The Need for the Imam — Page 8
8 forbid—ends up in the loss of faith. For instance, when the Holy Prophet sa appeared, there were thou- sands of rabbis who were the recipient of revelations and visions. They used to communicate the glad tid- ings that the advent of the Prophet of the Latter-days was imminent. But when they did not accept the Imam of the age who was Kh a tamul Ambiy a ’ 10 , they were destroyed by the thunderbolt of Divine wrath, and their ties with God Almighty were completely severed. We need not mention everything about them that has been recorded in the Holy Quran. These are the people concerning whom the Holy Quran says: 11 This verse means that these people did indeed invoke Divine help for the success of faith and that they were the recipient of revelations and visions. Even though the Jews who had disobeyed Jesus as had fallen from Divine grace, but they were absolved of this sin when the Christian faith died on account of worshipping a hu- man being and had lost its truth and spirituality. There was then a rebirth of spirituality among them, and many of them began to receive revelations and visions. There were good and pious people among their rabbis. They used to 10 The Seal of the Prophets sa [Publishers] 11 Al-Baqarah , 2:90 [Publishers]