The Revelation of Quran to Prophet of Islam in View of Imam Khomeini

The Glorious God sent revelations to the Prophet of Islam, as He had sent to the prophets coming before Muhammad (PBUH). The quality of the revelation to the Prophet (PBUH) is an important question in the area of Quranic sciences. This paper has studied Imam Khomeini’s views on the quality of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) via a library method, while investigating its differences with other viewpoints. Studies showed that Imam Khomeini’s views were different from the common viewpoints of the scholars of Quranic sciences, and that it is much closer to Ibn Khaldun’s views on the quality of revelation of the Holy Quran to the Prophet (PBUH). There were, however, some distinctions in Imam Khomeini’s views. According to Imam Khomeini, the Prophet of Islam puts behind human boundaries and attends the “Uppermost Horizon” where Gabriel the trustworthy angel reveals to him the Holy Quran. On this basis, the other human beings have no way to be in touch with the World Unseen, therefore, they do not understand the truth about revelation and whatever happening to the Prophet in the super heavenly site. As a result, any explanation or clarification on the quality of revelation we receive, is only according to our intellectual capacity as materially confined human beings that is far from the truth about revelation and from what has happened in the Divine authority.