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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Holy Imams in Revival of Religion The Holy Quran's Catagorical Judgement The Qurans judgement with regard to the text and meaning of the narratives under discussion is quite definate. If we were to ignore the worthlessness of their documentation we could reveal their defects by relying on the Quran.

By paying close attention to and inquiry into the Holy Scripture of Islam it becomes clear to us that prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) was not a secret and unexpected event but was propounded in various aspects and was presented in different ways. Belief in his prophethood was required of all of the prophets in the form of an emphatic covenant, and a promise was taken from them to aid him. The great prophets gave news of his existence, appearance and mission.

He and some of his followers had names and signs in the Torah and Gospel. The people of the book (the Jews and Christians) knew him very well and accepted him or denied him with complete knowledge of his characteristics, qualities, name and means of recognition.

These types of verses and a short discussion of each may be seen below: "And when Allah made a covenant through the prophets: Certainly what I have given you of Book and wisdom - then an apostle comes to you verifying that which is with you, you must believe in him, and you must aid him. He said: Do you affirm and accept My compact in this (matter)? They said: We do affirm. He said: Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the bearers of witness with you".

241 According to our belief there were 124,000 prophets and of that number a little over 300 were chosen for the prophetic mission or message. 242 This means that all of this group are related to the heavens and the hidden world, but only the messengers and bearers of the mission are authorized to deliver their knowledge of the hidden world to the people.

In this noble verse the covenant and promise made through the prophets (meaning the total 124,000), is spoken of so that they will keep the two responsibilities towards the apostle who will come afterwards and confirm the truths they possess: These two responsibilities are to; A) Believe in him: B) Aid him: There are two opinions on the interpretation of this verse. One opinion is based on the creditable narratives existing in the Caliphate and Imamate schools.