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Seal of The Prophets
Seal of The Prophets
• Literal Meaning:
• to seal, close, or complete
• The meaning of Khatam Nabwat is
the completion or termination of
Prophethood
Meaning & • Islamic Terminology:
Defination • In the Islamic term, the end of
prophethood refers to the belief that the
chain of prophethood that began with
Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him) passed
through various prophets and ended with
Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him).
• The Holy Qur'an describes the belief in the end
of Prophethood in very clear and unambiguous
terms. More than one hundred verses of the
holy Quran describe each and every aspect of
the end of prophethood and declare in clear
The End of words that the Holy Prophet ﷺis the last
prophet and messenger of Allah, and there will
Prophethood be no new messenger or prophet after him.
and the Holy • Khatam Al Mursaleen:
Qur'an • َّم ا َك اَن ُم َح َّم ٌد َاَبآ َاَح ٍد ِّم ْن ِّر َج اِلُك ْم َو ٰل ِكْن َّرُس ْو َل الّلٰـ ِه َو َخ اَتـَم
ۗ الَّنِبِّيْيَن
• "Muhammad ﷺis not the father of any man
among you, but he is the Messenger of Allah
and the Seal of the Prophets."
• Completion of religion
• َاْلَيْو َم َاْك َم ْلُت َلُك ْم ِد ْيَنُك ْم َو َاْتَم ْم ُت َع َلْيُك ْم ِنْع َم ِتْى َو َرِض ْيُت َلُك ُم
ۚ اِاْل ْس اَل َم ِد ْيًنا
Conti… • This day have oi completed your religion for
you and completed My favors upon you and
have chosen Islam as your religion.”
• Universality/ Globalization
• ُقْل َيآ َاُّيـَها الَّناُس ِاِّنـْى َرُس ْو ُل الّلٰـ ِه ِاَلْيُك ْم َج ـِم ْيَعا
• “Say! O, people! I am the Messenger of
Allah to you all.”
• End of the series of Prophethood:
• "The chain of
prophets and prophethood has
End of prophethood and been ended. So, there will be
neither a messenger nor a
hadiths prophet after me" (Tirmidhi).
• Last Ummah:
• أیھا الناس! أنہ النبي بعدي و ال أمۃ بعدکم
• "O people! Indeed, there is no
prophet after me and no
community after you.” (Tabarani)
• Correlation of Building :
• "Indeed, my example and the example of the
Prophets before me is like that of a man,
who built a house very well and decorated it
in every way, except (left) a place of brick in
Conti… one corner. people go around it and wonder
and say: Why was this brick not placed here?
He (peace be upon him) said: So, I am the
last brick (of the chain of prophets) and I am
Khatam al-Nabiyeen. (Sahih Bukhari)
End of Prophethood and Hazrat Abu Bakr
(RA).
Aswad Ansi:
False
The Veiled Tauliha
prophets:
Prophet