When matters of national importance arose, a representative of the people ​ — sometimes a king or a prophet — ​ took the matter to God in prayer.
وَقَدْ نَصَّتِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلِٱقْتِرَابُ إِلَى ٱللهِ مِنْ خِلَالِ كَهَنُوتٍ مُعَيَّنٍ .‏