The Prophet Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬in the Sunni Muslim Creed

Excerpted from the classic of Islamic systematic theology:

Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah
by

Abū Ja'far Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭaḥāwī

(4th c. Hijrī / 10th c. CE)
May Allah have mercy upon him.

About the chosen one, Muhammad, ‫ﷺ‬ ،‫أن ُم َح َمدًا َع ْب ُدهُ ْال ُمصْ طَفَى‬
َ ‫َو‬
we all have believed:
He’s the prophet and the messenger
،‫َونَبييُهُ ْال ُمجْ تَبَى‬
with whom God is well pleased.
َ َ‫ْال ُمرْ ت‬
.‫ضى‬ ُ‫َو َرسُولُه‬
Preeminent of all the messengers
and the one they prayed behind, ،‫َوإينَهُ َخاتَ ُم ْالَ ْنبييَا يء‬
The finality and the foremost
of the prophets to mankind. ،‫َوإي َما ُم ْالَ ْتقييَا يء‬
، َ‫َو َسيِ ُد ْال ُمرْ َسليين‬
Paragon of all the pious
who serve Allah dutifully. ْ
. َ‫ال َعالَ يمين‬ ِ‫َو َحبييبُ َرب‬
And the one the Lord of the Worlds
loves especially. .‫َوهَ ًوى‬ ‫َو ُكلُ َد ْع َوة النُبُ َو ية بَ ْع َدهُ فَ َغ ٌي‬

Claiming prophecy after him ، ِ‫ُوث إيلَى عَا َم ية ْال يجن‬

ُ ‫َوهُ َو ْال َم ْبع‬
is heresy and deviance.
،‫َو َكافَ ية ْال َو َرى‬
And he was sent to guide all jinn and men

‫ َوبيالنُ ي‬،‫ق َو ْالهُدَى‬

ِ ‫بي ْال َح‬
with truth and radiance. .‫ضيَا يء‬
ِ ‫َوال‬ ‫ور‬

Arranged and translated by Brendan Newlon

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