{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_intro_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_intro_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_intro_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/intro.htm","summary":"This is a Shia Islamic theological treatise arguing for the absolute infallibility (*isma*) of prophets, viceroys (Imams), and angels \u2014 a foundational doctrine in Twelver Shia belief. The central argument is that anything in prophetic prayers or conduct that appears to be sin is actually an expression of deep humility and gratitude before God, not genuine wrongdoing; the text reasons that allowing prophets to sin would logically undermine their authority as God's representatives and make them unable to command others. The work makes a distinctive case using both rational argument (if prophets could sin, who would enforce punishments on them?) and scriptural/hadith evidence, drawing heavily on Shia sources including the prayers of Imam Ali and Imam Zayn al-Abidin's *Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya*. A notable eschatological claim is that the Quranic promise of divine help to messengers (Ghafir 40:51) refers not to worldly victory but to a literal bodily return (*raj'a*) of all prophets before the Final Judgment, at which point God will grant them victory over their enemies through the leadership of the Twelfth Imam (al-Mahdi). The text also catalogs the cosmic scale of prophethood \u2014 124,000 prophets and 124,000 viceroys \u2014 with special emphasis on the five \"prophets of constancy\" (Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad). This would interest readers exploring Shia theology, the doctrine of Imamate, or Islamic debates over prophetic impeccability.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Introduction...","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":3261}