Prophecy (Shia Islam)

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In Islam, prophecy (Arabic: نبوة, romanized: nubuwwah) is the principle that God has appointed exemplary individuals, i.e. prophets and messengers to communicate His guidance to humanity.[1] This is one of the five principles of the Twelver Principles of Religion.

According to Henry Corbin, the oldest traditions that form the basis of Islamic prophetology come from the teachings of the Shia Imams, and Shia milieu was propitious for the rise, study and development of this scholastic field.[2] He holds that "divine science" is not an ordinary science, impossible to communicate in the conventional manner, except by a prophet. The circumstances of this communication is the object of Islamic prophetology.[2] According to the Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani, prophets are the medium for the flow of Divine grace to humans who have been sent down by God since first humans had deserved it until the time of Muhammad prophet of Islam. For guidance of servants of God, prophets should possess some qualities:[3][4] Wahy (God's word is delivered by his chosen individuals – known as Messengers prophets – to mankind), Ismah (moral infallibility) and Miracle.

  1. ^ Nubuwwah (Prophethood) al-islam.org
  2. ^ a b Corbin, Henry (August 2014). History Of Islamic Philosophy. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415760089.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Allamah Tabatabai, Muhammad Husayn (1975). SHI'ITE ISLAM (PDF). State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-87395-390-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-04-17.