However one thing which is clear is that the revelations to...

However one thing which is clear is that the revelations to those who were neither prophet nor messenger, did not have anything to do with Shari’ah (divine law). It did not have anything to do with religious practices etc. Rather, It was an order to what way to choose at the time of confusion and/or informing what has happened or what will happen. So we can conclude that even revelation has different types.

Only the revelation to Prophets and messengers is related to Shari’ah (divine law) and new religious practices, while others do not receive this type of revelation. Remark: Quran also uses the word WAHY for non-human beings, but I am not concerned about that. I was focusing on different types of WAHY for human being only. About our Imams: There are twelve Imams (Guides) after (PBUH&HF).

Prophet mentioned that the number of his successors are twelve, and al-Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ahmad, … recorded that. The first of them, Imam Ali, got his knowledge of religion and the Divine Laws from directly. Later Imams got it from the preceding Imams. There was no revelation of Divine Law (concerning oneself or people) after (PBUH&HF). Allah may inform something to his appointed Imam, but the information is not any how related to Divine Law since the religion is complete.

The information is only related to what happened and what will happen. Do Imams Meet Angels Also, according to Quran, talking to angels is NOT exclusive to prophets and messengers. Allah mentioned in Quran that Mary (the mother of Jesus) talked to angels, and angels talked to him. Look at Quran, to see the conversation of Mary and the angels: “Behold! the angels said “O Mary!

Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah.(7) There is a whole conversation between Mary and the angel. See a couple of verses before and after the above verse. Mary (PBUH) was neither a prophet nor a messenger, yet she talked to angels. However the communication of Mary with angels had nothing to do with Shari’ah (Divine Law).

It did not have anything to do with religious practices. Rather it was a news to what is about to happen, and instructions of what to do. In this connection, also see verses (11:69-73) where angels talked to the wife of Abraham and gave her the glad tiding that she is pregnant of prophet Isaac (PBUH).