The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Finality of Prophethood
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that of the pluralism of society. Communications
having now greatly improved throughout the
world, people adhering to different religions have
felt encouraged to settle abroad, thus creating
multi-religious societies in many countries. This is a
new state of affairs, one with very few precedents. It
is maintained that while commandments may exist
in Islam for a uni-religious society, there are none
for a multi-religious society. This situation, it is
claimed, necessitates the advent of a prophet to tell
us the divine commands regarding this problem.
The solution to this problem offered by latter day
claimants to prophethood was that truth is found in
all religions, as alluded to in this verse of the Qur’an:
“And it is surely mentioned in the scriptures of the
former peoples.” (26:197).
They held that since truth was to be found in all
religions, the adherents of one religion must believe
in other religions, just as they believed in their own
religions.
But this is not a problem for the solution of which a
new prophet is required who would bring new
