It has also been said, “They were one community upon falsehood,” yet that very claim is itself false. The religion that God ﷻ has chosen for Himself is one and the same for earlier and later generations alike: to worship God alone without partner. This, and nothing else, is the religion of Islam. The variation found among the revealed statutes is comparable to the variation that may occur within a single statute on a given issue. Indeed, Muḥammad—may God’s blessings and peace be upon him—is the Seal of the Prophets and the noblest of the messengers; there will be no prophet after him. He was sent with the religion of Islam, and Islam has ever been his religion, and