Do the following verses indicate the existence of messengers after the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him? 1. "{For every people there is a guide}": Does this mean that for every people there is a messenger who warns them of "there is no god but Allah" in every age? 2. "{And We certainly destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people. Then We made you successors in the land after them, to see how you would act}": Is this proof that Allah wants to see how we act with the messengers if they come to us with clear proofs? 3. "{And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen}": Does this mean that Allah wants to make evident who supports Him and His messengers in every age? 4. "{Do they await except its fulfillment? The Day its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, 'The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth. So are there for us any intercessors that they might intercede for us or could we be returned [to life on earth] so we would do other than what we used to do?'}": Does this prove that in this Qur'an there are messengers who came with the truth, and not just one messenger, who is the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him? 5. "{And on the Day He will call them and say, 'What did you answer the messengers?'}": Is this question addressed to the former and the latter, and does it necessitate that a messenger comes to convey to every people in every century? 6. "{Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, 'Did there not come to you a warner?' They will say, 'Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, "Allah has not sent down anything"'"}": Does this prove that a war warner came to the people of Hell in every age? 7. "{And its keepers will say to them, 'Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves, reciting to you the verses of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?'}": Is this proof that in every age a messenger comes reciting to his people the verses of Allah and warning them of the meeting of the Day of Judgment? 8. "{And on the Day We will resurrect in every nation a witness over them from themselves}": Who is the witness over the nation in every century? 9. "{Indeed, We have been sending}": Does this prove that Allah's state of sending is continuous in every age? 10. The Hadith: "{O Allah, fight those who deny Your messengers and hinder from Your path}": Does the present tense form "deny" imply continuity, meaning the existence of messengers in every age? 11. "{O messengers, eat from the good things and work righteousness. Indeed, I am Knowing of what you do}": Is this proof that Allah addresses every messenger in every century? 12. Is it just that Allah sent someone to explain "there is no god but Allah" in the past, and left peoples like us in this age without a messenger to explain and renew faith, knowing that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: "Allah will send for my Ummah," and "sending" is "dispatching"?
A Muslim must believe that Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is the Seal of the Prophets, and that his message is the final message, so there is no prophet after him. Explicit texts have affirmed this, including the Almighty's saying: "Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. And Allah is ever All-Aware of everything." (Quran 33:40). Likewise, the Prophet's hadiths emphasize this truth, such as his saying: "The Prophets were sealed by me," and "I am Al-'Aqib, after whom there is no one," or "There is no prophet after him." Also, his saying to Ali ibn Abi Talib: "You are to me in the position of Aaron to Moses, except that there will be no prophet after me." Therefore, anyone who claims the existence of a prophet after him is a liar and contradicts the creed of Islam.
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