The Teachings of Islam
Termination of Prophethood
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TERMINATION OF PROPHETHOOD
The Arabian Prophet, may God’s peace and
blessings descend upon him, was the last of God’s
messengers. No other prophet will now come to the
world.
All of God’s prophets have taught one and the same
religion. They spoke in different languages, but the
religion they expounded was one. Since the
followers of previous prophets were unable to
preserve the prophetic teachings in their original
form, messengers of God used to appear frequently
in order to revitalize the true religion, and refresh
people’s memories of it. The Prophet Muhammad
for his part initiated a revolutionary process which
ensured the preservation of religion in its original
form and obviated the necessity for other prophets
to follow him by preserving the Book of God intact,
in its original form.
God’s final Prophet imparted to the true religion a
stability which it had never had before. His own life
was exemplary, as has been reliably recorded. It is
noteworthy, too, that the community that
