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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 | 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. |