List of 25 Prophets in the Quran (Arabic & English)

The following are the 25 prophets commonly identified as mentioned in the Quran: 

The 25 prophets mentioned by name in the Quran are Adam, Idris (Enoch), Nuh (Noah), Hud, Saleh, Ibrahim (Abraham), Lut (Lot), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Yaqub (Jacob), Yusuf (Joseph), Ayyub (Job), Shu’ayb, Musa (Moses), Harun (Aaron), Dhul-Kifl (Ezekiel), Dawud (David), Sulayman (Solomon), Ilyas (Elijah), Al-Yasa (Elisha), Yunus (Jonah), Zakariya (Zechariah), Yahya (John), Isa (Jesus), and Muhammad. – Peace be upon them all;

1. Adam (آدم) – Adam
2. Idris (إدريس) – Enoch
3. Nuh (نوح) – Noah
4. Hud (هود) – Heber
5. Saleh (صالح) – Methusaleh/Salih
6. Lut (لوط) – Lot
7. Ibrahim (إبراهيم) – Abraham
8. Ismail (إسماعيل) – Ishmael
9. Ishaq (إسحاق) – Isaac
10. Yaqub (يعقوب) – Jacob
11. Yusuf (يوسف) – Joseph
12. Shu’aib (شعيب) – Jethro
13. Ayyub (أيوب) – Job
14. Dhulkifl (ذو الكفل) – Ezekiel
15. Musa (موسى) – Moses
16. Harun (هارون) – Aaron
17. Dawud (داود) – David
18. Sulayman (سليمان) – Solomon
19. Ilyas (إلياس) – Elijah
20. Alyasa (اليسع) – Elisha
21. Yunus (يونس) – Jonah
22. Zakariya (زكريا) – Zechariah
23. Yahya (يحيى) – John the Baptist
24. Isa (عيسى) – Jesus
25. Muhammad (محمد)

Allah, may He be exalted, sent messengers to every nation and He stated that they came one after another, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Then We sent Our messengers in succession, every time there came to a nation their messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another (to destruction), and We made them as ahadith (the true stories for mankind to learn a lesson from them). So away with a people who believe not” [al-Muminun 23:44]

“Verily! We have sent you with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner. And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them” [Fatir 35:24].

Number of prophets mentioned in the Quran

Allah has named some of those Messengers and told us the stories of some of them, but not of many others. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, We have inspired you (O Muhammad) as We inspired Nuh (Noah) and the prophets after him; We (also) inspired Ibrahim (Abraham), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Yaqub (Jacob), and Al-Asbat (the twelve sons of Yaqub (Jacob)), ‘Isa (Jesus), Ayyub (Job), Yunus (Jonah), Harun (Aaron), and Sulaiman (Solomon), and to Dawud (David) We gave the Zabur (Psalms).

And messengers We have mentioned to you before, and messengers We have not mentioned to you, – and to Musa (Moses) Allah spoke directly” [an-Nisa 4:163-164]. 

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