The twelve Infallible Imams are the core belief of the Shia, so then why are they not mentioned in the Quran? Surely, the only logical conclusion is that the doctrine of the twelve Infallible Imams is an innovation and deviation from the Islam, otherwise Allah would have mentioned it in the Quran. And because Imamah is absent from the Quran, the Shia will be forced to toy around with a handful of verses that use the word “imam” albeit in a completely different context than intended by the Shia.