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Comprehensiveness and Seal of Prophethood – Al-Shia https://en.al-shia.org The al-Shia Scientific, Cultural, and Doctrinal Website Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:05:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://en.al-shia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-cropped-FIcon-32x32.png Comprehensiveness and Seal of Prophethood – Al-Shia https://en.al-shia.org 32 32 The Last Prophet and The Sealing of Prophethood https://en.al-shia.org/last-prophet-sealing-prophethood/ https://en.al-shia.org/last-prophet-sealing-prophethood/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:03:18 +0000 https://neweng.al-shia.org/?p=1296 The sealing of prophethood has always been regarded as one of the fundamental components of belief in Islam; it negates the possibility of the emergence of any Messenger after the Prophet of Islam (PBUH&HP).

In any discussion of Islam, we cannot overlook the role played in it by the sealing of prophethood with the (PBUH&HP). What Muslim is there who does not immediately think of the Prophet’s aspect as seal whenever he call him to mind, or who has any doubt that the Quran is the final revealed message of Almighty Allah? No religion is known to us like Islam that proclaims the sealing of revelation, nor any heavenly personality who has claimed eternal validity for his message.

More than fourteen centuries have passed since the rise of Islam, and throughout this period, the Prophet of Islam (PBUH&HP) has always been regarded as the Seal of the Prophets. He perfected existing laws, and with the rich content of his own logical and thorough program of action, he demonstrated the ultimate value inherent in all the prophetic missions.

By contrast, with other schools of religious thought, the validity of which was restricted to a certain time or place, Islam represents a comprehensive summation of all prophetic messages, and it recognizes no boundaries, whether spatial or temporal. The Quran itself also depicts the brilliant visage of Muhammad, upon whom be peace and blessings, as the one by means of whom the gate of prophethood has been closed.

How can we solve the apparent contradiction between the need for Prophets as the condition for the vitality of human existence, on the one hand, and the permanent sealing of prophethood, on the other? How can we reconcile the principle of the immutability of the ordinances of Islam with the principle of social development and the-everlasting search for new concepts and norms?