Inspiration can refer to the process of being overcome by a spontaneous urge to do something creative, the act of imparting motivation to someone else, or a sudden good idea. It can also mean a divine influence or action on a person, believed to qualify them to receive and communicate a profound idea or truth. In a biblical context, inspiration is an extraordinary or supernatural divine influence provided to those who wrote the Holy Scriptures, rendering their writings infallible
. The term "inspiration" is also used in the sense of a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul in theology
