Are there more than 25 prophets in Islam?

Answer 1

AnswerThe Islamic definition of a prophet is someone who has been chosen and favoured by Allah (God) to convey his message to the people on earth and to bring them to believe in and worship him alone. In Islam there are two types of prophets, one is the Nabi who are prophets sent to consolidate previous messages. The second type is the Rasool who are high prophets or messengers as they were sent a revelation in the form of a holy book.

Islam has 124000 prophets. The Prophet Muhammad was the final and greatest of them. Though mostly it's the Semitic prophets of the Middle East that are mentioned in the Islamic faith. This isn't to say the Europeans, Native Americans, Africans, central Asians, Aborigines, South Pacificers, Indians, Far easterners etc weren't sent prophets as Muslims believe that Allah sent prophets to every people.

As well as the Prophet Muhammad - Other renowned prophets of Islam include Adam, Nuh (Noah), Musa (Moses), Harun (Aaron), Ibrahim (Abraham), Lut (Lot), Ismail (Ishmael), Is'haq (Isaac), Yacoob (Jacob), Yousef (Joseph), Daud (David), Sulaiman (Soloman), Yahya (John the baptist - though this isn't his role in Islam) & Isa (Jesus).

Others who are less known include Idris (Enoch*), Salih (Shaloh*), Hud (Eber*), Ayoub (Job), Zakariah, Shoaib (Jethro*), Dhulkifl (Eziekiel), Alias (Elijah), Alyasa (Elisha) & Yunus (Jonah)

The following are mentioned in hadith or known from Oral tradition; Ishaia (Isaiah), Sheeth (Seth), Uzair (Ezra), Danyal (Daniel), Armya (Jeremiah) & Samuel.

Dhul-Karnain, Joshua (Assistant to Moses), Imran (Father of Mary), Khidr & Luqman are all mentioned as great men but their prophethood hasn't been specified, so they may have just been great pious individuals favoured by Allah.

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Note: First; Islamic/Arabic name (Brackets; Biblical eqivalent - in some cases it isn't 100% certain if they are the same person but it is the most likely candidate; marked with asterisk*)

Another Answer

Quran has mentioned that there were many Prophets sent down to earth... for every people and every nation...

Out of them, only 25 are named in Quran..

Whereas, Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said that there were about 124000 prophets sent down to earth...

The first of them is Prophet Adam and the last is Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)

Answer 2

In Quran, it was mentioned 25 prophet names.They are:

1. Adam

2. Idris (Enoch)

3. Nuh (Noah)

4. Hud

5. Saleh

6. Ibrahim (Abraham)

7. Isma'il (Ishmael)

8. Ishaq (Isaac)

9. Lut (Lot)

10. Ya'qub (Jacob)

11. Yousef (Joseph)

12. Shu'aib

13. Ayyub (Job)

14. Musa (Moses)

15. Harun (Aaron)

16. Dhu'l-kifl (Ezekiel)

17. Dawud (David)

18. Sulaiman (Solomon)

19. Ilias (Elias)

20. Al-Yasa (Elisha)

21. Yunus (Jonah)

22. Zakariyya (Zechariah)

23. Yahya (John)

24. Isa (Jesus)

25. Muhammad

Peace be upon all of them

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It is narrated historically that they are more than 125000 prophets. However, only 25 prophet are mentioned by name in Quran. Refer to question below.

Answer 3

1. Adem (Adam)
2. Idris (Enoch)
3. Nuh (Noah)
4. Hud
5. Saleh
6. Ibrahim (Abraham)
7. Lut (Lot)
8. Isma'il (Ishmael)
9. Is'haq (Isaac)
10. Yaqub (Jacob)
11. Yusuf (Joseph)
12. Ayyub (Job)
13. Shu'ayb (Jethro)
14. Musa (Moses)
15. Harun (Aaron)
16. Dawud (David)
17. Sulayman (Solomon)
18. Ilyas (Elijah)
19. Al-Yasa (Elisha)
20. Yunus (Jonah)
21. Dhul-Kifl (Ezekiel)
22. Zakariyya (Zechariah)
23. Yahya (John the Baptist)
24. Isa (Jesus)
25. Muhammad

Answer 4

There are 25 names of prophets mentioned in the Quran.

Answer 5

Yes, there are more than 25 Prophets (PBUT) in Islam. But the number ranged to the hundred thousands.

Answer 6

i hope this is right but I'm pretty sure Prophet Muhammad is the only one mentioned not sure though. I'm doing an assignment on Islam and i read about it somewhere.

Answer 7

25 prophets are mentioned in Quran .

Answer 8

There are 124,000 prophets.

Answer 9

25