, Adam, and Adam and Eve 77
"Adam is the first prophet of Islam and the first human being. He was created by God but brought to life forty days after being kept as a dry body." He is an important figure in Judaism and Christianity as well and he is best known for the story of Adam and Eve.
Idris Enoch Main articles: Idris (prophet) and Enoch (ancestor of Noah) 2
Idris lived during a period of drought inflicted by God to punish the people of the world who had forgotten God. Idris prayed for salvation and an end to the suffering, and so the world received rain.[citations needed]
Nuh Noah Main articles: Islamic view of Noah and Noah 47
Although best known for the Deluge, Nuh was a primary preacher of monotheism at his time. Muslims believe his faith in God led to his selection for building the Ark. In contrast with Christian and Jewish traditions which say the Deluge was a global event, there is some difference in opinion in Islam over whether the flood associated with Nuh was localized or global.[citation needed]
Hud Eber Main article: Hud (prophet) 8
Muslims believe Hud, for whom the eleventh chapter of the Qur'an is named, was one of the few people to survive a great storm inflicted by God, similar to the Deluge five generations earlier, to punish the people of the `Ad who had forgotten about God. Hud, by comparison and records, is never mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible.[citation needed]
Saleh Shaloh Main article: Saleh
According to the Qur'an God ordered Saleh to leave behind his people, the tribe of Thamud, after they disbelieved and disobeyed God's order to care for a special camel and instead killed it. In Saleh's and his followers' (believers) absence, God punished the people with an utter cry from the skies that killed his people instantly. Note that Saleh is not Shelah mentioned in the Old Testament.
Ibrahim Abraham Main articles: Islamic view of Abraham and Abraham 71
Abraham is regarded by Muslims today as one of the significant prophets, because he is credited with rebuilding the Kaaba in Mecca. His family, including his son Ishmael, is also credited with helping create the civilization around Mecca that would later give birth to the final prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Ibrahim is also noted for almost sacrificing his son Ismail (Ishmael) for God in an event now commemorated annually by Eid ul-Adha. He is also the first prophet to name the believers as "Muslims" meaning "those with full submission to God".[citation needed]
لوط
Lut Lot Main articles: Islamic view of Lot and Lot (Bible) 29
Lot is most notable in Islam for attempting to preach against homosexuality in Sodom and Gomorra in addition to preaching for his people to believe in the Oneness of God, only to be mocked and ignored by the people who lived there. Islam also denies the acts attributed to Lut that are mentioned in the Old Testament, like drinking and being drunk, and having intercourse with and impregnating his two daughters.
إسماعيل
Ismail Ishmael Main articles: Islamic view of Ishmael and Ishmael 12
Ismaïl, first-born son of Ibrahim, is a notable prophet in Islam for his near-sacrifice in adulthood. As a child he and his mother Hagar's search for water in the region around Mecca led God to reveal the Zamzam well, which still flows to this day.
إسحاق
Ishaq Isaac Main article: Isaac 16
According to Islamic tradition, Isaac, second-born son of Ibrahim, became a prophet in Canaan. He, along with his brother Ismaïl, carried on the legacy of Ibrahim as prophets of Islam.
يعقوب
Yaqub Jacob Main article: Jacob 19
Jacob, according to the Qur'an was "of the company of the Elect and the Good"[2] and he continued the legacy of both his father, Isaac, and his grandfather, Abraham. Like his ancestors, he was committed to worshipping God exclusively.
يوسف
Yusuf Joseph Main articles: Islamic view of Joseph and Joseph (Bible) 37
Yusuf, son of (Yaqub) and great-grandson of Ibrahim, became a prominent advisor to the king of Egypt since the king was believed to have seen a dream, which was interpreted by Yusuf that predicted the economic state of Egypt. He spent a large part of his life away from his eleven brothers, who were jealous of Yusuf because their father favored him. They took him one day, telling their father that they where going to play and have fun, but they planned to kill him. Instead, they threw him down a well and told their father Yaqub that he was eaten by a wolf. According to Islam Yusuf was gifted with 50% of the beauty distributed to mankind.
أيوب
Ayub Job Main article: Job (Bible) 4
According to Islamic tradition, Ayub was rewarded by a fountain of youth, which removed all illnesses except death, for his service to God in his hometown outside Al Majdal. Ayub is believed to have suffered an illness for 18 years as test of patience by God.
شعيب
Shoaib Jethro Main articles: Shoaib and Jethro
Jethro was a direct descendant of Abraham. According to Islam, he was appointed by God to guide the people of Midyan and Aykah, who lived near Mount Sinai. When the people of the region failed to listen to his warnings, God destroyed the disbeliever's villages. Although it is mentioned in the Qur'an, and by the reported speeches from Muhammad that Musa married one of Shoaib's daughters, and the same thing is mentioned in the Old Testament for a man named Jethro, some scholars believe that Jethro in the Old Testament is not the same person as Shoaib in the Qur'an.
موسى
Musa Moses Main articles: Islamic view of Moses and Moses 176
Moses, referred to in the Qur'an more than any other prophet, is significant for revealing the Tawrat (Torah) to the Israelites. The Qur'an says Musa realized his connection with God after receiving commands from him during a stop at Mount Sinai. He later went on to free the enslaved Hebrews after the Egyptian pharaoh denied God's power. Musa subsequently led the freed Hebrews for forty years through the desert after they refused to obey God's command and enter the Holy Lands, saying to Moses (as mentioned in Qur'an [Qur'an 5:24], "O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here." During this long journey, on another trip to Mount Sinai Musa received the Tawrat and the Ten Commandments. At the end of his life, according to Islamic tradition, Musa chose to die to be closer to God instead of taking an offer that would have extended his life.
هارون
Harūn Aaron Main articles: Islamic view of Aaron and Aaron 24
Harun (Aaron) served as an assistant to his older brother Musa (Moses). In Islam, he, like Musa, was given the task of saving the Israelites from the Egyptian pharaoh. He would often speak for Musa when Musa’s speech impediment prevented him from doing so himself.
ذو الكفل
Dhul-Kifl most likely Ezekiel Main articles: Dhul-Kifl and Ezekiel 2
The status of Dhul-Kifl as a prophet is debatable within Islam, although both sides can agree that he was indeed a righteous man who strived in the way of God. Some studies also note that Dhul-Kifl can be also Obadiah, who is mentioned in the Old Testament to be the one that took care of 100 prophets.
داود
Dawood David Main article: David 16
In Islam, the Zabur (Psalms) were revealed to Dawood (David) by God. He is also significant as he is the one who defeated Goliath. It is worth to note that the story of King David with Uriah according to the Islamic tradition is different, thus the acts attributed to King David in the Old Testament like sending Uriah to be killed for the purpose of marrying his wife is denied in Islam.
سليمان
Sulaiman Solomon Main articles: Islamic view of Solomon and Solomon 21
Sulaiman (Solomon) learned a significant amount from his father Daud before being made a prophet by God. According to Islamic tradition, Sulaiman was given power over all things, including the jinn. Known for his honesty and fairness, he also led a kingdom that extended into southern Arabia.
إلياس
Ilyas Elijah Main articles: Ilyas and Elijah 3
Ilyas (Elijah), descendant of Harun (Aaron), took over control of the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula after Sulaiman's (Solomon)kingdom collapsed. Islamic tradition says he attempted to convince the people of the Peninsula of the existence of only one God, but when the people refused to listen they were smitten with a drought and famine.
اليسع
Al-Yasa Elisha Main articles: Al-Yasa and Elisha 2
Al-Yasa (Elisha) took over the job of leading the Israelites after Ilyas' (Elijah) death. He attempted to show the king and queen of Israel the powers of God, but was dismissed as a magician. Subsequently, the Assyrians were able to make people burn and inflict significant damage on them.
يونس
Yunus Jonah Main articles: Islamic view of Jonah and Jonah 5
Islamic tradition shows that Yunus (Jonah) was commanded by God to help the people of Nineveh towards righteousness. However, after Nineveh's people refused to listen to God, he became disgruntled and became angry for God. After an incident where Yunus was spared death, he decided to re-commit himself to striving for God, attempting to lead the people of Nineveh to righteousness. But after returning to evil, illicit ways, the Scythians conquered them.[3]
زكريا
Zakariya Zacharias Main articles: Islamic view of Zechariah and Zechariah (priest) 8
A descendant of Sulaiman, Zakariya (Zachariah was a patron of Maryam (Mary) the mother of 'Isa. According to the Qur'an, he prayed to God asking for a son, since his sterile wife al-Yashbi could not provide one. God granted his wishes, temporarily lifting his wife's sterility and allowing her to give birth to Yahya (John).[4]
يحيى
Yahya John the Baptist Main articles: Islamic view of John the Baptist and John the Baptist 5
Yahya (John) was cousin to 'Isa and Islam says that, throughout his lifetime, Yahya captivated audiences with his powerful sermons that preached Abrahamic monotheism. The Qur'an does not mention baptism.
عيسى
Isa Jesus Main articles: Islamic view of Jesus and Jesus 28
One of the highest ranked prophets in Islam, 'Isa al-Maseeh, (Jesus the Messiah) was sent to guide the Children of Israel. The Qur'an makes it very clear that in Islam, Jesus is not the begotten (physical) son of God, but rather a nabi and rasul (messenger) of God.
'Isa performed many miracles with the permission of God. For example, raising the dead, creating a bird from clay, talking as an infant. Islamic traditions states that he abstained from drinking alcohol. It also states that he received a revelation, the Injil (Gospel), though according to Islam, it has been distorted. Muslims believe that 'Isa was not crucified, meaning he was not killed on the cross. Whether he was put on the cross or not is an issue of interpretation. Mainstream Muslim belief is that 'Isa was raised up to God and will return to Earth to fight Dajjal during the time of the Mahdi (divinely guided one).
محمد
Muhammad is the last prophet in Islam ("seal of the Prophets").
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Jeremiah got thrown down a well, and then was dragged up kicking and screaming and hauled off to Egypt. Amos from Tekoa in Judah was a tender of fig trees and a keeper of sheep. Hosea, from Israel (the northern kingdom) married a prostitute by the name of Gomer. Both prophesied in the time of Jeroboam II. Moses didn't want to be a prophet because he stuttered. Samuel was a priest, the last of Israel's Judges, and anointer of the first two kings, Saul (also for a short while a prophet, ecstatic praiser) and David. David the King was also called a prophet, because of some of the things written in Psalms, he had been a shepherd and musician. Joel wrote about locusts and famine. Elijah was from Tishbe in Gilead, he prophesied to King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel , and killed the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel. Micaiah ben Imlah was prophet to Ahab and spoke to him and Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, and prophesied their defeat at Ramoth Gilead, and Ahab's death. Elisha succeeded Elijah, and performed many miracles, even raising the dead. Elisha died in the reign of Joash, King of Israel. Isaiah ben Amoz became a prophet in the year that King Uzziah of Judah died. He was a priest, and guided Hezekiah the King through his reforms. Isaiah prophesied the captivity in Babylon. Huldah the prophetess was wife of Shallum, she prophesied good and peace to Josiah, because of his reforms in Jerusalem. Zephaniah prophesied in the time of Josiah, just prior to his reforms and the ministry of Jeremiah. Jeremiah ben Hilkiah from Anathoth, a priest related to the kings family began prophesying in the reign of Josiah, and continued through the reigns of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, his sons until the exile in Babylon. Ezekiel was a prophet to the people in exile. Daniel does not appear in the prophets in the Hebrew Bible, it is an apocalyptic book written in the time of the Macabees in Aramaic. Micah was a contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, from Moresheth west of Hebron in Judea, he prophesied against money hungry capitalists, avaricious priests and false prophets. Nahum prophesied the fall of Nineveh, which just preceded the fall of Jerusalem. Habakkuk is a problematic prophet, he addresses the problem of evil on an international level, where bad people are punished by worse. Nahum and Habbakkuk are contemporaries of Jeremiah. Haggai and Zechariah are prophets of the post-exilic period, writing about 520 B.C.E. in the time of the restoration of Zerubbabel. Malachi (my messenger) is actually a name given for an anonymous prophet, one who foretells the purifying of the priesthood and temple. Obadiah is a composite book, dating anywhere from the 9th to the 4th century B.C.E., most probable the 5th nearly half of it quoting Jeremiah, but directing its venom against Edom in a manner contrary to Isaiah's internationalism. Jonah is a prophecy in the form of a narrative, dating from the 4th Century B.C.E. by its language, taking as its hero a prophet mentioned in 2 K 14:25. It is a didactic work meant to amuse and instruct, showing God's mercy in the repentance of Israel's bitterest foes. None of it is designed to be taken literally, it's more a series of jokes played by God on his cantankerous prophet, told in undisguised irony from the storm, the choice of Jonah by lot, the big fish, the kingdom in sack cloth and ashes, to the plant that grows and withers in a night. The prophets of the New Testament are Hannah, an old woman who lived at the Temple, John the Baptist, son of the priest Zachariah and his wife Elizabeth, second cousin of Jesus. There are other prophets, such as the four virgin daughters of the Deacon Philip, and Agabus from Judea who prophesied Paul's imprisonment. John the apostle, who may be the same as the writer of the Apocalypse, is counted a prophet. The Bible generally distinguishes between patriarchs, prophets, judges, priests, and kings. Moses is generally held to be the first of the prophets. Joseph was an interpreter of dreams, something similar to a prophet, but not same. Seth and Enoch, found in Genesis, may have been considered in the intertestamental period as prophets. Melchizedek, the priest-king of Salem who met Abraham after the Battle of the Five Kings is an enigmatic figure, some see as a type of Jesus and His priesthood. The Book of Daniel may have its source in the Greek portion, the Story of Susanna, a moral tale about unrighteous judges in which the young man Daniel proves their crime, sparking the epithet, "A Daniel come to judgement." The book is apocalyptic, aimed at the excesses of Antiochus Epiphanes and foretelling his overthrow. In the same way the Apocalypse of the New Testament is aimed at the Roman Empire, first in the reign of Nero, and then in that of Diocletian.
The Qu'ran counts the patriarchs as prophets also including Adam, Noah, Aaron, Seth, Enoch, Ishmael, Abraham (Ibriham), Imri, King Solomon, Azariyah, John (Yahya), and Jesus (Issa) as well as his mother Mary (Miryam). It caps it with Mohammed as paramount, the Prophet.
It would be impossible to name the prophets of ALL religions, the Sibylline Oracles, Oracle of Delphi, Appollonias, the Greek poets, Hesiod, Homer, Timmaeus, Virgil, Ovid, the priestesses of Isis, the High priests of Israel, wearers of the ephod who cast the Urim an Thumim, Jethro and Jepthah, Tobit and Tobias, Manasseh, The Buddha, The Lammas of Tibet, Dalai and Patan, The Zen masters and patriarchs, The seven heavenly beings of China, Lao Tzu, Confucius and Mencius, the Ghost dancers of the Plains Indians, the Priest kings of the Aztecs and Mayans, the Inca, Nanaboju,, Clan mothers of the Creek, Inuit shamans, Sun dancers, prophets of Baal, the list becomes nearly endless. I'd include all of these before I'd ever begin with the sham Joseph Smith and his bunch of frauds. I'd even throw in Baha'ullah and the Bab and Sandeep Singh Brar and his successors ahead of those as well as all the gurus of India.
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