Muhammad pbuhap, the Seal of the Prophets and their Seal

We now direct ourselves back to Muhammad pbuhap being the seal of the prophets and their seal, as it is he pbuhap, the last of the prophets and messengers from Allah swt, his message, his book the Quran, and his legislation which is to be valid until the Day of Judgment as there is no religion to come after Islam:

{And whosoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.}^[1]

However, reaching the status of prophecy was still attainable for the children of Adam. Anyone from the believers who is sincere in his work and worship to Allah swt can reach the status of prophecy. Moreover, the path of the inspiration from Allah swt is still present, attainable and open in perceptible reality through the True Visions.

As for the sending of messengers (who have reached the status of prophecy) from Allah swt, whether they preserve the legislation of Muhammad pbuhap, Islam, or they introduce a new religion, it is not existent as Allah swt has sealed this pathway with the dispatch of Muhammad pbuhap.

However, after the dispatch of Muhammad pbuhap (the complete human, the True successor of Allah, the appearance of Allah in Faran and the image of Divinity), the pathway for the sending was renewed by Muhammad pbuhap, so all the Imams pbut are messengers to this nation, but from Muhammad pbuhap (Allah within the creation). Allah swt said,

{And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger comes, it will be judged between them with fairness, and they will not be treated unjustly.}^[2]

Jaber narrated that Abu Jafar pbuh said,

“I asked him about the interpretation of this verse, {And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger comes, it will be judged between them with fairness, and they will not be treated unjustly.}

And he pbuh said, “The hidden interpretation of this verse is for every century of this nation there is a messenger from the progeny of Muhammad who emerges unto the century which he was sent for as a messenger. They are the successors and they are the messengers. As for the words: {And when their messenger comes, it will be judged between them with fairness, and they will not be treated unjustly,} he said, “The interpretation is that the messengers are who judge between them with fairness, and they do not commit injustice as Allah said.”^[3]

Allah swt said,

{You are only a warner, and for every nation a guide.}^[4]

Al-Futheil said,

“I asked Abu Abdullah pbuh about the words of Allah (m) {and for every nation a guide.} He pbuh said, “Every Imam is a guide for the century he is amongst.”^[5]

Abu Jafar pbuh said,

About the words of Allah (m), {You are only a warner, and for every nation a guide,} he said, “The Messenger of Allah pbuhap is the warner, and for every era there is a guide from us to guide them to what the Prophet of Allah pbuhap has brought. The guides after Muhammad pbuhap are Ali and then the successors after him, one after the other.”^[6]

Abu Basir said,

“I said to Abu Abdullah pbuh, {You are only a warner, and for every nation a guide.}” He said, “The messenger of Allah pbuhap is the warner and Ali is the guide. Oh Aba Muhammad, is there a guide today?” I said, “Yes, may my soul be your ransom. From you are the guides one after the other until it has reached you.” He said, “May Allah have mercy on your soul, Oh Aba Muhammad. If that verse has descended upon one man, and that man passes away, the verse would pass away, and the book would pass away, but the book is alive and it applies for those who remain just as it applied for those who came before.^[7]

Abu Jafar pbuh said about the word of Allah the Blessed and the Exalted, {You are only a warner, and for every nation a guide,} he said,

“The messenger of Allah pbuhap is the warner, and Ali is the guide. I swear by Allah it has never left us and it remains within us until the time of the Hour.”^[8]

They pbut are the guiding messengers sent from Muhammad pbuhap and to Muhammad pbuhap. In addition, they all pbut have the rank of prophecy. Rather the unchanging condition of dispatch is the completion of the intellect, as it is essential to reach the rank of the ideal seventh sky (the sky of intellect.)

This renewed matter is read by everyone (whether they comprehend it or not) when visiting the first messenger from Muhammad pbuhap who is Ali bin Abu Talib pbuh. In fact, one does not enter the purified shrine of the Prince of Believers pbuh before reading it and it is equivalent to visiting the prophet Muhammad pbuhap.

In the visit of the Prince of Believers Ali pbuh narrated from Al-Sadiq pbuh:

“...and you say, ‘Peace from Allah be upon Muhammad the safeguard of Allah on his message and his explicit commands, the core of inspiration and descending, the seal of whom came before, and the initiator of those yet to come, and the dominator upon all that, the witness upon the creation, the bright light, May peace be upon him, as the mercy and blessings of Allah.’”^[9]

The same phrase appeared in the visit of Al-Hussain pbuh. Abu Abdullah pbuh said,

“...if you face the grave of Al-Hussain pbuh you say, ‘Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah pbuhap, the safeguard of Allah upon his messengers and his explicit commands, the seal of whom came before, and the initiator of those yet to come, and the dominator upon all that, may peace be upon him, as the mercy and the blessings of Allah.’”^[10]

Prince of Believers Ali pbuh said,

“...and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, a testimony if testified [by someone] gives Islam its right and if cherished is a safeguard from the torture of judgment day. And I bear witness that Muhammad is his servant, the seal to what came before of the message, and its cherisher, and his messenger, the initiator of what is yet to come of the call and its disseminator...”^[11]

Muhammad pbuhap has sealed the dispatching from Allah swt, and has initiated the dispatching from himself pbuhap (“the seal of whom came before, and the initiator of those yet to come.”)

By that, it has been revealed about him pbuhap being the seal meaning the middle of two matters and him pbuhap being the seal meaning the last. It has also been revealed that he is the Seal of Prophets meaning that he pbuhap is what their messages are signed with, meaning that their messages are signed and sealed by his name pbuhap. That is because the dispatch of the previous prophets, even if it was by Allah swt, is also by Muhammad pbuhap as he is the veil between Allah swt and the prophets. The messages are diffused from him, and through him passed down onto prophets. So Muhammad pbuhap is bearer of the messages of the preceding prophets, for it has been passed down through him. He is the closest veil to Allah swt, for the previous dispatch was from Allah and through Muhammad pbuhap (the closest veil) as he had not been dispatched pbuhap, and the subsequent dispatch is from Muhammad pbuhap by the command of Allah, as he had been dispatched pbuhap.

A name from the names of Ali bin Abu Talib is the messenger of the Messenger of Allah pbuhap). Jameel bin Saleh narrates that Thuraih said,

“I heard Abu Abdullah pbuh warning some of his sons and saying, ‘I have resolved upon you oh wind and oh pain, whoever you may be, by the resolution that Ali bin Abu Talib the Prince of Believers pbuh the messenger of the Messenger of Allah pbuhap has resolved upon the Jinn of the valley of Sabra, so they answered and obeyed for what I answered, obeyed and emerged from the son such and such, the son of my daughter such and such, this hour, this hour.’”^[12]

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