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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Muhammad’s title expressing the Muslim belief that he is the final prophet.
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Paper 1
Revise: RisalahMuhammad has a distinctive place in Islam as the Seal of the Prophets. Qur’an 33:40 calls him ‘the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets’. Muslims understand this to mean that he is the final prophet, not that the earlier prophets were unnecessary.
Paper 3
A title meaning the final prophet, used for Muhammad.
‘Seal of the Prophets’ means Muhammad is the final prophet, not the first. Prophets are human beings; they are not angels.
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Muslims believe Muhammad is the greatest and final prophet. His title, Seal of the Prophets, means that the succession of prophets ends with him. Qur’an 33:40 calls him “the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets”.