The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Prophetic Mission
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killed before the establishment of the state (3:144). It
would not be wrong to say in the light of this verse
that, even if the Prophet had left the world before
the establishment of the State, his prophetic mission
would be treated as accomplished. For no prophet
is taken away from the world before the completion
of his mission.
Another important point is that such series of
events are never repeated in history. That is why
the above-mentioned four-fold order has neither
occurred in the case of any of the Prophet’s
precedessors nor has it been repeated by any
subsequent reformer or revivalist.
If this order were to enjoy the position of being
inherent in and inseparable from the prophetic
mission, Islam would become a temporary
religion, relevant only to a particular period of
time. For instance, under present-day national
governments, mass exodus is not at all possible.
In that case how could the act of migration be
carried out? Similarly today
jihad,
in the sense of
offensive war, is not in practice possible, for
now, the whole world has come under the
