The act of occulting or the state of being occulted .

隐伏掩蔽的行为或被荫蔽的状态。

Most controversially of all , although he is a layman , mr mashai has let it be known that he is in direct contact with the occulted twelfth shia imam , the mahdi , and that , by extension , the government in which he serves enjoys divine favour .

最具争议的一点是，虽然马沙不承担任何教职，但是他却让这一点声名在外自己和隐遁的第十二个伊玛目马赫迪有着直接联系，所以推而广之，他所服务的政府受到真主垂青。