A clear explanation of how to order our societies according to His will. This involves the implementation of a law that, when applied correctly and honestly, will bring about a happy and ideal society. As we have seen in the above discussion, there is no substitute for prophets. Despite the tremendous and impressive advancements of modern science, even it cannot provide authentic information about the supernatural world or provide guidance. Its very nature, which is too materialistic and limited, precludes it from serving this purpose.
Mystic experience is also unsuitable, for it is too subjective and, frequently, too misleading.
Although we cannot answer this question definitively, some Muslim scholars place the number at two hundred forty thousand. Muslims are required to believe in and to respect all of the messengers of Allah without exception. The Muslims are unique in considering belief in all of the prophets of God to be an article of faith. The Muslims accept them all as messengers of God who brought guidance to mankind. However, this acceptance is characterized with a degree of caution, for the Qur'an and the Prophet states the revelation conveyed by those prophets has been distorted and corrupted by those who received it.