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{{Short description|The Messengers of Allah}}{{pp-semi-indef}}{{multiple issues|{{original research|date=May 2019}} {{Religious text primary|date=June 2015}}}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}{{Islamic prophets|Prophets in the Quran}}{{Islam|beliefs}}Prophets in Islam () are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers (; sing. , {{transliteration|ar|rasūl}}), those who transmit divine revelation, most of them through the interaction of an angel. Muslims believe that many prophets existed, including many not mentioned in the Quran. The Quran states: "And for every community there is a messenger."{{qref|10|47|b=y}}WEB,weblink Qur'an: The Word of God {{!, Religious Literacy Project|website=Harvard Divinity School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006025647weblink|archive-date=2018-10-06|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-06}} Belief in the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith.WEB,weblink BBC - Religions - Islam: Basic articles of faith, en-GB,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180813005904weblink">weblink 13 August 2018, live, 2018-10-05, Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being Adam, created by God. Many of the revelations delivered by the 48 prophets in Judaism and many prophets of Christianity are mentioned as such in the Quran with the Arabic versions of their names; for example, the Jewish Elisha is called Alyasa', Job is Ayyub, Jesus is 'Isa, etc. The Torah given to Moses (Musa) is called Tawrat, the Psalms given to David (Dawud) is the Zabur, the Gospel given to Jesus is Injil.BOOK, Campo, Juan Eduardo, Encyclopedia of Islam, 2009, Infobase Publishing, 9780816054541, 559–560,weblink 22 June 2015, The last prophet in Islam is Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh, whom Muslims believe to be the "Seal of the Prophets" (Khatam an-Nabiyyin), to whom the Quran was revealed in a series of revelations (and written down by his companions).BOOK, Denffer, Ahmad von, Ulum al-Qur'an : an introduction to the sciences of the Qur an, 1985, Islamic Foundation, 978-0860371328, 37, Repr., Muslims believe the Quran is the divine word of God, thus immutable and protected from distortion and corruption,Understanding the Qurán - Page xii, Ahmad Hussein Sakr - 2000 destined to remain in its true form until the Last Day.{{qref|15|9|b=y}}In Islam, every prophet preached the same core beliefs: the Oneness of God, worshipping of that one God, avoidance of idolatry and sin, and the belief in the Day of Resurrection or the Day of Judgement and life after death. Prophets and messengers are believed to have been sent by God to different communities during different times in history.

Etymology

pre-Quranic

The Syriac form of rasūl Allāh ({{lit|messenger of God|lk=no}}), s̲h̲eliḥeh d-allāhā, occurs frequently in the apocryphal Acts of St. Thomas. The corresponding verb for s̲h̲eliḥeh—s̲h̲alaḥ, occurs in connection with the prophets in the Hebrew Bible.A. J. Wensinck, "Rasul", Encyclopaedia of Islam

Terminology in the Quran

In Arabic, the term nabī (Arabic plural form: , {{transl|ar|anbiyāʼ}}) means "prophet". Forms of this noun occur 75 times in the Quran. The term nubuwwah ( "prophethood") occurs five times in the Quran. The terms rasūl (Arabic plural: , {{transl|ar|rusul}}) and mursal (Arabic: , {{transl|ar|mursal}}, pl: , {{transl|ar|mursalūn}}) denote "messenger with law given by/received from God" and occur more than 300 times. The term for a prophetic "message" (Arabic: , {{transl|ar|risālah}}, pl: , {{transl|ar|risālāt}}) appears in the Quran in ten instances.Uri Rubin, "Prophets and Prophethood", Encyclopedia of the Qur'anThe following table shows these words in different languages:Strong's Concordance{|class="wikitable"|+Prophet and Messenger in the Bible and Quran! Arabic !! English !! Greek !! Hebrew

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Angels

In the Quran and tafsir, the term rasūl is also used for messengers from among the angels. The term is used in QURAN, 81, 19, ns, , QURAN, 11, 69, 11, ns, , and QURAN, 51, 26, 11, ns, , and is also used for the servants of the Angel of Death.Mehdi Azaiez, Gabriel Said Reynolds, Tommaso Tesei, Hamza M. Zafer The Qur'an Seminar Commentary / Le Qur'an Seminar: A Collaborative Study of 50 Qur'anic Passages / Commentaire collaboratif de 50 passages coraniques Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 07.11.2016Exegetes usually distinguish the messenger angels (rasūl), who carry out divine decrees between heaven and earth, from the angels in heaven ({{transliteration|ar|karubiyin}}).Wensinck, A. J. (2013). The Muslim Creed: Its Genesis and Historical Development. Vereinigtes Königreich: Taylor & Francis. p. 200Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al Fiqh Al Akbar Explained By أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت Abu ’l Muntaha Ahmad Al Maghnisawi Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf"

Quran

Stories of the prophets in the Quran often often revolve around a certain pattern, according to which a prophet is sent to a group of people, who then reject or attack him, and ultimately suffer extinction as God's punishment. However, the Quran, given its paraenetic character, does not offer a full narrative; but rather offers a parabolic reference to the doom of previous generations, assueming the audience is familiar with thetold stories.Hagen, G. (2009). "From Haggadic Exegesis To Myth: Popular Stories Of The Prophets In Islam". In Sacred Tropes: Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur’an as Literature and Culture. Leiden, Niederlande: Brill.weblink

Characteristics

{{Religious text primary|section|date=June 2018}}In Islam, the Quran is believed to be a revelation from the last prophet in the Abrahamic succession, Muhammad, and its contents detail what Muslims refer to as the straight path. According to Islamic belief, every prophet preached submission and obedience to God (Islam). There is an emphasis on charity, prayer, pilgrimage, fasting, with the most emphasis given to the strict belief and worship of a singular God. The Quran itself calls Islam the "religion of Abraham" (Ibrahim){{qref|3|67|b=y}} and refers to Jacob (Yaqub) and the Twelve Tribes of Israel as being Muslims.{{qref|2|123-133|b=y}}The Quran says:{{blockquote|He has ordained for you ˹believers˺ the Way which He decreed for Noah, and what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ and what We decreed for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, ˹commanding:˺ "Uphold the faith, and make no divisions in it."|{{qref|42|13|c=y}} }}Prophets in Islam are exemplars to ordinary humans. They exhibit model characteristics of righteousness and moral conduct. Prophetic typologies shared by all prophets include prophetic lineage, advocating monotheism, transmitting God's messages, and warning of the eschatological consequences of rejecting God. Prophetic revelation often comes in the form of signs and divine proofs. Each prophet is connected to one another, and ultimately support the final prophetic message of Muhammad. The qualities prophets possess are meant to lead people towards the straight path. In one hadith, it was stated: "Among men the prophets suffer most."BOOK, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions, 2013, Springer Netherlands, 9789401597890,

Protection from sin and failure

In Islam, and especially in Shia Islam,BOOK, al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Ibn Babawayh, Fyzee, A Shiite Creed, 1982, WOFIS, 3rd, 37509593, prophets are believed to have the quality of ʿiṣmah, that is, they are protected by God from making mistakes or committing grave sins.Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.60 This does not mean that they do not err, rather that they always seek to correct their mistakes. It is argued that sins are necessary for prophets, so they can show the people how to repent.Abu l-Lait as-Samarqandi's Commentary on Abu Hanifa al-Fiqh al-absat Introduction, Text and Commentary by Hans Daiber Islamic concept of Belief in the 4th/10th Century Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa p. 243-245Some doubt whether there is Quranic basis for ʿiṣmah, but the notion became mainstream Sunni doctrine by the ninth century CE.Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.61Schimmel, And Muhammad is His Messenger, 56-60. "The polemic of al-Baqillani (d.1012) show that the doctrine was in wide circulation during the ninth century." cited in Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.61The Quran speaks of the prophets as being the greatest human beings of all timeWheeler, Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, "Prophets" and calls them "blessed by Allah".{{qref|4|69|b=y}} Although prophets are divinely inspired, they are human beings with no divine knowledge or power other than that granted to them by God.BOOK, Al-Amriki, Yusuf Talal Ali, Ullah, Qazi Thanaa, Essential Hanafi Handbook of Fiqh, 1985, Kazi Publications, Lahore, Pakistan, 23–25, Prophets are believed to be chosen by God for the specific task of teaching the faith of Islam.Stories of the prophets in the Quran demonstrate that it is God's practice to make faith triumph over the forces of evil and adversity.{{qref|22|49-133|b=y}}BOOK, Rosskeen Gibb, Hamilton Alexander, Pellat, Charles, Schacht, Joseph, Lewis, Bernard, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1973, Brill, 84,

Female prophets

The question of Mary's prophethood has been debated by Muslim theologians. Some Zahirite theologians argue that Mary, as well as Sara, the mother of Isaac, and Asiya, the mother of Moses, are prophets. They base this determination on the instances in the Quran where angels spoke to the women and divinely guided their actions.BOOK, Women in the Quran, traditions, and interpretation, Stowasser, Barbara Freyer, 1935-2012., 1994, Oxford University Press, 978-0195084801, New York, 29844006, According to the Zahirite Ibn Hazm (d. 1064), women could possess prophethood () but not messengerhood () which could only be attained by men. Ibn Hazm also based his position on Mary's prophethood on (Q5:75) which refers to Mary as "a woman of truth" just as it refers to Joseph as "a man of truth" in (Q12:46). Other linguistic examples which augment scholarship around Mary's position in Islam can be found in terms used to describe her. For example, In (Q4:34) Mary is described as being one of the devoutly obedient (), the same description used for male prophets.JOURNAL, Ali, Kecia, 2017, Destabilizing Gender, Reproducing Maternity: Mary in the Qurʾān, Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association, 2, 89–109, 10.5913/jiqsa.2.2017.a005, 2474-8390, 10.5913/jiqsa.2.2017.a005, Challenges to Mary's prophethood have often been based on (Q12:109) which reads "We have only sent men prior to you". Some scholars have argued that the use of the term "rijal" or men should be interpreted as providing a contrast between men and angels and not necessarily as contrasting men and women. The majority of scholars, particularly in the Sunni tradition, have rejected this doctrine as heretical innovation ().

Prophetic lineage

Abraham is widely recognized for being the father of monotheism in the Abrahamic religions. In the Quran, he is recognized as a messenger, a spiritual examplar to mankind, {{qref|2|24|b=y}} and a link in the chain of Muslim prophets. Muhammad, God's final messenger and the revelator of the Quran, is a descendant of Abraham, and Muhammad completes Abraham's prophetic lineage. This relationship can be seen in the Quranic chapter 6:{{blockquote|That is Our Argument which We imparted to Abraham against his people. We raise up in degrees whomever We please. Your Lord is indeed Wise, All-Knowing. And We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and guided each of them; and Noah We guided before that, and of his progeny, [We guided] David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron. Thus We reward the beneficent. And Zechariah, John, Jesus and Elias, each was one of the righteous. And Ishmael, Elijah, Jonah and Lot; each We exalted above the whole world. [We also exalted some] of their fathers, progeny and brethren. And We chose them and guided them to a straight path.{{qref|6|83-87}}}}The Quran presents the world as full of interlocking dramas and conflicts. The divine drama concerns the events of creation and banishment from the garden; while the human drama concerns the life and history of humanity but, also includes the events in the live of the prophets.JOURNAL, Kazmi, Yadullah, 1998, The notion of history in the Qur'ān and human destiny, Islamic Studies, 37, 183–200, Islamic morality is founded on this virtuous living through faith in the life ordained by the divine. This is the divine task given to believers accompanied by the divine gift that the Prophets had in revelation and perspective of ayat. The prophets are called to follow and reclaim the message of the straight path. This the key feature of the authority of their revelation, which fits within the Abrahamic tradition. The Quran's place within the broader Abrahamic context gives the revelation to Muhammed the same authority as the Tawrat and the Injil.Although Muhammad is considered the last prophet, some Muslim traditions also recognize and venerate saints (though modern schools, such as Salafism and Wahhabism, reject the theory of sainthood).Radtke, B., Lory, P., Zarcone, Th., DeWeese, D., Gaborieau, M., F. M. Denny, Françoise Aubin, J. O. Hunwick and N. Mchugh, "Walī", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W. P. Heinrichs.

Monotheism

The Quran states,"And (remember) Abraham, when he said to his people: 'Worship Allah and fear Him; that is far better for you, if only you knew. Indeed, you only worship, apart from Allah, mere idols, and you invent falsehood. Surely, those you worship, apart from Allah, have no power to provide for you. So, seek provision from Allah, worship Him and give Him thanks. You shall be returned unto Him.{{'"}} (Q. 29:16-17)This passage promotes Abraham's devotion to God as one of his messengers along with his monotheism. Islam is a monotheistic religion, and Abraham is one who is recognized for this transformation of the religious tradition. This prophetic aspect of monotheism is mentioned several times in the Quran. Abraham believed in one true God (Allah) and promoted an "invisible oneness" (tawḥīd) with him. The Quran proclaims, "Say: 'My lord has guided me to a Straight Path, a right religion, the creed of Abraham, an upright man who was no polytheist.{{'"}} (Q. 6:161) One push Abraham had to devote himself to God and monotheism is from the pagans of his time. Abraham was devoted to cleansing the Arabian Peninsula of this impetuous worship.BOOK, Comparing the Qur'an and the Bible: What They Really Say about Jesus, Jihad, and More, Richter, Rick, Baker Books, 2011, 9780801014024, 18–21, His father was a wood idol sculptor, and Abraham was critical of his trade. Due to Abraham's devotion, he is recognized as the father of monotheism.

Eschatology

Prophets and messengers in Islam often fall under the typologies of nadhir ("warner") and bashir ("announcer of good tidings"). Many prophets serve as vessels to inform humanity of the eschatological consequences of not accepting God's message and affirming monotheism.BOOK, The Cambridge companion to Muḥammad, 2010, Cambridge University Press, Brockopp, Jonathan E., 1962-, 9780511781551, Cambridge, 723454970, A verse from the Quran reads: "Verily, We have sent thee [Muhammad] with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner: and thou shalt not be held accountable for those who are destined for the blazing fire." ((Q2:119)) The prophetic revelations found in the Quran offer vivid descriptions of the flames of Hell that await nonbelievers but also describe the rewards of the gardens of Paradise that await the true believers. The warnings and promises transmitted by God through the prophets to their communities serve to legitimize Muhammed's message. The final revelation that is presented to Muhammed is particularly grounded in the belief that the Day of Judgement is imminent.

Signs and divine proofs

Throughout the Quran, prophets such as Moses and Jesus often perform miracles or are associated with miraculous events. The Quran makes clear that these events always occur through God and not of the prophet's own volition. Throughout the Meccan passages there are instances where the Meccan people demand visual proofs of Muhammad's divine connection to God to which Muhammad replies "The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a plain warner." ((Q29:50)) This instance makes clear that prophets are only mortals who can testify to God's omnipotence and produce signs when he wills it. Furthermore, the Quran states that visual and verbal proofs are often rejected by the unbelievers as being sihr ("magic") The Quran reads: "They claim that he tries to bewitch them and make them believe that he speaks the word of God, although he is just an ordinary human being like themselves. ((Q74:24-25))

Representation and prophetic connection to Muhammad

There are patterns of representation of Quranic prophecy that support the revelation of Muhammad. Since Muhammad is in Abraham's prophetic lineage, they are analogous in many aspects of their prophecy. Muhammad was trying to rid the Pagans of idolatry during his lifetime, which is similar to Abraham. This caused many to reject Muhammad’s message and even made him flee from Mecca due to his unsafety in the city. Carl Ernest, the author of How to Read the Qur’an: A New Guide, with Select Translations, states, "The Qur’an frequently consoles Muhammad and defends him against his opponents."BOOK, How to Read the Qur'an: A New Guide, with Select Translations, Ernst, Carl, The University of North Carolina Press, 2011, 9781469609768, 35, This consolation can also be seen as parallel to Abraham's encouragement from God. Muhammad is also known to perform miracles as Abraham did. Sura 17 (al-isrā) briefly describes Muhammad's miraculous Night Journey where he physically ascended to the Heavens to meet with previous prophets. This spiritual journey is significant in the sense that many Islamic religious traditions and transformations were given and established during this miracle, such as the ritual of daily prayer. ((Q17:78-84)) Muhammad is a descendant of Abraham; therefore, this not only makes him part of the prophetic lineage, but the final prophet in the Abrahamic lineage to guide humanity to the Straight Path. In Sura 33 (al-ahzāb) it confirms Muhammad and states, "Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the Prophets. Allah is Cognizant of everything". ((Q33:40))

Obedience

The Quran emphasizes the importance of obedience to prophets in Surah 26 Ash-Shu'ara, in which a series of prophets preaching fear of God and obedience to themselves.

• verse 108 has Noah saying 'fear God and Obey me'
• verse 126 has Hud saying 'fear God and obey me'
• verse 144 has Salih saying 'fear God and obey me'
• verse 163 has Lot saying 'fear God and obey me'
• verse 179 has Shu'ayb saying 'fear God and obey me'BOOK, John, Burton, The Sources of Islamic Law: Islamic Theories of Abrogation, Edinburgh University Press, 1990, 0-7486-0108-2,weblink 21 July 2018, JBSILITA1990, 165, 4 January 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200104171116weblink">weblink dead, {{qref|26|b=y}}

Scriptures and other gifts

Holy books of Islam

{{See also|Islamic holy books}}The revealed books are the records which Muslims believe were dictated by God to various Islamic prophets throughout the history of mankind, all these books promulgated the code and laws of Islam. The belief in all the revealed books is an article of faith in Islam and Muslims must believe in all the scriptures to be a Muslim. Islam speaks of respecting all the previous scriptures.Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, Cyril Glasse{{page needed|date=January 2015}}The Quran mentions some Islamic scriptures by name:

• The "Tawrat" (also Tawrah or Taurat; ) is the Arabic name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book believed by Muslims to have been revealed to the prophets and messengers amongst the Children of Israel. When referring to traditions from the Tawrat, Muslims have not only identified it with the Pentateuch, but also with the other books of the Hebrew Bible as well as with Talmudic and Midrashim writings.Isabel Lang Intertextualität als hermeneutischer Zugang zur Auslegung des Korans: Eine Betrachtung am Beispiel der Verwendung von Israiliyyat in der Rezeption der Davidserzählung in Sure 38: 21-25 Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 31.12.2015 {{ISBN|9783832541514}} p. 98 (German)
• The Quran mentions the Zabur, interpreted as being the Book of Psalms,WEB, Zabur - Oxford Islamic Studies Online,weblink 2018-07-26, www.oxfordislamicstudies.com, en, 19 December 2021,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20211219201751weblink">weblink dead, as being the holy scripture revealed to King David (Dawud). Scholars have often understood the Psalms to have been holy songs of praise, and not a book administering law.Encyclopaedia of Islam, Psalms QURAN, 21, 105, ns, and {{Bibleverse|Psalm|37:29}} are direct counterparts.WEB, Psalms - Oxford Islamic Studies Online,weblink 2018-07-26, www.oxfordislamicstudies.com, en, 26 July 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180726072614weblink">weblink dead,
• Books of Divine Wisdom (Arabic: possibly identified as الْزُبُر az-Zubur): The Quran mentions certain Books of Divine Wisdom.{{qref|3|184|b=y}}
• The Injil (Gospel) was the holy book revealed to Jesus, according to the Quran. Although many lay Muslims believe the Injil refers to the entire New Testament, scholars have clearly pointed out that it refers not to the New Testament but to an original Gospel, which was sent by God, and was given to Jesus.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Holy Quran: Text, Translation and Commentary, Appendix: "On the Injil" Therefore, according to Muslim belief, the Gospel was the message that Jesus, being divinely inspired, preached to the Children of Israel. The current canonical Gospels, in the belief of Muslim scholars, are not divinely revealed but rather are documents of the life of Jesus, as written by various contemporaries, disciples and companions. These Gospels contain portions of Jesus's teachings but do not represent the original Gospel, which was a single book written not by a human but was sent by God.Encyclopedia of Islam, "Injil"
• Quran: The Quran () was the revelation revealed to Muhammad.
• Scrolls of Abraham (Arabic: صحف إبراهيم‎, á¹¢uḥuf ʾIbrāhÄ«m)Alternatives: á¹¢uḥufi ʾIbrāhÄ«m and/or Aá¹£-á¹¢uḥufi 'l-Ūlā - "Books of the Earliest Revelation" are believed to have been one of the earliest bodies of scripture, which were given to Abraham (IbrāhÄ«m).QURAN, 87, 19, ns, Although usually referred to as "scrolls", many translators have translated the Arabic suhuf as "books".Abdullah Yusuf Ali, (The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary) {{Page needed|date=March 2012}}Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran The verse mentioning the "Scriptures" is in (Quran 87:18-19) where they are referred to, alongside the Scrolls of Moses, to have been "Books of Earlier Revelation".
• Scrolls of Moses (, á¹¢uḥuf MÅ«sā) are an ancient body of scripture mentioned twice in the Quran. They are part of the religious scriptures of Islam. Jordanian scholar and professor of philosophy Ghazi bin Muhammad mentions that the "Scrolls of Moses" are identical to the Torah of Moses.BOOK,weblink A Thinking Person's Guide to Islam: The Essence of Islam in 12 Verses from the Qur'an, Ghazi, Bin Muhammad, 29 January 2018, Turath Publishing, 9781906949648, 30 January 2023,
• Book of Enlightenment (): The Quran mentions a Book of Enlightenment,{{qref|3|184|b=y}} and {{qref|35|25}} which has alternatively been translated as Scripture of Enlightenment or the Illuminating Book.

Holy gifts

{{Religious text primary|section|date=June 2011}}Muhammad was given a divine gift of revelation through the angel Gabriel. This direct communication with the divine underlines the human experience but the message of the Quran dignifies this history of revelation with these select people in human history the foundation for Muhammed's prophetic lineage.The Quran mentions various divinely-bestowed gifts given to various prophets. These may be interpreted as books or forms of celestial knowledge. Although all prophets are believed by Muslims to have been immensely gifted, special mention of "wisdom" or "knowledge" for a particular prophet is understood to mean that some secret knowledge was revealed to him. The Quran mentions that Abraham prayed for wisdom and later received it.{{qref|26|83|b=y}} It also mentions that Joseph{{qref|10|22|b=y}} and Moses{{qref|28|14|b=y}} both attained wisdom when they reached full age; David received wisdom with kingship, after slaying Goliath;{{qref|2|251|b=y}} Lot (Lut) received wisdom whilst prophesying in Sodom and Gomorrah;{{qref|21|74|b=y}} John the Baptist received wisdom while still a mere youth;{{qref|19|14|b=y}} and Jesus received wisdom and was vouchsafed the Gospel.{{qref|3|48|b=y}}

The nature of revelation

During the time of Muhammad's revelation, the Arabian peninsula was made up of many pagan tribes. His birthplace, Mecca, was a central pilgrimage site and a trading center where many tribes and religions were in constant contact. Muhammad's connection with the surrounding culture was foundational to the way the Quran was revealed. Though it is seen as the direct word of God, it came through to Muhammad in his own native language of Arabic, which could be understood by all the peoples in the peninsula. This is the key feature of the Quran which makes it unique to the poetry and other religious texts of the time. It is considered immune to translation and culturally applicable to the context of the time it was revealed.JOURNAL, Saeed, Abdullah, 1999, Rethinking 'Revelation' as a Precondition for Reinterpreting the Qur'an: A Qur'anic Perspective, Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 1, 93–114, 10.3366/jqs.1999.1.1.93, Muhammad was criticized for his revelation being poetry which, according to the cultural perspective, is revelation purely originating from the jihn and the Qurash but the typology of duality and its likeness to the other prophets in the Abrahamic line affirms his revelation. This likeness is found in the complexity of its structure and its message of submission of faith to the one God, Allah.JOURNAL, Lawson, Todd, 1999, Duality, Opposition and Typology in the Qur'an: The Apocalyptic Substrate, Journal of Quranic Studies, 10, 23–49, This also revels that his revelation comes from God alone and he is the preserver of the Straight Path as well as the inspired messages and lives of other prophets, making the Quran cohesive with the monotheistic reality in the Abrahamic traditions.

Known prophets

Prophets and messengers named in the Quran

All messengers mentioned in the Quran are also prophets, but not all prophets are messengers.BOOK, Morgan, Diane, Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice, 2010, ABC-CLIO, 38,weblink registration, all prophet are messengers but not all messengers are prophets., 24 June 2015, 9780313360251, {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"|+ Prophets and messengers in the Quran! scope="col" | Name! scope="col" | Messenger! scope="col" | Arch-prophet! scope="col" | Notes! scope="col" | Equivalent in other traditions! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Ādam}} (Quran 2:31) {{qref|2|31|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}|First human being, first prophet and father of all humanity| Adam! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾIdrīs}} (Quran 19:56) {{qref|19|56|b=y}}| {{No}}| {{No}}

{{collapsible list	titlestyle=font-weight:normal| Historically taken to imply entering Heaven alive, strengthening an identification with Enoch,A Dictionary of Islam, T.P. Hughes, Ashraf Printing Press, repr. 1989, pg. 192Zaid H. Assfy Islam and Christianity: connections and contrasts, together with the stories of the prophets and imams Sessions, 1977 p122 though some modern scholars dispute this.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, (The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary) C2508: "Idris is mentioned twice in the Quran, viz.; here and in 21:85, where he is mentioned among those who patiently persevered. His identification with the Biblical Enoch, who "'walked with God' (Gen. 5:21-24), may or may not be correct. Nor are we justified in interpreting verse 57 here as meaning the same thing as in Gen. 5:24 ("God took him"), that he was taken up without passing through the portals of death. All we are told is that he was a man of truth and sincerity, and a prophet, and that he had a high position among his people. It is this point which brings him in the series of men just mentioned; he kept himself in touch with his people, and was honoured among them. Spiritual progress need not cut us off from our people, for we have to help and guide them. He kept to truth and piety in the highest station."}}}}	Enoch (ancestor of Noah)>Enoch or Hermes Trismegistus

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26	b=y}}	46	b=y}}{{qref	7|b=y}}	26	b=y}} Survivor of the Great Great Flood| Noah

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|HÅ«d}} {{qref|26|125|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}

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! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Ṣāliḥ}} {{qref|26|143|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}

Thamud tribe.{{qref>7	b=y}}|

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾIbrāhīm}} {{qref|19|41|b=y}}

9	b=y}}	2	b=y}}{{qref	13|b=y}}	Iraq and Syria.{{qref>22	b=y}} Builder of the Kaaba. Associated with the Scrolls of Abraham{{qref	19|b=y}}| Abraham

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|LÅ«á¹­}} {{qref|6|86|b=y}}

37	b=y}}| {{No}}	Sodom and Gomorrah.{{qref>7	b=y}} Did not live in Palestine, but was considered "brethren" by its inhabitants.	Lot (biblical person)>Lot

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾIsmāʿīl}} {{qref|19|54|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}

pre-Islamic Arabia. Became the founder of the Arabs>Arabian people| Ishmael

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾIsḥāq}} {{qref|19|49|b=y}}| {{No}}| {{No}}

Canaan. Founder of the Israelites>Israelite people.| Isaac

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Yaʿqūb}} | {{No}}| {{No}}

Israelites>Israelite people.| Jacob

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|YÅ«suf}}

40	b=y}}| {{No}}| Sent to Egypt.	Joseph (Genesis)>Joseph

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾAyyūb}} {{qref|4|89|b=y}}| {{No}}| {{No}}| Sent to Edom. A model of patience.Encyclopedia of Islam, A. Jefferey, Ayyub

Job (biblical figure)>Job

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Shuʿayb}} {{qref|26|178|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}

Midian{{qref>7	b=y}}|

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Mūsā}} {{qref|20|47|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{Yes}}

Ramesses II>Pharaoh; lead The Exodus	back to Israel. Associated with the Torah in Islam>Tawrah and Scrolls of Moses{{qref	36|b=y}}| Moses

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Hārūn}} {{qref|19|53|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}| Vizier, brother of Moses| Aaron! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Dāūd}} {{qref|6|89|b=y}}| {{Yes}}| {{No}}

Jerusalem. Military commander and third Kings of Israel and Judah>king of Israel and Judah(reigned around 1000 – 971BCE). Author of the Zabur{{qref	55|b=y}}| David

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Sulaymān}} | {{No}}| {{No}}

Jerusalem. Copperworker who became the fourth king of the Israel and Judah (reigned around 1000 – 971BCE).KITCHEN	DATE=SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2001	URL=HTTPS://WWW.BASLIBRARY.ORG/BIBLICAL-ARCHAEOLOGY-REVIEW/27/5/2	LANGUAGE=ENGLISH	VOLUME=5	Solomon's Temple>First Temple; Son of Dawud. | Solomon

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʾIlyās}}

37	b=y}}| {{No}}	Children of Israel){{qref>37	b=y}}| Elijah

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Alyasaʿ}} | {{No}}| {{No}}| Sent to the Children of Israel| Elisha! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Yūnus}}

37	b=y}}| {{No}}	10	b=y}} (Nineveh). Swallowed by a giant fish.| Jonah

! scope="row" | {{nowrap|{{transl|ar|Ḏū l-Kifli}} {{qref|21|85-86|b=y}} }}| {{No}}| {{No}}|

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! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Zakariyyā}} | {{No}}| {{No}}

Sent to Jerusalem and were assassinated. Zakkariyya was the father of Yaḥyā.	Zechariah (priest)>Zechariah

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Yaḥyā}} {{qref|3|39|b=y}}| {{No}}| {{No}}| John the Baptist! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|ʿĪsā}} {{qref|19|30|b=y}}

4	b=y}}| {{Yes}}	4BCE	Masih (title)>Messiah sent to the Children of Israel.{{qref	6	Injil{{qref>57	b=y}}| Jesus

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33	b=y}}| {{Yes}}	Islam; Seal of the Prophets, Islam's prophet sent to all humanity and jinn{{qref>21	b=y}} Compiler of the Quran{{qref	7|b=y}}

Figures whose prophethood is debated {| class"wikitable plainrowheaders"|+Figures whose prophethood is debated

! Name! Notes! Equivalent in other traditions ! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Šayṯ}} Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidāya wa-n-nihāya|He does not appear in the Quran, but he is mentioned in Hadith.|Seth! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Kālib}} {{qref|5|20-26|b=y}}| Sent to Israel.|Caleb! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Yūša bin Nun}} Abdullah Yusuf Ali, (The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary), Note 278 to verse 246: "This was Samuel. In his time Israel had suffered from much corruption within and many reverses without. The Philistines had made a great attack and defeated Israel with great slaughter. The Israelites, instead of relying on Faith and their own valor and cohesion, brought out their most sacred possession, the Ark of the Covenant, to help them in the fight. But the enemy captured it, carried it away, and retained it for seven months. The Israelites forgot that wickedness cannot screen itself behind a sacred relic. Nor can a sacred relic help the enemies of the faith. The enemy found that the Ark brought nothing but misfortune for themselves, and were glad to abandon it. It apparently remained twenty years in the village (qarya) of Yaarim (Kirjath-jeafim): I. Samuel, 7:2. Meanwhile, the people pressed Samuel to appoint them a king. They thought that a king would cure all their ills, whereas what was wanting was a spirit of union and discipline and a readiness on their part to fight in the cause of Allah."Quran Search Engine, Ayat Search Samuel.Phonetic Search Engine. القرآن الكريم in Arabic, Urdu, English Translation {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507033034weblink|date=2012-05-07}} Al-Baqara [2:247, 248 & 251]

Quran, but his name appears in other Islamic literature and in multiple Hadith. He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat. In the Quranic account of the conquest of Canaan, Joshua and Caleb are referenced, but not named, as two men, on whom God in Islam>God "had bestowed His grace". Yusha is regarded by most scholars as to the prophetic successor to Musa (Moses). Joshua is the assistant of Moses when he visits al Khidr, and according to the Torah and the Bible, he was one of the two tribe messengers, along with Caleb that brought news that Jerusalem was habitable for the Jews. Joshua is also Moses's successor as the leader of the Jews, who led them to settle in Israel after Moses' death. Joshua (Yusha) entering into Jerusalem is also mentioned in the Hadith.|Joshua

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|al-Khaḍir}}

The Arabian Epic: Volume 1, Introduction: Heroic and Oral Story-telling Cambridge University Press 2005 {{ISBN>9780521017381}} p. 46 the oppressed peoples, Israel,{{qref	65-82		TITLE=KITAB AL-KAFI	PUBLISHER=THE ISLAMIC SEMINARY INC.	LOCATION=SOUTH HUNTINGTON, NY, and all lands where a prophet existsİmam Muhammed bin Muhammed bin Süleyman er-Rudani, Büyük Hadis Külliyatı, Cem'ul-fevaid min Cami'il-usul ve Mecma'iz-zevaid, c.5., s.18 The Quran mentions the mysterious Khidr (but does not name him). He is sometimes identified with Melchizedek, who is the figure that Moses accompanies on one journey. Although most Muslims regard him as an Angels in Islam	or enigmatic saint,Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, Linda Safran Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art BRILL 2011 {{ISBN>978-9-004-20749-3}} page 124 some see him as a prophet as well.THE A TO Z OF PROPHETS IN ISLAM AND JUDAISM>LAST1=NOEGEL	LAST2=WHEELER	DATE=2010-04-01	ISBN=9781461718956	PAGES=196–197, 863824465, |Unknown, sometimes identified as Melchizedek, and sometimes equated with ElijahAl-Tabari (1991). The History of al-Tabari. Albany: State University of New York. p. 3.

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Luqmān}}

Wise old man>sage Luqman in the chapter named after him, but does not clearly identify him as a prophet. The most widespread Islamic beliefA-Z of Prophets in Islam, B. M. Wheeler, "Luqman" views Luqman as a saint, but not as a messenger, however, other Muslims regard Luqman as a messenger as well.Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam, Cyril Glasse, "Prophets in Islam" The Arabic term wali is commonly translated into English as "Saint". This should not be confused with the Christian tradition of sainthood.|

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Ṣamūʾīl}} |Not mentioned by name, only referred to as a messenger/prophet sent to the Israelites and who anoints Saul as a king.|Samuel! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Ṭālūt}}

Gideon. According to the Quran>Qur'an, Talut was chosen by Samuel to lead them into war. Talut led the Israelites to victory over the army of Goliath, who was killed by David in Islam	(David). He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat. According to some, Saul is not a prophet, but a divinely appointed king.HTTP://WWW.OXFORDISLAMICSTUDIES.COM/ARTICLE/OPR/T125/E2115	WEBSITE=WWW.OXFORDISLAMICSTUDIES.COM	ACCESS-DATE=2018-10-06	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20181006075532/HTTP://WWW.OXFORDISLAMICSTUDIES.COM/ARTICLE/OPR/T125/E2115	2	b=y}}|SaulM. A. S. Abdel Haleem: The Qur'an, a new translation, note to 2:247. or Gideon

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Irmiyā}} Tafsir al-Qurtubi, vol 3, p 188; Tafsir al-Qummi, vol 1, p 117.

Torah in Islam>Tawrat (the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book). Some non-canonical hadith and tafsirs narrate that the Parable of the Hamlet in Ruins is about Irmiya.Tafsir al-Qurtubi, vol. 3, p. 188; Tafsir al-Qummi, vol. 1, p. 117.WENSINCK>FIRST=A.J., 1913-1936, |Jeremiah

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Hizqil}}

Dhu al-Kifl>Dhul-Kifl,Reisebeschreibung nach Arabian Copenhagen, 1778, ii. 264–266 Although not mentioned in the Quran

by the name, Muslims>Muslim scholars, both classicalIbn Kutayba, Ukasha, Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Ishaq, Masudi, Kisa'i, Balami, Thalabi and many more have all recognized Ezekiel as a prophet. and modernThe greatest depth to the figure is given by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, in his commentary; his commentary's note 2743: "If we accept "Dhul al Kifl" to be not an epithet, but an Arabicised form of "Ezekiel", it fits the context, Ezekiel was a prophet in Israel who was carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after his second attack on Jerusalem (about BCE 599). His Book is included in the English Bible (Old Testament). He was chained and bound and put into prison, and for a time he was dumb. He bore all with patience and constancy and continued to reprove boldly the evils in Israel. In a burning passage, he denounces false leaders in words that are eternally true: "Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken ...... etc. (Ezekiel, 34:2–4)." have included Ezekiel in lists of the prophets of Islam.|Ezekiel

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Dāniyāl}} BOOK, Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B. M., Wheeler, Daniel, Daniel is not mentioned by name in the Quran but there are accounts of his prophethood in later Muslim literature...,

A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B.M. Wheeler, DanielHTTPS://WWW.AL-ISLAM.ORG/ETHICS-PROPHETS-MOHAMMAD-MEHDI-TAJ-LANGAROODI/21-ETHOS-PROPHET-DANIEL	DATE=8 JUNE 2015	ARCHIVE-DATE=6 APRIL 2019	URL-STATUS=LIVE, He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat.Tabari, i, 665-668, 717	Daniel (biblical figure)>Daniel

! scope="row" | {{nowrap|{{transl|ar|Ḏū l-Qarnayn}} BOOK, Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B. M., Wheeler, Daniel, Daniel is not mentioned by name in the Quran but there are accounts of his prophethood in later Muslim literature..., {{qref|18|83-101|b=y}}}}

18	Gog and Magog (called Ya'juj and Ma'juj).{{sfn>Netton	p=72}}	Cyrus the Great,{{sfn>Azad	p=205}} Imru al-Qays ibn Amr	,{{sfn>Ball	p=97-98}} Messiah ben Joseph,{{sfn	2014	Darius the Great,Pearls from Surah Al-Kahf: Exploring the Qur'an's Meaning, Yasir Qadhi Kube Publishing Limited, 4 Mar 2020, {{ISBN>9781847741318}} Oghuz KhaganOğUZ KAğAN ASLıNDA ZüLKARNEYN PEYGAMBER MI?>URL=HTTPS://WWW.ONALTIYILDIZ.COM/?HABER,6232	WEBSITE=ON ALTI YILDIZ	ARCHIVE-DATE=12 APRIL 2021	URL-STATUS=LIVE, )

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Uzayr}} |He is mentioned in the Quran,Quran 9:30 but he is not specified to have been a prophet, although many Islamic scholars hold Uzair to be one of the prophets.Ashraf, Shahid (2005). "Prophets 'Uzair, Zakariya and Yahya (PBUT)". Encyclopaedia of Holy Prophet and CompanionsIbn Kathir. "'Uzair (Ezra)". Stories of the Quran. He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat (the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book). |Ezra! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Imrān}}

Al Imran>Family of Imran (Arabic: آل عمران) is the 3rd chapter of the Quran. Imran, not to be confused with Amram,A. J. WENSINCK (PENELOPE JOHNSTONE), "MARYAM" IN C. E. BOSWORTH, E. VAN DONZEL, W. P. HEINRICHS & CH. PELLAT (EDS.), THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM (NEW EDITION), 1991, VOLUME VI, P. 630. MARYAM IS CALLED A SISTER OF HāRūN (SūRA XIX, 29), AND THE USE OF THESE THREE NAMES 'IMRāN, HāRūN, AND MARYAM HAS LED TO THE SUPPOSITION THAT THE KUR'āN DOES NOT CLEARLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO MARYAMS, OF THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS. THE KUR'āN NAMES TWO FAMILIES AS BEING SPECIALLY CHOSEN: THOSE OF IBRāHIM AND OF 'IMRāN (SūRA III, 32). IT IS THE FAMILY OF 'IMRāN, IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF MOSES AND AARON, TO WHICH MARYAM BELONGS. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ASSUME THAT THESE KINSHIP LINKS ARE TO INTERPRET IN MODERN TERMS. THE WORDS "SISTER" AND "DAUGHTER", LIKE THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS, IN ARABIC USAGE, CAN INDICATE EXTENDED KINSHIP, DESCENDANTS, OR SPIRITUAL AFFINITY. THIS SECOND 'IMRāN, TOGETHER WITH HARUN, CAN BE TAKEN AS PURELY KUR'āNIC... MUSLIM TRADITION IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE EIGHTEEN CENTURIES BETWEEN THE BIBLICAL 'AMRAM AND THE FATHER OF MARYA, is Arabic for the biblical figure Joachim, the father of Mary, mother of Jesus>Mary and maternal grandfather of Jesus.|Joachim

! scope="row" | {{transl|ar|Maryam}}

	LAST=FAROOQ	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20050312084433/HTTP://WWW.GLOBALWEBPOST.COM/FAROOQM/STUDY_RES/ISLAM/GENDER/WOMEN_PROPHETHOOD.HTML	URL-STATUS=DEAD, IBRAHIM>FIRST=MOHAMMED ZAYKI	TITLE=IBN ḤAZM'S THEORY OF PROPHECY OF WOMEN: LITERALISM, LOGIC, AND PERFECTION	PUBLISHER=IIUM PRESS	ISSUE=1	ISSN=0128-4878	CITESEERX=10.1.1.831.1259, regard Maryam (Mary) as a messenger and a prophetess, since God sent her a message through an angel and because she was a vessel for divine miracles. Islamic belief regards her as one of the holiest of women, but the matter of her prophethood continues to be debated.Beyond The Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies, p. 402. Ed. Amira El-Azhary Sonbol. Syracuse University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|9780815630555}}	Mary, mother of Jesus>Mary

To believe in God's messengers (Rusul) means to be convinced that God sent men as guides to fellow human beings and jinn (khalq) to guide them to the truth.{{reflist|group=lower-alpha|close}}

Other persons

The Quran mentions 25 prophets by name but also tells that God sent many other prophets and messengers, to all the different nations that have existed on Earth. Many verses in the Quran discuss this:

• "We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them, there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee...."{{qref|40|78|b=y}}
• "For We assuredly sent amongst every People a messenger, ..."{{qref|16|36|b=y}}

In the Quran

• Sons of Jacob: These men are sometimes not considered to be prophets, although most exegesis scholars consider them to be prophets, citing the hadith of Muhammad and their status as prophets in Judaism. The reason that some do not consider them as prophets is because of their behavior with Yusuf (Joseph) and that they lied to their father.
• Three persons of the town: These three unnamed person, who were sent to the same town, are referenced in chapter 36 of the Quran.{{qref|36|13-21|b=y}}{{Original research inline|date=October 2018}}

In Islamic literature

Numerous other people have been mentioned by scholars in the Hadith, exegesis, commentary. These people include:{hide}columns-list|

• Abel (HābÄ«l)
• Shem (Sām)A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Appendix: "List of Prophets in Islam"
• Joel (Yūʾīl) {{Citation needed|date=April 2022{edih}
• Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Zakariyyā ibn Barkhiyyā)(The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary|The Holy Quran: Text, Translation and Commentary), Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Note 364: "Examples of the Prophets slain were: "the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar" (Matt. 23:35)
• Amos (Ê¿Ä€mÅ«s)
• Hosea (HÅ«shiÊ¿)Abdullah Yusuf Ali refers to Hosea 8:14 for his notes on Q. 5:60
• Nahum (Nāḥūm)
• Isaiah (IshaÊ¿yāʾ)Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B. M. Wheeler, "Appendix II"
• Elizabeth (Alyaṣṣābāt)BOOK, Women in the Qur'ān, Traditions, and Interpretation, Oxford University Press, 1994, 68–69,

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Other groups

Prophethood in Ahmadiyya

The Ahmadiyya Community does not believe that messengers and prophets are different individuals. They interpret the Quranic words warner (nadhir), prophet, and messenger as referring to different roles that the same divinely appointed individuals perform. Ahmadiyya distinguish only between law-bearing prophets and non-law-bearing ones. They believe that although law-bearing prophethood ended with Muhammad, non-law-bearing prophethood subordinate to Muhammad continues.JOURNAL, Brand, Alexa, 2016, Placing the Marginalized Ahmadiyya in Context with the Traditional Sunni Majority,weblink live, Journal of Mason Graduate Research, 3, 3, 122–123, 2327-0764,weblink 2018-10-06, Mason Publishing Journals (at George Mason University), 10.13021/G8730T, free, WEB,weblink Ahmadis - Oxford Islamic Studies Online, www.oxfordislamicstudies.com, en, 2018-10-06, 11 October 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181011112624weblink">weblink dead, The Ahmadiyya Community recognizes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908) as a prophet of God and the promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi of the latter days.ENCYCLOPEDIA,weblink Mirza Ghulam Ahmad {{!, Biography & Facts|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2018-10-06|language=en}} The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement rejects his status as a prophet, instead considering him to be a renewer of the faith. However, all other Muslims and their scholars argue that the Ahmadiyya community are not Muslim.JOURNAL, My Claim to Promised Messiahship, Mirzā Ghulām, Ahmad, Review of Religions, 0034-6721, 3, 9, September 1904, As reproduced in JOURNAL,weblink My Claim to Promised Messiahship, Mirzā Ghulām, Ahmad, Review of Religions, 0034-6721, 104, 1, January 2009, 16, 12 May 2015, 17 August 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110817055431weblink">weblink live, NEWS,weblink The Ahmadiyyah Movement - Islamic Studies - Oxford Bibliographies - obo, 2018-10-06, en, 14 December 2019,weblink live,

Prophethood in the Baháʼí Faith

{{Further|Baháʼí|Muhammad in the Baháʼí Faith}}In contrast to the Muslims, BaháʼísJOURNAL, Fazel, Seena, Fananapazir, Khazeh, A Baháʼí Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam, Journal of Baháʼí Studies, 5, 3, 17–40, Association for Baha'i Studies North America, 1993,weblink Dec 15, 2015, 10.31581/JBS-5.3.2(1993), free, 19 June 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160619035122weblink">weblink live, do not believe that Muhammad is the final messenger of God,JOURNAL, Wittman, Brian, Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah, Lights of Irfan, 2, 135–48, Irfan Colloquia, Wilmette, IL, 2001,weblink Dec 15, 2015, 22 December 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151222081938weblink">weblink live, or rather define eschatology and end times references as metaphorical for changes in the ages or eras of mankind but that it and progress of God's guidance continues. Although, in common with Islam, the title the Seal of the Prophets is reserved for Muhammad, Baháʼís interpret it differently. They believe that the term Seal of the Prophets applies to a specific epoch, and that each prophet is the "seal" of his own epoch. Therefore, in the sense that all the prophets of God are united in the same "Cause of God", having the same underlying message, and all "abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith", they can all claim to be "the return of all the Prophets".

See also

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• The Twelve Imams
• Succession to Muhammad
• Biblical and Quranic narratives
• List of people in both the Bible and the Quran
• Major prophets in the Bible
• Prophets in Judaism
• Prophets of Christianity
• Qisas al-Anbiya
• Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions
• Twelve Minor Prophets
• Peace be upon him

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References

Citations

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Sources

• BOOK, Brown, Daniel W., Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996, Cambridge University Press, 0521570778,weblink 10 May 2018, DWBRTMIT1996,

External links

• First prophet of islam: adam aleh salam
• Prophets in Islam

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