What balanced understanding comes from reading khātam al-anbiyāʾ with ʿabduhu ... wa-rasūluhu?

Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication

• Servanthood and prophethood are mutually exclusive
• He is Allah’s chosen servant, Messenger, and the final Prophet
• Finality invalidates the fact of earlier messengers
• Messengership proves divinity