From the arid deserts and mountains of the Arabian Peninsula rose a new civilization, challenging the entrenched forces of the past. Idols and civilizations were shaken by the meteoric rise of this new Muslim empire.
The herald of this change was a new prophet, Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah (s). His mission was to confirm the messages of past prophets and seal their prophecies with a final message. How was he able to achieve this transformative change in Arab society? What cultural and literary heritage did he leave behind? What ethical principles did he embody and imbed in his followers?
In short, what did Prophet Muhammad (s) achieve, and how was he able to achieve it? These are the central questions of The Seal of Prophets (s). The author, the Late Grand Ayatollah Sayyid M. S. al-Hakeem, answers these questions with the scholastic depth of a contemporary titan of the Islamic Seminary. Through an examination of the prophetic sīrah (biography) and ḥadīth (oral tradition), Sayyid al-Hakeem provides detailed answers backed by ample evidence of the Prophet’s historic and moral achievements.
