It is a source of amazement that while thousands of men of different character came to believe through observing a single of his miracles, a single proof of his prophethood, or a word of his, or through merely seeing his face, some wretches are nowadays going astray as if those thousands of proofs of his prophethood were not sufficient   evidence,   although   they  have   come  down   to  us  through   authentic transmission and with certain proofs, and have caused many thousands of exacting scholars and thinkers and different men to accept faith.

Second Principle

God’s Most Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) was a human being; hence he acted like a human being. He was also a messenger and prophet, and with regard to his messengership,  he was an interpreter and an envoy of Almighty God. His messengership was based upon revelation (vahy), which is of two kinds:

The First is explicit revelation. In this case, the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) is merely an interpreter and announcer, with no share in the content. The Qur’an and some sacred Hadith (Hadith Qudsi) are included in this kind of revelation.

The Second is implicit revelation. The essence and gist of this is also based on revelation  or  inspiration,   but  its  explanation   and  description  were  left  to  the Messenger (UWBP). When he explained and described such revelation, sometimes he again relied on revelation, or on inspiration, or sometimes he spoke in terms of his own insight. When he resorted to his own interpretation, he either relied on the perceptive  power given him on account of his prophetic mission, or he spoke as a human being and conformably to usage, custom and the level of common comprehension.

Thus, all the details of every Hadith were not necessarily derived from pure revelation, nor should the lofty marks of messengership be sought in such thoughts and transactions of his as were required by his participation in the human state. Since some  truths  were  revealed  to  him  in  a  brief  and  abstract  form,  and  he  himself described them in the light of his insight and according to common comprehension, the metaphors and allusions in his descriptions  sometimes  may  need  explanation,  or  even  interpretation.