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The Elipse of Islam________________________________________________________This is not something strange or unusual because there are many versesabout which Al Kafi says that Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) revealed in this form butthey are now not included in the Quran. At this point we will only focus onthe concept of mohaddas which means that the angels bring God’smessages to him. Mohaddas can hear the angels but cannot see them.Another tradition says: “A mohaddas talks with the angels, hears their voicebut cannot see them even in dream.” (Ash-Shafi, vol. 1, p.204)Another tradition says: ‘Ali said that “there will be 11 mohaddas from meand my descendents’. (Ash-Shafi, vol. 1, p.281)No practical difference between a Rasul and a MohaddasYou will notice that as far as the acquisition of knowledge directly from Godthrough angels is concerned there is no difference between a rasul and amohaddas. Other traditions in Al Kafi explain this point. For example, aboutthe Prophet, the Quran says:…… So take what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves thatwhich he withholds from you….. (59/7)But a tradition in Al Kafi quotes Imam Jafar as saying ‘accept whatever Alisays and keep yourself away from which Ali forbids’ (Ash-Shafi, vol. 1 p. 255)This is because God has honored Ali the same way as he has honored theProphet. This means that the fountain of knowledge of both was the same.After that it is added:“Amirul Momenin (Ali) often used to say “God has assigned me to allocateplaces in Paradise and Hell. I am Farooq-e-Akbar (Discriminator the Great); Iam the cause of unity of all Muslims; I represent those verses whichauthenticate Imama. All the angels, souls and prophets recognized mywasaya (succession to the Prophet) as they did for Mohammad. I am______________________________________________________________What happened to Islam after Umar? [ 59 ]