{"id":16627,"date":"2021-02-10T14:38:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/article\/the-khatim-an-nabiyyin-the-seal-of-the-prophets-and-its-inclusive-abrahamic-perspective-muhammad-and-isa-ibn-maryam-in-dialogue\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:41:39","slug":"the-khatim-an-nabiyyin-the-seal-of-the-prophets-and-its-inclusive-abrahamic-perspective-muhammad-and-isa-ibn-maryam-in-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/article\/the-khatim-an-nabiyyin-the-seal-of-the-prophets-and-its-inclusive-abrahamic-perspective-muhammad-and-isa-ibn-maryam-in-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective: Muhammad and \u2018Isa ibn Maryam in Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Abstract<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMuhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God\u2019s messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything.\u201d<\/em> (33:40). The deconstruction of the concept of \u201cthe Seal of the Prophets\u201d through identifying its different spiritual-historical meanings is particularly important and partially analyzed through an inter-religious methodological approach. If indeed the Prophet Muhammad is undoubtedly the last of the prophets in order of time in the Abrahamic tradition, and thus in a literal sense \u201cthe Seal of the Prophets\u201d, the background of the 7th-century pre-urban Hijaz reflects a different cultural-economic and historical development in comparison with the Mediterranean-Mesopotamian basin. This article aims to reflect on the meanings that \u201cthe Seal of the Prophets\u201d assumed in the Qur\u2019anic verse 33:40, as the adoption of different narratives to establish an Abrahamic prophetic continuity with a clear emphasis on Islamic\u2013Christian dialogue; the significance of these meanings reflects the opportunity for reciprocal understanding between the two most important global religions and their awareness of prophets and prophecy, i.e., on relations with God, the pact with human beings and eschatological predictions.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/platform.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCoSZn9d4sV-7tEZLFaHagvg\" data-layout=\"full\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16623,"template":"","class_list":["post-16627","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"date_tournage":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective: Muhammad and \u2018Isa ibn Maryam in Dialogue - Pluriel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pluriel.fuce.eu\/en\/article\/the-khatim-an-nabiyyin-the-seal-of-the-prophets-and-its-inclusive-abrahamic-perspective-muhammad-and-isa-ibn-maryam-in-dialogue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective: Muhammad and \u2018Isa ibn Maryam in Dialogue - Pluriel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abstract \u201cMuhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God\u2019s messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything.\u201d (33:40). 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