The Knowledge of Imam in the Transcendent Wisdom Mirror

The Knowledge of Imam (AS) is the most obvious quality which has attracted scholars and thinkers in Imamology. Shiite scholars consider it as one of the main conditions of leadership (Imamat) and have emphasized it facing to other Islamic schools. This subject has been conducted through several mental attitudes and approaches, so that it has result in debates concerning the amount and the quality of the Knowledge of the Imam. By comparative approach and by using descriptive – analytical method, this research explores that subject from Transcendent Wisdom point of view. Based on the results obtained in this study, Transcendent Wisdom accepts that the Knowledge of the Imam (AS) is not essential to him and inspired from God, and Imam has no perfect knowledge concerning the essence of God and His qualities. Also, what Transcendent wisdom claims concerning the extension of Imam’s knowledge to all subjects and truths, belongs to downward arc and not to his material existence and upward arc.