يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
Commentary:
In deference to his very exalted spiritual rank the Holy Prophet has been addressed as النبی (the Prophet) in the present verse and at several other places in the Quran. No other Prophet in any revealed Scripture or in the Quran has been addressed as such. All the Prophets have been addressed by their proper names. This peculiarity of address for the Holy Prophet has been adopted to show that he alone is النبی i.e. the Prophet par excellence. Or the reference in this form of address may be to a Biblical prophecy in which the advent of "that Prophet" has been foretold. The prophecy clearly and definitely applies only to the Holy Prophet.
Incidentally, according to Quranic idiom the word النبی (the Prophet) implies also the followers of the Holy Prophet.
The Holy Prophet has been addressed as An-Nabi (The Prophet) in this verse and at several other places in the Qur’an. No other Prophet in any revealed Scripture, or in the Qur’an, has been addressed as such. All other Prophets have been addressed by their proper names. This peculiarity of address shows that the Holy Prophet is An-Nabi, i.e. the Prophet par excellence. Or, the reference in this form of address may be to a biblical Prophecy in which the advent of "that Prophet" has been foretold (John, 1: 21, 25).