(6) Notice that Qur’an straightforwardly uses the word WAHY (revelation).

(6) Notice that Qur’an straightforwardly uses the word WAHY (revelation). Here, Yusuf Ali has translated the word WAHY into inspiration. But Qur’an uses WAHY (revelation), and not ILHAM (inspiration). WAHY and ILHAM are two different things. 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 the Prophets and Messengers is related to Shari’ah (divine law) and new religious practices, while others do not receive this type of revelation. Remark: Qur’an 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 beings only. About our Imams There are twelve Imams (Leaders) after (PBUHH). The Prophet mentioned that the number of his successors is 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 (PBUHH).

Allah may inform something to his appointed Imam, but the information is not anyhow 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 the Qur’an, talking to angels is not exclusive to the Prophets and Messengers. Allah mentioned in the Qur’an that Mary (the mother of Jesus) talked to angels, and angels talked to her.

Look at the Qur’an, to see the conversation between 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 honour 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.