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I would think that the seal of the prophets would be a sign or establishment or verification of the prophets.
The English word "seal" is derived from the Latin word "signum" which literally means "sign".
Are there other verses that establish Mohammed, the blessed messenger of GOD, as the final prophet or messenger? Or are there other verses that establish a different meaning for the word seal?
Thanks in advance.
peace
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"Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Apostle of Allah, and the Seal (last) of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things."
(The Noble Quran, 33:40)
Our understanding of what Qur’anic verses mean comes from what Muhammad :saws: told us they mean. In light of this, the renowned Islamic scholar,
Mawlana Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi :rh: states in his work,
The Islamic Concept of Prophethood:
“For the reason that the Qur’anic verses were explicitly clear and Traditions (ahadith) were handed down by very many distinct chains of narrators (mutawatir), the Companions of the Prophet were
unanimous in holding the view
that prophethood had come to an end after the last Apostle of Allah, and that no new prophet shall come after him.
The consensus of opinion among the Companions is
a fundamental rule of Shariah, for
none could be expected to understand the meaning and purpose of prophetic pronouncements better than they.
All the Companions were thus agreed, without any exception, in declaring Musailamah as an infidel and disbeliever against whom it was perfectly lawful to wage the holy war.
Musailamah, nevertheless, testified to prophethood of Muhammad, commended his followers to do the same in giving out the call to prayer, professed his faith in the Qur’an and claimed to follow its injunctions; but,
he also claimed to receive revelations, misinterpreted the Qur’an and laid the claim to share prophethood with the last of the prophets.
He, thus, wanted to open the door to a sort of subsidiary prophethood although ministering to the paramount law of Muhammad’s apostleship.
Musailamah, the Liar, was thus a precursor of all the impostors who later on made a claim to prophethood in Islam.” p. 186
As posted by AabiruSabeel in another thread:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَسْمَاءَ الرَّحَبِيِّ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَلْحَقَ قَبَائِلُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَحَتَّى يَعْبُدُوا الأَوْثَانَ وَإِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فِي أُمَّتِي ثَلاَثُونَ كَذَّابُونَ كُلُّهُمْ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ وَأَنَا خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ لاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي "
Thawban :ra: narrated that the Messenger of Allah :saws: said:
"The Hour shall not be established until tribes of my Ummah unite with the idolaters, and until they worship idols. And indeed there shall be thirty imposters in my Ummah, each of them claiming that he is a Prophet.
And I am the last of the Prophets, there is no Prophet after me." [
Tirmidhi]
وعن أبى هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "كانت بنو إسرائيل تسوسهم الأنبياء، كلما هلك نبى خلفه نبى، وإنه لا نبى بعدى وسيكون بعدى خلفاء فيكثرون” قالوا: يا رسول الله فما تأمرنا؟ قال: "أوفوا ببيعة الأول فالأول، ثم أعطوهم حقهم، واسألوا الله الذى لكم ، فإن الله سائلهم عما استرعاهم” ((متفق عليه))
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The Banu Isra'il were ruled by the Prophets. When one Prophet died, another succeeded him.
There will be no Prophet after me. Caliphs will come after me, and they will be many." The Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you command us to do?" He said, "Fulfill the pledge of allegiance to which is sworn first (then swear allegiance to the others). Concede to them their due rights and ask Allah that which is due to you. Allah will call them to account in respect of the subjects whom He had entrusted to them." [
Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
رِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ، بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِعَلِيٍّ " أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ لاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي " . قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُشَافِهَ بِهَا سَعْدًا فَلَقِيتُ سَعْدًا فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِمَا حَدَّثَنِي عَامِرٌ فَقَالَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ . فَقُلْتُ آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ فَوَضَعَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ عَلَى أُذُنَيْهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِلاَّ فَاسْتَكَّتَا
Amir b Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas :ra: reported (on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressing 'Ali :ra: said:
You are in the same position with relation to me as Aaron (Harun) was in relation to Moses but with (this explicit difference) that
there is no prophet after me. Sa'd said: I had an earnest desire to hear it directly from Sa'd, so I met him and narrated to him what (his son) Amir had narrated to me, whereupon he said: Yes, I did hear it. I said: Did you hear it yourself? Thereupon he placed his fingers upon his ears and said: Yes, and if not, let both my ears become deaf. [
Muslim]
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى رَأَيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ مَاتَ صَغِيرًا، وَلَوْ قُضِيَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَبِيٌّ عَاشَ ابْنُهُ، وَلَكِنْ لاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ.
Narrated Isma`il:
I asked Abi `Aufa, "Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (ﷺ) ?" He said, "Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but
there is no Prophet after him." [
Bukhari]
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Please see this thread to read more about the Qadiyani movement:
http://www.islamicboard.com/sects-an...-movement.html