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Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" is not the father of any man among you: he is not Zayd's biological father and so it is not unlawful for him to marry his [former] wife Zaynab [after him]; but, he is, the Messenger (rasūl) of Allahu ta’ālā and the Seal of the Prophets, and so he will not have a son that is a [fully grown] man to be a prophet after him (a variant reading [for khātim al-nabiyyīna] has khātam al-nabiyyīn, as in the instrument [known as a] 'seal', in other words, their [prophethood] has been sealed by him). And Allahu ta’ālā has knowledge of all things, among these is the fact that there will be no prophet after him, and even when the Rabb Jesus descends [at the end of days] he will rule according to his [Muhammad's "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam"] Law.