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According to the Qur'an, prophethood is a divine selection of certain people to whom divine teachings are revealed in order to guide people to the path of perfection and happiness. The belief in prophethood is an essential element of Islam as well as other divine religions. The word, "nubuwwa" (Arabic: {{ia|نبوّة}}) and its cognates in Arabic have been used to mean different things, such as giving news, heights, going out of a place, a clear path, and a secret voice. | According to the Qur'an, prophethood is a divine selection of certain people to whom divine teachings are revealed in order to guide people to the path of perfection and happiness.<ref>Parcham, "Guftugū-yi si dīn-i ilāhī", p. 112.</ref> The belief in prophethood is an essential element of Islam as well as other divine religions.<ref>Rabbānī Gulpāygānī, ''Dar Āmadī bi Shīʿa shināsī'', p. 195.</ref> The word, "nubuwwa" (Arabic: {{ia|نبوّة}}) and its cognates in Arabic have been used to mean different things, such as giving news<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿarab'', vol. 1, p. 162.</ref>, heights<ref>Ṭurayḥī, ''Majmaʿ al-baḥrayn'', vol. 1, p. 405.</ref>, going out of a place, a clear path, and a secret voice. | ||
According to the majority of scholars, there are differences between a "nabi" (Arabic: {{ia|نبي}}, prophet) and | According to the majority of scholars, there are differences between a "nabi" (Arabic: {{ia|نبي}}, prophet) and | ||
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The [[Shi'as]] appeal to several Quranic [[verse]]s and [[hadiths]], such as [[Hadith al-Thaqalayn]], to hold that after the end of prophethood, [[God]] has preserved the last religion—Islam—by [[Imams]] who are supposed to protect the religion. They believe that the [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)|last Imam]] who is still alive and lives anonymously will [[Zuhur|someday]] be commissioned to rule the whole world with Islam and guide the human beings to their perfections. | The [[Shi'as]] appeal to several Quranic [[verse]]s and [[hadiths]], such as [[Hadith al-Thaqalayn]], to hold that after the end of prophethood, [[God]] has preserved the last religion—Islam—by [[Imams]] who are supposed to protect the religion. They believe that the [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)|last Imam]] who is still alive and lives anonymously will [[Zuhur|someday]] be commissioned to rule the whole world with Islam and guide the human beings to their perfections. | ||
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