Analyzing the Relationship between Finality of Prophecy and Imamate from the Theological Point of View

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Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Logic Education Department, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

10.22080/jre.2024.24764.1169

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According to the Shia belief, prophecy does not have a static state but is dynamic and mobile, and the Shia Imamate is a continuation of the prophecy. All divine religions have completed each other until the time of the last prophet, who has complemented the religion of God. For the continuation of the religion, it needs to be described by perfect human beings who have the same qualities as the Prophet of Islam (PBUH). Based on this, the prophetic mission continues by the imam, who has all the privileges of the prophet, except for receiving revelation, and by having special characteristics and attributes, including spiritual guardianship, continues the duties of the prophet. The findings of this research, which was carried out in a descriptive-theological manner and with a theological approach, revealed that not only there is no contradiction or conflict between belief in the Finality of Prophecy and belief in Imamate, but Imamate is complementary to the Finality of Prophecy, and there is a special relationship between these two doctrines. Just as the existence of religion and Sharia requires the presence of a prophet, the survival of religion and Sharia depends on the existence of an imam. Therefore, religion’s need for an imam in continuity is the same as its need for a prophet in establishment.

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