Ghayba

The Occultation - in Shia Islam, the doctrine that a messianic figure (Mahdi) was born, has disappeared, and will one day return; according to Twelvers, this is the 12th Imam, going into Occultation in c. 874. Article “Ghayba” in Italian Wikipedia has 7.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Italian) language version.

Since the creation of article “Ghayba”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 369 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 1613 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #38145 in January 2014
• Global: #17375 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #164359 in March 2026
• Global: #46318 in March 2026

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		53
2	Hebrew (he) היעלמות (אסלאם)		43.4014
3	Spanish (es) Ocultación (Islam)		41.2007
4	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		35.0937
5	Turkish (tr) Gaybet		30.5324
6	Russian (ru) Гайбат		29.2288
7	Arabic (ar) غيبة (عقيدة)		27.1183
8	Portuguese (pt) Ocultação (islamismo)		25.2156
9	German (de) Ghaiba		22.592
10	Polish (pl) Okultacja (szyizm)		22.52

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ghayba" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		1 136 813
2	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		318 757
3	French (fr) Occultation (islam)		147 272
4	German (de) Ghaiba		113 666
5	Arabic (ar) غيبة (عقيدة)		73 465
6	Japanese (ja) ガイバ (イスラム教)		49 525
7	Turkish (tr) Gaybet		47 702
8	Russian (ru) Гайбат		36 682
9	Swedish (sv) Ockultationen		24 493
10	Italian (it) Ghayba		12 121

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ghayba" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		5 318
2	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		583
3	French (fr) Occultation (islam)		488
4	Turkish (tr) Gaybet		232
5	Japanese (ja) ガイバ (イスラム教)		213
6	Russian (ru) Гайбат		176
7	German (de) Ghaiba		171
8	Chinese (zh) 隐遁 (伊斯兰教)		87
9	Hebrew (he) היעלמות (אסלאם)		78
10	Spanish (es) Ocultación (Islam)		73

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Ghayba" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		110
2	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		53
3	German (de) Ghaiba		51
4	French (fr) Occultation (islam)		40
5	Arabic (ar) غيبة (عقيدة)		24
6	Hebrew (he) היעלמות (אסלאם)		14
7	Japanese (ja) ガイバ (イスラム教)		10
8	Turkish (tr) Gaybet		10
9	Russian (ru) Гайбат		8
10	Swedish (sv) Ockultationen		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Ghayba" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Azerbaijani (az) İmam Mehdinin qeybi		1
2	Arabic (ar) غيبة (عقيدة)		0
3	German (de) Ghaiba		0
4	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		0
5	Spanish (es) Ocultación (Islam)		0
6	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		0
7	French (fr) Occultation (islam)		0
8	Hebrew (he) היעלמות (אסלאם)		0
9	Indonesian (id) Ghaybah (keyakinan)		0
10	Italian (it) Ghayba		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Ghayba" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Occultation (Islam)		298
2	Arabic (ar) غيبة (عقيدة)		287
3	Persian (fa) غیبت مهدی		272
4	Turkish (tr) Gaybet		197
5	French (fr) Occultation (islam)		116
6	Russian (ru) Гайбат		84
7	Urdu (ur) غیبت (عقیدہ)		81
8	German (de) Ghaiba		79
9	Japanese (ja) ガイバ (イスラム教)		56
10	Indonesian (id) Ghaybah (keyakinan)		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic غيبة (عقيدة)
az	Azerbaijani İmam Mehdinin qeybi
de	German Ghaiba
en	English Occultation (Islam)
es	Spanish Ocultación (Islam)
fa	Persian غیبت مهدی
fr	French Occultation (islam)
he	Hebrew היעלמות (אסלאם)
id	Indonesian Ghaybah (keyakinan)
it	Italian Ghayba
ja	Japanese ガイバ (イスラム教)
kk	Kazakh Ғайып
pl	Polish Okultacja (szyizm)
pt	Portuguese Ocultação (islamismo)
ru	Russian Гайбат
sv	Swedish Ockultationen
tr	Turkish Gaybet
ur	Urdu غیبت (عقیدہ)
zh	Chinese 隐遁 (伊斯兰教)

Best Rank

Italian: #164359 03.2026

Global: #46318 03.2026

Best Rank

Italian: #38145 01.2014

Global: #17375 11.2003

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