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ISLAM
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Muhammad [s] is the Last Prophet of Allah.
By choosing the Prophet Muhammad [s] to be the
Seal of the Prophets and the Qur’an to be the completion
of Revelation, Allah has established a permanent medium
of communication between Himself and man, and has
erected an ever-radiating beacon of guidance and light.
The message of the Prophet [s] was, and, of course, still is,
a universal revival, a common blessing, a supranational
heritage and an ever-lasting spiritual deliverance. It is an
evolutionary continuance of the previous messages and a
well-balanced incorporation of all the former revelations. It
transcends all boundaries of race, age, color, and regional
features. It is addressed to man of all times and it is pre-
cisely what man needs.
Prophet Muhammad [s] was the only Prophet who fulfilled
his mission and completed his work in his lifetime. Before
he died, the Qur’an stated that the religion of Allah has
been perfected, the favour of Allah on the believers has
been completed, and the truth of revelation has been
guarded and will be safely preserved (
Qur’an 5:3 and 10:9
).
When he died, the religion of Islam was completed, and the
community of believers was well-established. The Qur’an
was recorded in his lifetime and preserved authentically. All
this means that the religion of Allah has been completed by
Prophet Muhammad [s], in concept as well as in applica-
tion, and that the Kingdom of Allah has been established
here on earth.
Prophet Muhammad’s [s] mission, his example and his
accomplishments have proved the point that the Kingdom
of Allah is not an unattainable ideal or something of the
Hereafter only, but it is something of this world too, some-
thing that did exist and flourish in the age of Prophet
Muhammad [s] and can exist and flourish in any age when-
ever there are sincere believers and men of faith. Thus, if
any man was destined to be the culmination of
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