The prophet hood commenced with the descent of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) ass the first prophet of Allah and continued till the last prophet of the prophets Muhammad (peace be upon him). The number differs, but as per a well reputed calculation, there have been 124,000 prophets that came to this world to show the enlightened path to those who had gone astray.
In the Holy Quran, a mention of 25 prominent prophets and messengers is made which stand out from the rest for they delivered special messages of Allah and a few of them, four in all, who were also given the holy scriptures for the guidance of the mankind. The Prophets mentioned by name in Holy Quran are as under:
- Prophet Adam, peace be upon him.
- Prophet Idris (Enoch?) peace be upon him.
- Prophet Nuh (Noah) peace be upon him. (mention of Prophet Nuh (Noah) appears 47 time(s) in 47 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Ibraheem (Abraham) peace be upon him (mention of Prophet Ibraheem (Abraham) appears 75 time(s) in 69 verse(s) in Quran - Surah 14 is named after Prophet Ibraheem) [References]
- Prophet Lut (Lot) peace be upon him. (mention of Prophet Lut (Lot) appears 27 time(s) in 27 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Hūd, peace be upon him (mention of Prophet Hud appears 7 time(s) in 7 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Salih, peace be upon him
- Prophet Ishaq (Issac) peace be upon him.
- Prophet Ismail (Ishmael) peace be upon him
- Prophet Shu'ayb (Syub), peace be upon him
- Prophet Yaqub (Jacob) peace be upon him (mention of Prophet Yaqub (Jacob) appears 19 time(s) in 19 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Ayyub (Job ) peace be upon him.
Mention of Prophet Ayyub (Job) appears four times as under:(سورة النساء, An-Nisaa, Chapter #4, Verse #163)(سورة الأنعام, Al-An'aam, Chapter #6, Verse #84)(سورة الأنبياء, Al-Anbiyaa, Chapter #21, Verse #83)(سورة ص, Saad, Chapter #38, Verse #41)
- Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) peace be upon him (mention of word(s) Yusuf (Joseph) appears 34 time(s) in 34 verse(s) in Quran - Surah 12 Yusuf is entirely dedicated to Prophet Yusuf) [References]
- Prophet Dhul Kifil (Ezekiel) peace be upon him.
- Prophet Musa (Moses) peace be upon him. (mention of word(s) Moses appears 176 time(s) in 167 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Haroon (Aaron) peace be upon him - (mention of word(s) Aron appears 24 time(s) in 24 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Al Yasa, (Elisha) peace be upon him
Name of Prophet Al Yasa (Elisha) appears twice in Qur'an: (سورة الأنعام, Al-An'aam, Chapter #6, Verse #86) (سورة ص, Saad, Chapter #38, Verse #48)
- Prophet Ilyas (Elias) peace be upon him.
Name of Prophet Ilyas (Elias) appears at three place in Qur'an: (سورة الأنعام, Al-An'aam, Chapter #6, Verse #85) (سورة الصافات, As-Saaffaat, Chapter #37, Verse #123) (سورة الصافات, As-Saaffaat, Chapter #37, Verse #130)
- Prophet Younus (Jonah) peace be upon him.
In Al-Anbiya 21:87 and Al-Qalam 68:48, Prophet Yunus is called Dhul-Nūn (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن, lit. 'The One of the Fish'). In An-Nisa 4:163 and Al-An'am 6:86, he is referred to as "an apostle of Allah". Surah 37:139-148 retells the full story of Yunus. [Wikipedia]
- Prophet Dawood (David) peace be upon (mention of Prophet Dawood "David" appears 20 time(s) in 19 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon) peace be upon him (mention of Prophet Dawood "Solomon" appears 17 time(s) in 16 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Zakariya (Zechariah), peace be upon him. (mention of Prophet Zakariya appears 8 times in 8 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- Prophet Yahya (John) peace be upon him
Name of Prophet Yahya appears four times in the Qur'an: (سورة آل عمران, Aal-i-Imraan, Chapter #3, Verse #39) (سورة مريم, Maryam, Chapter #19, Verse #7) (سورة مريم, Maryam, Chapter #19, Verse #12) (سورة الأنبياء, Al-Anbiyaa, Chapter #21, Verse #90)
- Prophet Eesa (Jesus) peace be upon him - (mention of word(s) Jesus appears 29 time(s) in 28 verse(s) in Quran) [References]
- And prophet of prophets Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Although the mention of two prominent personalities, Khizar and Dhul Karnain, also appear in the Holy Quran, these are not taken as prophets by majority of scholar and interpreters of the Holy Quran.
We will talk some of the above named prophets in some details in our following posts and some which have already been talked about and their names have been highlighted with links.
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2 comments:
Salam... I find your informations very useful. Do you happen to have the stories of each of the prophets listed in this post?
Thank you for the appreciation. Yes, I will share anecdotes related to other prophets in time
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