# The 12 Imams and the Number 12 in the Bible, Quran and Hadith

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121025649930330344
- Source account: [@GunnarAli313](https://x.com/GunnarAli313)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:44
- Published: 2026-11-13
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith) Did you know the 12 imams are in the Bible symbolically?

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith?t=4) We go to the Book of Genesis, chapter 17, verse 20, where there will be 12 princes from the lineage of Ishmael.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith?t=12) The 12 imams of Ahl al-Bayt are from the lineage of Ishmael.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith?t=16) The New Testament mentions 12 disciples, and before Sunnis are like, "Ha ha, Christian Shia number 12," in Sunni books, there will be 12 successors.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith?t=28) The word imam is also in the Quran 12 times.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uzRs3hp3KLh6/en/the-12-imams-and-the-number-12-in-the-bible-quran-and-hadith?t=33) So we have the number 12 in the Old Testament, the number 12 in the New Testament, the number 12 in Sunni and Shia hadiths, and we have the number 12 from the Quran.