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 .
