Become an Imam?Chapter 7Why Did Not the Occultation Become Complete from the Beginning?Chapter 8 The Sunni Books on the Characteristics of the MahdiChapter 9The Research about LongevityChapter 10The Residence of the Twelfth ImamChapter 11The Minds of the People Prepare for the Advent of the MahdiChapter 12How Will the Imam Know That the Time for the Appearance (Zuhur) Has Come?Chapter 13Further Investigation in the Hadith-ReportsChapter 14The Signs of the Appearance (Zuhur) of the Mahdi