The Need for the Imam — Page 3
D ar u rat-ul-Imam 3 an Imam, for these have already been promised to ordinary believers: 5 (10/65) That is to say, in this very world the believers will be blessed with true dreams and revelations. Again the Holy Quran says: 6 That is to say, those who believe in Allah and then remain steadfast, it is to them that angels continue to communicate revelations of glad tidings and comfort them, just as the mother 7 of Moses as was comforted through Divine revelation. The Holy Quran, however, shows that revelations or dreams of this kind are spiri- tual gifts to the ordinary believers whether they are men or women. The fact that they are the recipients of such revelations does not mean that they no longer need the Imam of the age. More often than not, such revelations concern only their own persons and do not convey any [spiritual] knowledge, nor do they carry great conviction. Indeed many of them are not fit to be 5 Y u nus , 10: 65 [Publishers] 6 Ha M i m Al-Sajdah , 41: 31 [Publishers] 7 Al-Qa s a s , 28:8 [Publishers]