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Muhammad, the seal
محمد خاتم النبيين
He is the last prophet. No rasul after him. The Quran says it in one line. He was sent to all people. He is a mercy to the worlds. His story is not a chapter in this book because the whole Quran is his chapter, and the Nine Books are his Sunnah.
Ibn Kathir ends Qasas al-Anbiya at the Seal. So does Nur. What you need of his life is already on this shelf: the Quran, then Bukhari, then Muslim.
From the Quran
33:40Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but the messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but the messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets
21:107We have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds
We have not sent you except as a mercy to the worlds
7:158Say: O people, I am the messenger of Allah to you all
Say: O people, I am the messenger of Allah to you all
48:29Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
From the Sunnah
Sahih al Bukhari 3535I have five names — including the seal
I have five names — including the seal
Sahih Muslim 2286I am the seal of the prophets; there is no prophet after me
I am the seal of the prophets; there is no prophet after me
Sahih al Bukhari 3455The likeness of me and the prophets before me
The likeness of me and the prophets before me
If a man claims prophecy after him, he has left Islam. The children book on this shelf tells the same seal in a smaller voice.