The messengers named in the Qur'an, from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ, and the single message they carried.
From Adam to the final Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Allah sent messengers to guide every people back to Him. Believing in all of the prophets, without distinction, is part of Islamic faith.
Islam teaches that Allah did not leave humanity without guidance. To every nation He sent a messenger to call people to the truth, so that no community could say it had never been warned. Some of these prophets are named to us and others are not, but a Muslim believes in all of them and makes no distinction between them as messengers of God.
Twenty-five prophets are commonly listed as named in the Qur'an. They were human beings chosen by Allah, honoured with revelation, and preserved in conveying His message. The first of them was Adam and the last was Muhammad ﷺ, the seal of the prophets, after whom there is no prophet.
Though they lived in different lands and across many centuries, the prophets carried one and the same core message: to worship Allah alone and to associate no partner with Him. This is tawḥīd, the pure monotheism at the heart of all revelation. Each prophet called his people away from idols, injustice and heedlessness, and back to the worship of the one true God, and each affirmed the prophets who came before him.
Out of love and reverence, Muslims say "peace be upon him" — in Arabic ʿalayhi s-salām — after naming any of the prophets, and after the Prophet Muhammad's name we say ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam, "may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him," written ﷺ.
These are the twenty-five prophets commonly listed as named in the Qur'an, in broadly chronological order. Fuller individual accounts of each are being added over time.
The first human being and the first prophet, created by Allah and honoured as the father of humankind.
Often identified with Enoch; described in the Qur'an as a man of truth and a prophet whom Allah raised to a high station.
Called his people to Allah for many long years and, at Allah's command, built the ark that saved the believers from the flood.
Sent to the people of ʿĀd, warning them against arrogance and idolatry before their destruction.
Sent to the people of Thamūd; the she-camel was given as a sign from Allah, which his people wrongfully harmed.
The friend of Allah (Khalīl Allāh), who rejected idols, called people to pure monotheism, and is honoured as a patriarch of the prophets.
Nephew of Ibrāhīm, sent to warn his people against their grave transgressions before their town was destroyed.
Eldest son of Ibrāhīm; with his father he raised the foundations of the Kaʿba and was known for his patience and truthfulness.
Son of Ibrāhīm and Sāra, and himself a prophet, from whose line came many later prophets.
Son of Isḥāq, also called Isrāʾīl; father of Yūsuf and of the tribes of the Children of Israel.
Son of Yaʿqūb; sold into slavery and taken to Egypt, he rose to authority and was at last reunited with his father (Surah Yūsuf, Q12).
A prophet renowned for his patience through severe trial and illness, whom Allah restored and rewarded.
Sent to the people of Madyan, calling them to worship Allah and to deal honestly in weights and measures.
Sent to Pharaoh to free the Children of Israel; Allah spoke to him directly and gave him the Torah.
Brother of Mūsā, granted prophethood as his supporter and spokesman before Pharaoh.
Named in the Qur'an among the patient and righteous; widely regarded as a prophet, though details of his life are few.
A prophet and king to whom Allah gave the Psalms (Zabūr); praised for his devotion and just rule.
Son of Dāwūd, a prophet-king granted a mighty kingdom and understanding of the speech of the birds and the jinn.
Sent to call his people away from the worship of the idol Baʿl and back to Allah alone.
A prophet named among the excellent and righteous, counted in the line of Israelite prophets.
Sent to the people of Nineveh; swallowed by the great fish, he called upon Allah and was delivered, and his people believed.
A devout prophet who prayed for offspring and was granted his son Yaḥyā in old age; he was a guardian of Maryam.
Son of Zakariyyā; a prophet honoured for his purity, wisdom and devotion from his youth.
Son of Maryam, born by Allah's word without a father; a mighty messenger to the Children of Israel, given the Gospel (Injīl).
The final prophet, sent as a mercy to all the worlds, through whom the Qur'an was revealed and prophethood was sealed.
Among all the prophets, five are singled out in the Islamic tradition as the Ulul-ʿAzm — the messengers of firm resolve, who bore the heaviest trials with steadfast patience and whose missions were of the greatest reach. They are Nūḥ, Ibrāhīm, Mūsā, ʿĪsā and Muhammad ﷺ. The Qur'an gathers them together when Allah recalls the solemn covenant taken from the prophets, and their example of patience is held up for the believers to follow.
Fuller individual accounts of each prophet are being added. These summaries follow what is established in the Qur'an and authentic reports; where details are few, we keep to what is certain rather than elaborate.