Our Prophet Muhammad (May Allah's blessing and peace be on him and his descendants) s/o Abdullah, s/o Abdul-Muttalib, s/o Hashim, s/o Abd Munaf, is a true and rightful Prophet. He claimed Prophethood and wrought miracles, which proved that he was a true Messenger of Allah. His greatest miracle is the Holy Qur'an - the glorious distinguisher between truth and falsehood. It will continue to exist till the Day of Resurrection. It is a proof of its authenticity for the whole mankind. It is inimitable on account of its extraordinary eloquence and the beauty of its diction and style. When challenged, no rhe-torician or man of letters could produce even a small surah (chapter) or a complete verse like it.
Our Prophet (May Allah's blessing and peace be on him and his descendants) was a Prophet to himself before he was formally raised. Afterwards he was a Prophet for the whole mankind. He himself has said: "I was a Prophet when Adam was still between water and clay". And if it were not so then preference to the inferior over superior becomes necessary which is absurd.