A Study of the Disconnection of the Revelation and Opening of the Inspiration on Imamieh's Thought

The disconnection of the Revelation and the seal of prophecy is one of the common beliefs of Islamic scholars. The Opening of the inspiration -after the seal of prophecy- is also one of the theological issues that has attracted the attention of scholars with different approaches. The Imamite scholars have also emphasized the disconnection of the Revelation on the opening of the inspiration, because they consider their imams have special knowledge of God which they call inspiration. Recently, according to the Shiite interpretation of the knowledge of the Imam, some want to have called for the Shiites to be degrade the seal of prophecy and consider Imam's knowledge as a violation of the disconnection of the Revelation. So in this article, after examining the concepts involved in the discussion, the truth of Revelation, its relation to inspiration and all kinds of explanations of Imamiyyat scholars with different approaches, the difference between the prophecy and imamate or the Revelation and inspiration are presented, and the Shiites are devoid of this inappropriate attitude.