Manifestation of Prophethood in the Present Day and Age

MANIFESTATION OF PROPHETHOOD IN THE PRESENT DAY AND AGE G od decreed that the final prophet, Muhammad, should establish the dominance of true religion over all other religions.196 This particular task entrusted to the Prophet of Islam has also been assigned to his followers. The dominance of religion that Muhammad brought about was the culmination of a grand divine scheme, with the groundwork laid over the previous 2,500 years. All the Prophet had to do was bring it to completion. So it has been with the Prophet’s ummah —his community. Over the last 1000 years, the ground has been prepared for the re-establishment of the dominance of true religion. If the followers of Muhammad make wise and conscientious use of the opportunities available to them, the mantle of God’s succour will indeed fall on them as it fell upon the Prophet. That is the promise of God. The article “Man and His Gods,” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, tells of the Islamic revolution brought about by the Prophet Muhammad as having “changed the course of human history.”197 The Christian orientalist author has no choice but to acknowledge Islam’s unique historical impact.