The fundemental and most important issue in Sufism and Islamic mysticism is welayah and knowing wali. Nearly all of the subjects in Islamic mysticism are formed and developed in relation to the problem of welayah. Questions and discussions about wali and walayah has became more salient and complicated as Sufism moved from mere worshiping stages into more complicated phases. Over time, different and additional issues have emerged about walayah some of them have really been controversial among scholars for several centuries. One of these controversial issues is the theory of “badayat-ol- owlia, nahayat- al- Anbia”. In this theory the superiority of walayah over NABOVAH (prophethood) is the key proposition. It seems that, this theory stands against the theory of “nahayat- al- owlia, badayat- ol- anbia”, in which NABOVAH has superiority over welayah. In this article, in addition reviewing the history and the way of formation of this theory we study ideas provided by both groups about these concepts. In an attempt to put an end to the controversies, we also try to provide a kind of explanation for the relation between the followers of the two views.