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The Elipse of Islam________________________________________________________under the name Kitab Ash-shafi. (The second part of Usul Al Kafi waspublished under the name of Faroh-e-Kafi by the same translator).Usul Al Kafi: As mentioned earlier, revelation is acquiring knowledgedirectly from God and the revelation process discontinued with ProphetMohammad (PBUH). All revelations of the prophet are preserved in theQuran. God has taken responsibility for its protection. The end of prophethood means that the Quran is the [ultimate] authority in Deen. Now,nobody has the right in the name of God to force someone to accept anybelief or idea which is outside or contrary to the Quran. Acquiringknowledge directly from God was the privilege of the prophets but in UsulAl Kafi we see that Imama has also been included in that, though anotherterm is used for that, i.e. Mohaddas.The belief in MohaddasIn Usul Al Kafi Zarara relates that he asked Imam Mohammad Baqir,*regarding the [Quranic] verse kana rasulan nabbian, the difference betweennabi and rasul. He said that a nabi sees an angel in his dream, hears anangel’s voice while he is awake but does not see him while a rasul hears anangel’s voice and sees him in dream as well as while he is awake. I askedhim what the status of an Imam is. He said that an Imam hears an angel’svoice but cannot see him. Then he recited the following [Quranic] verse: wama arsalna min qablika men rasulen wa la nabi wa la mohaddas. (Ash-ShafiVol. I, p-203) (* Imam Al Baqir (d. 735) developed the concept of theesoteric method of reading of the Quran.)Before proceeding further we will see that the words “wa la mohaddas” arenot found in the said Quranic verse (22/52). In the Arabic version of Usul AlKafi this explanation is given about this tradition: wa la mohaddas innamaqara Ahle Beit alaihe salam (Vol I p-167) which means that the words wa lamohaddas are written in the Qirat-e-Quran of Ahle Beit [the version(reading) of the Quran attributed to the Prophet’s family].______________________________________________________________What happened to Islam after Umar? [ 58 ]