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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Faith of the Imamiyyah Shi'ah Part 2: Prophethood Our Doctrines Cncerning: • Prophethood • Prophethood being Part of Divine Grace • Miracles of The Prophets • Infallibility of The Prophets • Attributes of The Prophets • The Prophets (s) and Their Books • Islam • The Lawgiver of Islam • The Holy Qur'an • Proving the Divine Status of Islam the Past Religious LawsProving the Divine Status of Islam the Past Religious Laws Prophethood We believe that prophethood is a duty commissioned by Almighty Allah and a mission decided by Him.

He appoints persons that He prefers and selects from among His righteous servants and His humanly perfect saints for this mission. He then sends them to guide the people towards prosperity in this world as well as the next.

These messengers purify them from immorality and crooked habits, teach them wisdom and knowledge and show them the ways of pleasure and welfare, so that they might attain appropriate perfection and raise themselves to elevated ranks in the abodes of both this world and the Hereafter.

We believe that the Rule of Grace, which will be explained later on, necessitates that the Creator, Who is gracious to His servants, sends His messengers to guide people to the right path, undertake the reformative mission, and act as the Lord’s representatives and vicegerents. We also believe that Almighty Allah has not authorized people to appoint, elect, or choose the Prophets.

“They have no choice in the matter.” In fact, the whole matter is Almighty Allah’s, because: اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ Allah knows best with whom to place His message. (6/124) Likewise, people have nothing to do with those whom Almighty Allah sends as guides to bear good tidings for those who believe in them and warn those who disbelieve against the Lord’s chastisement. They also have nothing to do with the laws, regulations, and rules that are conveyed by these messengers.

Prophethood being part of Divine Grace Man is an eccentric creature and a complex structure in his form, nature, psychology, and intelligence. Moreover, each individual human personality has its own complex nature, in which inclinations to evil are existent and incentives to goodness and righteousness are also existent. On the one hand, man has been fashioned on emotions and instincts, such as egoism, fancy, selfishness and submission to personal whims.

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