perfections, excellences and authority they were granted are therefore higher than anybody else.

From amongst them, the status and rank granted to the leader of all Prophets, the master of all Messengers, Sayyidunā Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is openly clear for every Muslim. His prestige and eminence are not hidden by any means. As he is the best of all creation, the authority granted to the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is greater than that granted to the other noble Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

In various verses of the Quran, Allah has described the authority He granted to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم . Come, let us listen to some sacred verses which mention this.

In verse 65 of Al-Nisa, Allah says:

فَلَا  وَ رَبِّکَ  لَا  یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ   حَتّٰی    یُحَکِّمُوۡکَ  فِیۡمَا   شَجَرَ  بَیۡنَہُمۡ   ثُمَّ   لَا   یَجِدُ وۡا فِیۡۤ   اَنۡفُسِہِمۡ   حَرَجًا    مِّمَّا   قَضَیۡتَ   وَ   یُسَلِّمُوۡ ا    تَسۡلِیۡمًا   (۶۵)

So O dear Prophet, by oath of your Lord, they will not be Muslims until they appoint you a judge for the disputes between them - and then whatever you have decided, they should not find opposition to it within their hearts, and they must accept it wholeheartedly.^[1]

In verse 29 of Al-Tawbah:

قَاتِلُوا الَّذِیۡنَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِاللّٰہِ وَ لَا بِالۡیَوۡمِ  الۡاٰخِرِ وَ لَا یُحَرِّمُوۡنَ مَا حَرَّمَ  اللّٰہُ  وَ رَسُوۡلُہٗ