As for those of our companions who said, like Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali and others, that the difference between the guardian and the prophet is the descent of kingship, for the guardian is inspired and the prophet is given kingship, even though he is in matters inspired, for he combines guardianship and prophecy, then this is a mistake in our view from those who say it and evidence of a lack of taste. Those who say it, but the difference is only in what the king sends down, not in the descent of the king, for what the king sends down on the Messenger and the Prophet is different from what the king sends down on the subordinate guardian, for kingship may descend on the follower guardian by following and understanding what the Prophet brought, which this guardian did not verify with knowledge of it, even if He was later than him in time, I mean later than the time of his existence, so it may descend upon him by defining the validity of what the Prophet brought and his illness from w