Will there be further prophets after the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)?

No prophet with a new law or a new book will come. But someone who follows the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) perfectly can be raised by God to the rank of a prophet as his servant, adding nothing and taking nothing away.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) brought a perfect law for all people and for all time. That is what his finality means. No one after him can bring a new law, change anything in it or cancel any part of it.

This does not mean that God has stopped speaking to people. The verse above promises those who obey God and the Holy Prophet (saw) a place among the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the righteous. These ranks were open to earlier communities. They remain open to Muslims too, and they are reached only through obedience to the Holy Prophet (saw).

Such a prophet is not an independent prophet. He is a student and servant of his master. Everything he receives, he receives through him. Just as a son does not lessen the rank of his father, such a servant does not lessen the rank of the Holy Prophet (saw). Rather, he confirms it.

Whoever claims to have been called by God in this sense has to prove it. The burden of proof lies with him. He can rely only on the Holy Qur’an and on the prophecies of the Holy Prophet (saw), and signs must appear that no human being could bring about himself. Only then does his claim deserve serious examination.