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personally eliminate this pre-Islamic custom” (Tafheem al-Quran, Vol. 4, Al-Ahzab, Fotenote No. 77; Khatm-e-Nubuwwat, 1962, p. 7). Due to a pre-existing focus on the concepts of “establishment and enforcement,” words like “implementation” and “practical elimination” unconsciously appeared in the interpretation of prophetic work. If the function of prophethood is assumed to mean that each prophet must fully implement everything revealed to him from God, practically abolishing what is wrong, this would be a standard that no single prophet could fulfill. This would not only be unattainable for previous prophets, but even for the last Messenger, who had more opportunity for action, as certain revealed commands (such as those regarding behavior towards parents) were not practically exemplified by him. Both Fakhruddin Al-Razi and Mahmud al-Alusi make similar remarks in their interpretations of this phrase in Chapter Al-Ahzab (33:40), but they use “explain” rather than “implement” when describing the role of prophethood. Imam Razi writes: “The phrase Khatam an-Nabiyyin (Seal of the Prophets) was used here because when a prophet is to come after another, if the earlier prophet