Intercession or ransom which will not he accepted is that of...

Intercession or ransom which will not he accepted is that of the man's own fancied false leaders of the faith whom man unwarrantedly followed, and the false god the disbeliever wrongly worshipped with the false hope of having any intercession on his behalf for his sins.

Otherwise man has been clearly informed of the intercession through the right course accepted by God or through those permitted by him:- " Who is he that can intercede with Him (God) but by His permission." 2:255 "There is no intercessor except after His (God's) permission." 10:3 "On the day when no intercession avails except of him whom the Beneficent (God) allows, and whose word He is pleasca with." 20: 109 The above verses of the Holy Qut'an clearly declare the availability of intercession but only through those permitted by God and those whose word God is pleased with.

Mere common sense is sufficient to say that those permitted or those whose words God is pleased with, can be no others than those whom God Himself purified (33 :33) i.e., 'Ahlul-Bait '. Those who are impure to any degree, less or more can never even be imagined to be of any use at all for they themselves will be held up in accounting for their own pollutions. What is Imamat? 'IMAMAT' IS THE 'Kihilafate-Ilahiah' or the vieegerency of God on earth.

'Imamt' is the heart and soul of 'Risalat' Prophethood, or ' Nubowwat' , i. e., Apostleship. The Holy was a 'Rasool' , Prophet , 'Nabi' (Apostle) as well as an 'Imam' (the Guide or the Leader) i.e. ' Khilafatullah,' i.e., the Vicegerent of God on earth. "Imamat' or the ' Khilafate-Ilahiah,' i.e., vicegerency of God Is not a thing for men jointly or severally to award it to or bestow it on any one.

It is an office which is not given to any one after his getting qualified there in this world, but to the one who is already chosen by God Himself for the purpose and is sent into the world duly conditioned for it.

The demonstrative instance of Abraham's being given the 'Imamat' after the trial and the verse of the reply to Abraham's prayer for his offspring about the 'Imamat' awarded to him, if studied intelligently, gives the important factors about the signi- ficance of Imamat and as to what actually it is. "And when his Lord tried Abraham with certain words, he fulfilled them. He (God) said : Verily I make thee an Imam for mankind.