The Prophets:

In the Islam religion it is believed that Allah sent prophets to humans, during different time periods and places to pass on his message. In other words, God sent His guidance through these chosen people (prophets). 


Muslims believe that every single on of the prophets instructed and guided their people about how to properly worship God and live their lives. Since in Islam God is One his message has been one and the same throughout time. 


"The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one of them believes in God, His angels; His books and of course His Messengers. They say: "We make no distinction between one and another of His Messengers.' And they say: "We hear, and we obey. We seek Thy forgiveness, Our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys." (Al-Baqarah 2:285) -What the Qur'an tells about the prophets. 


In the Qur'an there are 25 prophets mentioned by name, however Muslims believe that there were many more in different times and places. Among the prophets that Muslims honour are: 

• Adam
• Idris (Enoch)
• Nuh (Noah)
• Hud
• Saleh
• Ibrahim (Abraham)
• Isma'il (Ishmael)
• Ishaq (Isaac)
• Lut (Lot)
• Ya'qub (Jacob)
• Yousef (Joseph)
• Shu'aib
• Ayyub (Job)
• Musa (Moses)
• Harun (Aaron)
• Dhu'l-kifl (Ezekiel)
• Dawud (David)
• Sulaiman (Solomon)
• Ilias (Elias)
• Al-Yasa (Elisha)
• Yunus (Jonah)
• Zakariyya (Zechariah)
• Yahya (John)
• 'Isa (Jesus)
• Muhammad

Muslims honour the prophets by reading about them and learning from them plus they respect all of the prophets. Many Muslims name their children after prophets.