Editing Revelation (section)

==Epistemology==
Members of [[Abrahamic religions]], including Judaism, Christianity and Islam, believe that God exists and can in some way reveal his will to people. Members of those religions distinguish between true [[prophets]] and [[false prophet|false prophets]], and there are documents offering criteria by which to distinguish true from false prophets. The question of [[epistemology]] then arises: how to know?<ref>
{{cite journal 
|url         = https://raj.smc.ac.ir/article_2276.html
|title       = رابطه خدا با انسان؛ تمثل، تجسد یا تجلی؟
|journal = انسان پژوهی دینی
|date = April 2013
|volume = 9
|issue = 28
|trans-title = God's relationship with man: representation, incarnation, or manifestation?
|language    = fa
|access-date = 22 December 2024
|last1 = نسرین
|first1 = علم مهرجردی
|last2 = محمدکاظم
|first2 = شاکر
}}
</ref>

Some believe that revelation can originate directly from a [[deity]] or through an agent such as an [[angel]]. One who has experienced such contact with, or communication from, the divine is often called a prophet. ''The Norton Dictionary of Modern Thought'' suggests that the more proper and wider term for such an encounter would be "mystical", making such a person a [[mysticism|mystic]].<ref>Ninian Smart (1999) "Mysticism" in ''The Norton Dictionary of Modern Thought'' (W.&nbsp;W. Norton & Co. Inc.) p. 555</ref> All prophets would be mystics, but not all mystics would be prophets.<ref>
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|url         = http://ensani.ir/fa/article/69011/%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B4-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%AD%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA
|title       = نقش فرشته و پیامبر در وحی از نگاه قرآن و روایات
|trans-title = The Role of Angels and Prophets in Revelation from the Perspective of the Quran and Hadiths
|language    = fa
|access-date = 22 December 2024
}}
</ref>

Revelation from a supernatural source is of lesser importance in some other religious traditions, such as [[Taoism]] and [[Confucianism]].<ref>
{{cite journal 
|url         = https://www.kalamislami.ir/article_61842.html
|title       = چگونگی وحی نبوت از دیدگاه قرآن و روایات
|journal = فصلنامه کلام اسلامی
|date = 22 August 2012
|volume = 21
|issue = 82
|trans-title = How Prophethood is Revealed from the Perspective of the Quran and Hadiths
|language    = fa
|access-date = 22 December 2024
}}
</ref><ref>
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|url         = https://www.porseman.com/article/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B5-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A/39054
|title       = تشخیص وحی از دیگر امور ماورائی
|trans-title = Distinguishing Revelation from Other Supernatural Matters
|language    = fa
|access-date = 22 December 2024
}}
</ref>