Good dreams are one of the parts of prophethood; what are the other parts?

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> TL;DR: “Good dreams” are called one part of prophethood because they share a small portion of prophetic knowledge; prophethood itself has ended, and the only remnant accessible to us is the mubashshirat (glad tidings) through true dreams [HAD2][TAF8]. The “other parts” were the many forms and functions of revelation given to prophets—angelic transmission, inspiration, and communication from behind a veil—which ceased with the Seal of Prophethood [RIS4][TAF8].

## What does “one part of prophethood” mean?

The Prophet stated that as the end of time approaches, the believer’s dream will hardly be false, and that a believer’s true dream is one part from forty-six parts of prophethood; he also linked the truthfulness of dreams to the dreamer’s truthfulness in speech [HAD1]. He clarified further: “Nothing remains of prophethood except the glad tidings.” When asked what that meant, he said: “The true good dream” [HAD2]. Therefore, what remains for the community from prophethood is the mubashshirat—good news and encouragement through true dreams—while legislative revelation has ended [HAD2][TAF8].

- Nubuwwah (prophethood) refers to God’s commissioning of a prophet with knowledge and guidance; its finality is established, and conflating “a part of prophethood” with prophethood itself is a grave error refuted by classical exegesis: true dreams are a part of prophethood’s knowledge, not prophethood itself [TAF8].  
- Ru’ya ṣālihah (a true, good dream) is a dream from Allah that brings truth or glad tidings; such dreams are one “part” in the sense of resemblance to prophetic knowledge, not as a list of still-operational prophetic functions [HAD3][TAF2].

Classical Qur’anic commentary explains why the proportions differ in narrations (one-fortieth, one-forty-sixth, one-seventieth): the “fraction” reflects the dreamer’s moral and spiritual state—greater truthfulness and trustworthiness correspond to a nearer share to prophetic truthfulness in dreams [TAF1]. Prophets’ dreams are revelation (wahy), but ordinary believers’ dreams are not proof over others and can be affected by personal or satanic elements [TAF2].

What, then, were the “other parts”? They were the broader modes and functions of wahy (revelation) that defined prophethood and are now sealed:
- Wahy (revelation—divine communication): classically summarized as three modes indicated by Qur

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Good dreams are one of the parts of prophethood; what are the other parts?

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