which clarified their exposition so that it might be propagated from them to the entire world, both the elite and the commoners.

With the master al-Hasan, His glory is magnificent, being the final station and manifestation, the proofs were established and made clear to everyone as a form of cultivation (ta'diban) and facilitation for the occultation, so that the world might remain in pursuit of knowledge, salvation, and deliverance, and that they might know that this station is neither fading away nor truly absent. He is the one who manifests the power, the miracles, and the divine knowledge, the likes of which none among created beings can bring forth save Him. The master al-Hasan, His glory is magnificent, manifested the occultation on Friday, when eight nights had passed from the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year two hundred and sixty of the Migration (260 AH). His birth had taken place in Medina, the city of the Messenger of God, His glory is magnificent, on Monday, the fourth of the month of Rabi' al-Thani in the year two hundred and thirty-three (233 AH). Thus, this station lasted twenty-eight years: twenty-one years, eight months, and thirteen days of it were alongside the master Ali al-Askari, His glory is magnificent, and six years,