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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Culture and Religious Studies Book - 1 Lesson 6 : Prophets : the Only Perfect Guides On the Secret Journey We all know that we are alive and that the time spent between our birth and death is our life. But do we know the purpose for this period called life ? Do we have the knowledge of the unseen? Or were we born with the guidelines that are required on this journey? The answer to these questions is quite obviously, No.

If we knew these things naturally then we would not be having all the problems we do and the most asked question in the world would not be "Why are we here?" Having established that we are not born with this knowledge, the next most natural question would be 'Who then, is there to show us the way and teach us the things we need to know?' To better understand this let us take the example of Jameel. Jameel is at point A and wants to reach point B a certain distance away.

He has never been there and has the choice of number of different roads to take. He also knows that one of those many roads is slightly longer but it is the safest and would allow him to reach his destination without any problems. The question is, how is he to know which road that is? Who can guide him in his choice? Does it not make sense that it would have to be someone who knows the roads and is familiar with them?

In the same way, our prophets are chosen, trained and taught by Allah (S.W.T.) so that they are familiar with the road to the Aakhera. Having this knowledge and being travellers on the same path, they are the only people capable of answering our questions and removing our doubts. Allah (S.W.T.) has created this universe in the most perfect way.

There is no disorder in it and even scientists who do not want to believe in a God are forced to admit that they cannot explain how the universe works in such an orderly fashion! Can you imagine a perfect well-designed world without any perfect guides to show us around? Living without the Mercy and Guidance Allah (S.W.T.) is like living in total darkness! Allah (S.W.T.) in His absolute Wisdom created human beings for a very noble aim in life.

We should understand that, it is we who need Allah (S.W.T.) and not the other way around. Knowing this, He, in His Mercy, sent down the prophets to help us fulfill this need. These prophets convey Allah (S.W.T.)'s divine message and give us guidelines on how to succeed in this world and in the hereafter.