True Vision - Prophets and Imams
Prophets and Imams
According to our doctrine, time is divided into two parts. The first is that of Prophethood and the second that of Imamat. In the cycle of Imamat, no Imam becomes a Prophet or Messenger, but in the cycle of Prophethood, some of the Prophets were Imams also. In the following are mentioned the names of those famous Prophets who were also Imams in their respective times:
- Hazrat Shīth
- Hazrat Hūd
- Hazrat Ibrāhīm
- Hazrat Ismā`īl
- Hazrat Ishāq
- Hazrat Ya`qūb
- Hazrat Yūsuf
- Hazrat Ayyūb
- Hazrat Shu`ayb
- Hazrat Hārūn
- Hazrat Yūsha` bin Nūn
- Hazrat al-Yasa`
- Hazrat Dā'ūd
- Hazrat Sulaymān
- Hazrat Zakariyyā
- Hazrat Yahyā
- Hazrat Sham`ūnu's-Safā'
(see al-Imāmah fi'l-Islām, pp. 145, 147, 149, 151, 153).
The point is that the Imam is extremely close to the Prophet and no other has received the rank which the Imam has received from him. This means that the perfect attributes of the Prophets which are mentioned in the Qur'ān are also related to the Imams. Thus, it is a fact that there are many favours and blessings hidden in the blessed vision of the Imam of the time, from which every mu'min benefits according to his courage.
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