Prophets of Islam

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Prophets of Islam are male human beings who are regarded by Muslims to be prophets chosen by God. All prophets preached the same message.

Qur'an [change]

There are 26 prophets mentioned in the Qur'an. These are:

  1. Adam (آدم)
  2. Idris (إدريس)(Enoch)
  3. Nuh (نوح) (Noah)
  4. Saleh (صالح)
  5. Hud (هود)
  6. Ibrahim (إبراهيم)(Abraham)
  7. Lut (لوط) (Lot)
  8. Ismail (إسماعيل)
  9. Ishaq (إسحاق) (Isaac)
  10. Ya'qub (يعقوب) (Jacob)
  11. Yusuf (يوسف) (Joseph)
  12. Ayub (أيوب) (Job)
  13. Shu'aib (شعيب)
  14. Musa (موسى)(Moses)
  15. Harun (هارون) (Aaron)
  16. Dul-Kifl (ذو الكفل) (Ezekiel)
  17. Dawud (داود) (David)
  18. Suleyman (سليمان)(Solomon)
  19. Ilyas (إلياس) (Elijah)
  20. Khizar
  21. Al-Yasa (اليسع) (Elisha)
  22. Yunus (يونس)(Jonah)
  23. Zakaria (زكريا)(Zechariah)
  24. Yahya (يحيى) (John the Baptist)
  25. Isa (عيسى) (Jesus)
  26. Muhammad (محمد)

Other prophets [change]

Muslims believe in other prophets other than those mentioned by name in the Qur'an as there are many verses in the Qur'an which speak about it.