A prophet will be needed whenever people completely work against the First Commandment: that God is One, and No god but God.
In case there isn't any group practicing the First Commandment which pertains to God, and is the central axis of all the heavenly religions; then an apostle is needed to correct the situation that indicates the total corruption of the base of the religion and the teaching of all prophets and apostles.
Examples:
- to seek God's help in various situations is one of the ways the First Commanment is applied; to ask the help of others whether the Christ, Moses, Mohammed, Ali and others is an associating those with God against the First Commandment.
- to ask your needs from God alone is correct, but to ask your needs from others like Jesus or his mother, or Prohet Mohammed or Ali or Prphet Moses or others is a kind of associating those with God - be glorified.
- to erect statues of Jesus, his mother and pictures of Mohammed or Ali and his sons is contrary to the First Commandment. This will be an idolatry; as such the idolatry develped: the idols were symbols of holy men, may be prophets or righteous men; after they died their people started to sanctify them and attribute to them the attributes of God- be exalted.
- to spend money to the poor and needy for God's sake is along with the First Commandment, but spending for the sake of ohters is a sort of association with God, contrary to the First Commandment.
And so on the First Commandment is applied to various aspects of life; to make the submission pure and complete to God Almight Most Gracious alone without any associate.

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Last edited by Ea Nassir; 10/09/07 03:32 AM.