Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Ismail)

The Almighty Allah gave glad tidings of the birth of Ismail (a) and He says:  "So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance."[1] The Almighty Allah has also prophesied the birth and advent of Qaim (a). And in the same way the Holy Prophet (s) and the Infallible Imams (a) have also given glad tidings about them. That which additionally proves this matter is that which is mentioned in the books Tabsiratul Wali and Biharul Anwar from Ismail bin Ali Naubakhti (r.a.) that he said: 

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Salih)

Salih went into occultation from his people. After that when he returned to them, a majority of them denied him as mentioned in the book of Kamaluddin in the tradition of His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (a) that he said: 

 "Salih (a) remained in occultation from his community for a period of time: The day he disappeared from them he was of middle age, wide belly, elegant body, thick beard, fair complexioned and medium height. When he returned to his people, they did not recognize him from his face. 

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Hud)

The actual name of Hud (a) is Aabir, and Nuh had given glad tidings about him. It is narrated from Imam Sadiq (a) in Kamaluddin that he said:"When the demise of Nuh approached, he summoned his Shias and followers and said: You should know that after me there shall be an occultation when false deities would appear. And indeed Allah, the Mighty and Sublime would bestow victory upon you through my descendant who would be named Hud. 

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Idrees)

Idrees (a) is the grandfather of Akhnukh, the father of Nuh (a). The Almighty Allah exalted Idrees to a high degree; it is said that he was raised to the fourth or the sixth heaven.

 In Majmaul Bayan it is narrated from Mujahid that he said: "Idrees was taken up to the sky like Isa (a) was taken, while he was alive and not dead." And others have said: "His soul was captured between the fourth and the fifth heaven." This point is narrated from Imam Baqir (a):[1] The Almighty Allah also took up Qaim to a high position in the sky.

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Nuh)

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, 10^th 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]

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Sheeth)

Hibtullah Sheeth, did not get the permission to reveal his knowledge, as mentioned in a lengthy report quoted in Rauda Kafi from His Eminence, Abu Ja'far Baqir (a) that he said:

"When Hibtullah buried his father, Adam, Qabeel came to him and said: O Hibtullah I saw that my father, Adam did not give me as much knowledge as he gifted to you and it is the same knowledge with which your brother, Habeel prayed and his sacrifice was accepted, and that is why I killed him so that he may not have children who could proudly claim to my children that: 

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Habeel)

His nearest and closest kin killed Habeel - that is his brother - the Almighty Allah says in His great book: "And relate to them the story of the two sons of Adam with truth when they both offered an offering, but it was accepted from one of them and was not accepted from the other. He said: I will most certainly slay you. (The other) said: Allah only accepts from those who guard (against evil)."[1]

Resemblance of the 12th Imam to the Prophets(a.s.) (Resemblance to Adam)

The Almighty Allah appointed Adam as His caliph on the whole earth and made him its heir and He says in the Quran:

 "I am going to place in the earth a vicegerent." [1]

 And the Almighty Allah would also make Hazrat Hujjat as the inheritor of the earth and will appoint him as His caliph on His earth, as narrated from His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (a) that he said with reference to the exegesis of the verse:

 "Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth." [2]

"He is the Qaim and his companions; and at the time of his reappearance he would pass his hands over his face and say: Praise be to Allah, One Who fulfilled His promise and made us inherit the earth…" [3]