to secure some other private interest; and they plunge into the worst kinds of falsehood and depravity in both word and deed—just as the Almighty said: “Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? They descend upon every sinful liar.”1

This is the very opposite of the state of the prophets, peace be upon them. They exemplify the highest levels of truthfulness, sound judgment, uprightness, and justice in everything they say, command, and forbid, while being supported by miracles that break the normal order, by manifest proofs, and by dazzling evidences. May Allah’s blessings and peace rest upon them unceasingly for as long as the heavens and the earth endure.

Accordingly, humankind has no need for another prophet after Muhammad ﷺ, for his sacred law is complete and fully satisfies every human requirement. What conceivable reason, then, could call for the mission of a new prophet after Muhammad ﷺ?

If someone claims that the community has become corrupt and that reform therefore demands the sending of another prophet, we reply: Has any prophet ever been sent to the world merely for the sake of reform, so that one should now be raised for that purpose alone? A prophet is sent only so that revelation may be bestowed upon him, and revelation is needed solely to deliver a new message, to complete an earlier one, or to cleanse it of the stains of distortion and alteration. Since all these purposes have been met through the preservation of the Quran and the Sunnah of Muhammad ﷺ, and through the perfection of the religion at his hands, there is now no need for prophets—only for reformers.”

(Adapted, with slight modification, from al-Radd ʿalā al-Qādiyāniyyah.)

Allah has proclaimed the sealing of prophethood and messengership with the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ in His statement: “Mā kāna…"