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The last and final prophet that God sent to
humanity was the Prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad explained, interpreted and lived
the teachings of Islaam.
The Prophet Muhammad is the greatest of all
prophets for many reasons, but mainly
because the results of his mission have
brought more people into the pure belief in
One God than any other prophet.
Even though other religious communities
claimed to believe in One God, over time
they had corrupted their beliefs by taking
their prophets and saints as intercessors
with Almighty God.
Some religions believe their prophets to be
manifestations of God, "God Incarnate" or
the "Son of God". All of these false ideas
lead to the creature being worshipped
instead of the Creator, which contributed to
the idolatrous practice of believing that
Almighty God can be approached through
intermediaries. In order to guard against
these falsehoods, the Prophet Muhammad
always emphasised that he was only a
human-being tasked with the preaching of
God's message. He taught Muslims to refer to
him as "the Messenger of God and His Slave".
To Muslims, Muhammad is the supreme example
for all people - he was the exemplary
prophet, statesman, military leader, ruler,
teacher, neighbour, husband, father and
friend. Unlike other prophets and
messengers, the Prophet Muhammad lived in
the full light of history. Muslims don't
need to have "faith" that he existed and
that his teachings are preserved - they know
it to be a fact. Even when his followers
only numbered a few dozen, Almighty God
informed Muhammad that he had be sent as a
mercy to all of mankind. Because people had
distorted or forgotten God's messages, God
took it upon Himself to protect the message
revealed to Muhammad. This was because
Almighty God promised not to send another
messenger after him.
Since all of God's messengers have preached
the message of Islaam - i.e. submission to
the will of God and the worship of God alone
- Muhammad is actually the last prophet of
Islaam, not the first.
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Prepared by: Abu 'Iyaad
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