What is the main criterion for recognizing true prophets?
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On one hand, we understood that God might have sent an important message about the purpose of our lives through certain individuals, and on the other hand, we learned that miracles are not the main criterion for identifying true prophets, and even if they were valid signs, most people do not have access to them. In these circumstances, does a way remain to reach God's possible message?
Our situation in this regard is like a position in an important mission where we encounter someone who introduces himself as the commander's messenger and bearer of the answer to the most important ambiguity of this mission. Here, even if we don't have certain proof to accept his claim, we don't pass by him indifferently and certainly examine the content of his message and answer.
In this examination, if we understand from the totality of evidence and indications that he lies or errs, we deny him, and if we discover his sincerity and find the answer to our questions in his message, we seize this valuable opportunity, and if we don't reach a clear conclusion, without acceptance or denial without reason, we act only according to what we know is correct.
This rational approach helps us in dealing with claimants to prophethood while respecting those for whom we have no evidence of error or lying, to make the content of the message we encounter the main criterion, and if we find it harmonious and reassuring with the messages we have previously received within ourselves from God, we believe in it.