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Mar 15, 2024

Refuting the Christian Claim: The Message of the Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) Does Not Apply to Us

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Idrīs al-Qarāfi (d. 684 AH)1 said regarding the issues of confusion the Christians use in opposition to the Muslims: They say that Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was never sent to us. Thus, it is not obligatory upon us to follow him. We only say that he was never sent to us because of the saying of the Most High in His great book: إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا “Verily, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qurʾān.” (Yūsuf, 12:2) And the saying of the Most High: وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ “And We sent not a Messenger except with the…