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"The difference between prophethood and explanation of the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (s) is obvious and does not need much explanation; as prophethood means that the Prophet (s) receives [[revelation]], hears God's word, sees His messenger and either delivers an independent religion or preaches the religion before himself.
"The difference between prophethood and explanation of the knowledge of the Holy Prophet (s) is obvious and does not need much explanation; as prophethood means that the Prophet (s) receives [[revelation]], hears God's word, sees His messenger and either delivers an independent religion or preaches the religion before himself.


But Imam is the keeper of the knowledge of the Prophet (s) in whatever people need without being addressed for receiving revelation, hears God's word or sees the [[angel]] carrying the message."<ref>Subhani, ''al-Ilahiyyat'', vol.4 p.39</ref>
But Imam is the keeper of the knowledge of the Prophet (s) in whatever people need without being addressed by revelation, without hearing God's word or seeing the [[angel]] carrying the message."<ref>Subhani, ''al-Ilahiyyat'', vol.4 p.39</ref>


Moreover, some others believe that imamate as defined above is only a result of shi'a's exaggeration and has not been existed in early authentic Islamic texts and beliefs of the shi'a in the first centuries.
Moreover, some others believe that imamate as defined above is only a result of shi'a's exaggeration and has not been existed in early authentic Islamic texts and beliefs of the shi'a in the first centuries.
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