The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Finality of Prophethood
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is complete and there can be no further addition.
Thus the prophet Muhammad put an end to the
long line of Messengers. There has been and will be
no Prophet after Muhammad. Thus when
something is sealed, it is finally closed: nothing will
come out and nothing will go in.
There are many traditions to this effect, a few of
which we reproduce here:
“Messengership and Prophethood have been
severed. Now there will he no Messenger and no
Prophet after me.” (Ahmad, Tirmidhi).
“I came and I brought to an end the chain of
prophethood” (Muslim).
I am the last comer, there is no prophet after me
(Bukhari, Muslim) I am Muhammad, the
unlettered prophet and there is no prophet after
me” (Ahmad).
All these traditions have been collected by Ibn
Khatir, a commentator on the Qur’an
(Tafsir ibn
Kathir,
vol. 3, pp. 493-94)
Besides the verse mentioned above in Chapter 33,
