Nuh, the
senior-most (in age) of the prophets: It is narrated from Imam Sadiq and Imam Hadi
(a) that His Eminence, Nuh (a) lived for 2500 years. And His Eminence, Qaim (a)
is the senior-most (in age) of the successors; on the basis of the tradition of
Kafi, was born on the 15th of Shaban 255 A.H.[1]
Thus the age of His
Eminence till date - Sunday, 10th Zilqad 1301 A.H. - comes to 1081
years and 5 days. It is narrated from Imam Zainul Abideen (a) that he said: "In
the Qaim is present the characteristics of Adam and Nuh (a),
and that is a long
life…"[2]
