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( June 2015 ) Part of a series on Islam Islamic prophets Prophets in the Quran Listed by Islamic name and Biblical name. ʾĀdam ( Adam ) ʾIdrīs ( Enoch ) Nūḥ ( Noah ) Hūd ( Eber ) Ṣāliḥ ( Salah ) ʾIbrāhīm ( Abraham ) Lūṭ ( Lot ) ʾIsmāʿīl ( Ishmael ) ʾIsḥāq ( Isaac ) Yaʿqūb ( Jacob ) Yūsuf ( Joseph ) Ayūb ( Job ) Dhul - Kifl ( Ezekiel ) Shuʿayb ( Jethro ) Mūsā ( Moses ) Hārūn ( Aaron ) Dāūd ( David ) Sulaymān ( Solomon ) Yūnus ( Jonah ) ʾIlyās ( Elijah ) Alyasaʿ ( Elisha ) Zakarīya ( Zechariah ) Yaḥyā ( John ) ʿĪsā ( Jesus ) Muḥammad ( Muhammad ) Main events Stories of the Prophets The Three Messengers Views Jews, Christians and Muslims prophets Abrahamic prophets Islam portal Part of a series on Islam Beliefs Oneness of God Prophets Revealed books Angels Predestination Day of Resurrection Practices Profession of faith Prayer Fasting Alms - giving Pilgrimage Texts and laws Quran Sunnah Hadith Sharia ( law ) Fiqh ( jurisprudence ) Kalam ( dialectic ) History Timeline Muhammad Ahl al - Bayt Sahabah Rashidun Imamate Caliphate Spread of Islam Culture and society Calendar Festivals Academics Art Moral teachings Children Denominations Feminism Women Madrasa Mosque Philosophy Politics Proselytizing Animals LGBT Science Demographics Economics Finance Social welfare Related topics Criticism of Islam Islam and other religions Islamism Islamophobia Glossary Islam portal Prophets in Islam ( Arabic : الأنبياء في الإسلام ‎ ‎ ) include `` messengers '' ( rasul, pl. rusul ), bringers of a divine revelation via an angel ( Arabic : ملائكة, malāʾikah ) ; and `` prophets '' ( nabī, pl. anbiyāʼ ), lawbringers that Muslims believe were sent by God to every people, bringing God 's message in a language they can understand. Knowledge of the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith, and specifically mentioned in the Quran. Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being, Adam ( ادم ), created by Allah ( الله ), The One and Only God who created everything in existence ( رب لعالمين - translit. Rabilalameen ) All Humans are descendants of Adam. Many of the revelations delivered by the 48 prophets in Judaism and many prophets of Christianity are mentioned as such in the Quran but usually in slightly different forms. 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. Notwithstanding, none of the seven Jewish Prophetesses are mentioned in the Quran as prophets. Unique to Islam is Muhammad ( Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ), who Muslims believe is the `` Seal of the Prophets '' ( Khatam an - Nabiyyin, i.e. the last prophet ) ; and the Quran, revealed to Muhammad that he himself did not write down, which Muslims believe is unique among divine revelations as the only correct one protected by God from distortion or corruption, destined to remain in its true form until the Last Day. Muslims belief Muhammad ( with exception of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ) to be the last prophet, althought after the prophets there will still be saints. In Muslim belief, every prophet in Islam preached the same main Islamic beliefs, the Oneness of God, worshipping of that one God, avoidance of idolatry and sin, and the belief in the Islamic Day of Resurrection or the Day of Judgement and life after death. Each came to preach Islam at different times in history and some told of the coming of the final Islamic prophet and messenger of God, who would be named `` Ahmed '' commonly known as Muhammad. Each Islamic prophet directed a message to a different group of people, and thus would preach Islam in accordance with the times. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Characteristics 2.1 Status 2.2 Numbers 2.3 Female prophets 3 Scriptures and other gifts 3.1 Holy books 3.2 Holy gifts 4 Prophets and messengers 4.1 Prophethood in Ahmadiyya 5 Other persons 5.1 Other special persons in the Quran 5.2 Prophets in Islamic literature 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links Etymology In Arabic and Hebrew, the term nabī ( Arabic plural form : anbiyāʼ ) means `` prophet ''. Forms of this noun occur 75 times in the Quran. The term nubuwwah ( meaning `` prophethood '' ) occurs five times in the Quran. The terms rasūl ( plural : rusul ) and mursal ( plural : mursalūn ) denote `` messenger '' or `` apostle '' and occur more than 300 times. The term for a prophetic `` message '', risālah ( plural : risālāt ), appears in the Quran in ten instances. The Syriac form of rasūl Allāh ( literally : `` messenger of God '' ), 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. The words `` prophet '' ( Arabic : نبي nabī ) and `` messenger '' ( Arabic : رسول rasūl ) appear several times in the Old Testament and the New Testament. The following table shows these words in different languages : Prophet and Messenger in the Bible Arabic Arabic Pronunciation English Greek Greek pronunciation Strong Number Hebrew Hebrew pronunciation Strong Number نبي Nabi Prophet προφήτης prophētēs G4396 נביא navi / nəvi / H5030 رسول Rasul Messenger, Angel Apostle ἄγγελος, ἀπόστολος ä'n - ge - los, ä - po ' - sto - los G32, G652 מלאך ( מַלְאָךְ ) mal'akh H4397, H7971 In the Hebrew Bible, the word navi ( `` spokesperson, prophet '' ) occurs more commonly, and the Hebrew word mal'akh ( `` messenger '' ) refers to Angels in Judaism. According to Judaism, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi were the last prophets, all of whom lived at the end of the 70 - year Babylonian exile. With them, the authentic period of Nevuah ( `` prophecy '' ) died, and nowadays only the `` Bath Kol '' ( בת קול, lit. daughter of a voice, `` voice of God '' ) exists ( Sanhedrin 11a ). In the New Testament, however, the word `` messenger '' becomes more frequent, sometimes in association with the concept of a prophet. `` Messenger '' may refer to Jesus, to his Apostles and to John the Baptist. But the last book of the Old Testament, the Book of Malachi, speaks of a messenger that Christian commentators interpret as a reference to the future prophet John the Baptist ( Yahya ). Characteristics In Muslim belief, every Islamic prophet preached Islam. The beliefs of charity, prayer, pilgrimage, worship of God and fasting are believed to have been taught by every prophet who has ever lived. The Quran itself calls Islam the `` religion of Abraham '' ( Ibrahim ) and refers to Jacob ( Yaqub ) and the Twelve Tribes of Israel as being Muslim. The Quran says The same religion has He established for you as that which He enjoined on Noah -- the which We have sent by inspiration to thee -- and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus : Namely, that ye should remain steadfast in religion, and make no divisions therein :... -- Quran, sura 42 ( Ash - Shura ), ayah 13 Status The Quran speaks of the Islamic prophets as being the greatest human beings of all time. A prophet, in the Muslim sense of the term, is a person whom God specially chose to teach the faith of Islam. Before man was created, God had specifically selected those men whom He would use as prophets. This does not, however, mean that every prophet began to prophesy from his birth. Some were called to prophesy late in life, in Muhammad 's case at the age of 40. Others, such as John the Baptist, were called to prophesy while still at a young age and Jesus prophesied while still in his cradle. The Quran verse 4 : 69 lists various virtuous groups of human beings, among whom prophets ( including messengers ) occupy the highest rank. Verse 4 : 69 reads : All who obey Allah and the messenger are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah -- of the prophets ( who teach ), the sincere ( lovers of Truth ), the witnesses ( who testify ), and the Righteous ( who do good ) : Ah ! what a beautiful fellowship ! -- Quran, sura 4 ( An - Nisa ), ayah 69 Biblical stories retold in the Quran in the Arabic language ( e.g., Job, Moses, Joseph ( Yusuf ) etc. ) certainly differ from the Jewish Hebrew Bible, the Greek Old Testament and the Greek New Testament, in that the Quran always demonstrates that it is `` God 's practice '' ( sunnat Allah ) to make faith triumph finally over the forces of evil and adversity. `` We have made the evil ones friends to those without faith. '' `` Assuredly God will defend those who believe. '' Thus the Islamic Isa did not die on the cross like the Christian Jesus, but deceived his enemies and ascended to heaven. According to orthodox Sunni doctrine, prophets are unlike other human beings ( including `` the companions '' of the Prophet, the members of Muhammad 's family, and Sufi saints ) in that they are `` protected from major and minor wrongdoing '' ( Ma'soom ). However, they also `` share no divine attributes '', and possess `` no knowledge or power '' other than that granted to them by God. Numbers Muslims believe that many prophets existed, including many not mentioned in the Quran. The Quran itself refers to at least four other prophets but does not name them. One less - than - sound hadith states there have been 124,000 prophets, while another scholarly source states that `` their exact numbers are not known with any kind of certainty. '' Female prophets Most mainstream Sunni scholars agree that prophets were males only. Still, some like Ibn Hazm, Qartubi, Ibn Hajir, and al Ash'ari thought that the verses that mention angels speaking to Mary are proofs of her prophet hood. Also, Ibn Hajir interprets the Hadith `` Many among men attained perfection but among women none attained the perfection except Mary, the daughter of ` Imran and Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh. '' He said perfection is prophet hood in turn his claim that Mary and Asiya were prophets. Scriptures and other gifts Holy books 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. Muslims believe the Quran, the final holy scripture, was sent because all the previous holy books had been either corrupted or lost. Nonetheless, Islam speaks of respecting all the previous scriptures, even in their current forms. The Quran mentions some Islamic scriptures by name, which came before the Quran : Tawrat ( Torah ) : According to the Quran, the Tawrat ( Torah ) was revealed to Moses, but Muslims believe that the current Pentateuch, although it retains the main message, has suffered corruption over the years. Moses and his brother Haroon ( Aaron ) used the Torah to preach the message to the Children of Israel. The Quran implies that the Torah is the longest - used scripture, with the Jewish people still using the Torah today, and that all the Hebrew prophets would warn the people of any corruptions that were in the scripture. Jesus, in Muslim belief, was the last prophet to be taught the Mosaic Law in its true form. Zabur ( Psalms ) : The Quran mentions the Psalms as being the holy scripture revealed to David. Scholars have often understood the Psalms to have been holy songs of praise. The current Psalms are still praised by many Muslim scholars, but Muslims generally assume that some of the current Psalms were written later and are not divinely revealed. Book of Enlightenment : The Quran mentions a Book of Enlightenment, which has alternatively been translated as Scripture of Enlightenment or the Illuminating Book. It mentions that some prophets, in the past, came with clear signs from God as well as this particular scripture. Books of Divine Wisdom : The Quran mentions certain Books of Divine Wisdom, translated by some scholars as Books of Dark Prophecies, which are a reference to particular books vouchsafed to some prophets, wherein there was wisdom for man. Some scholars have suggested that these may be one and the same as the Psalms as their root Arabic word, Zubur, comes from the same source as the Arabic Zabur for the Psalms. İnjil ( Gospel ) : The İnjil ( 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. 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. Scrolls of Abraham : The Scrolls of Abraham are believed to have been one of the earliest bodies of scripture, which were vouchsafed to Abraham, and later used by Ishmael and Isaac. Although usually referred to as ' scrolls ', many translators have translated the Arabic Suhuf as ' Books '. The Scrolls of Abraham are now considered lost rather than corrupted, although some scholars have identified them with the Testament of Abraham, an apocalyptic piece of literature available in Arabic at the time of Muhammad. Scrolls of Moses : These scrolls, containing the revelations of Moses, which were perhaps written down later by Moses, Aaron and Joshua, are understood by Muslims to refer not to the Torah but to revelations aside from the Torah. Some scholars have stated that they could possibly refer to the Book of the Wars of the Lord, a lost text spoken of in the Hebrew Bible. Holy gifts This section uncritically uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. Please help improve this article by adding references to reliable secondary sources, with multiple points of view. ( June 2011 ) 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. It also mentions that Joseph and Moses both attained wisdom when they reached full age ; David received wisdom with kingship, after slaying Goliath ; Lot ( Lut received wisdom whilst prophesying in Sodom and Gomorrah ; John the Baptist received wisdom while still a mere youth ; and Jesus received wisdom and was vouchsafed the Gospel. Prophets and messengers All messengers mentioned in the Quran are also prophets, but not all prophets are messengers. Prophets and messengers in the Qur'an Name Prophet Messenger Ulul'Azm ( Archprophet ) Book Sent to Law ( Sharia ) Judeo - Christian Equivalent Chronological Order Aaron ✓ Aaron 15 Abraham ✓ ✓ ✓ Scrolls of Abraham The people of Ibrahim ✓ Abraham 6 Adam ✓ Adam David ✓ Zabur ( Psalms ) David 17 Elijah ✓ ✓ The people of Elias Elijah 19 Elisha ✓ Elisha 20 Idris ✓ Enoch Dhul - Kifl ✓ Ezekiel 16 Hud ✓ ✓ ʿĀd Eber Isaac ✓ Isaac 9 Ishmael ✓ ✓ Ishmael 8 Jacob ✓ Jacob 10 Shuaib ✓ ✓ Midian Jethro 13 Jesus ✓ ✓ ✓ Injil ( Gospel ) The Children of Israel ✓ Jesus 24 Job ✓ Job 12 John ( Yahya ) ✓ John the Baptist 23 Joseph ✓ ✓ Joseph 11 Jonah ✓ ✓ The people of Younis Jonah 21 Lot ✓ ✓ The people of Lot Lot 7 Noah ✓ ✓ ✓ The people of Noah ✓ Noah Muhammad ✓ ✓ ✓ Quran Whole Mankind and Jinn ✓ 25 Moses ✓ ✓ ✓ Tawrah ( Torah ) Pharaoh and his establishment ✓ Moses 14 Saleh ✓ ✓ Thamud Salah 5 Solomon ✓ Solomon 18 Zechariah ✓ Zechariah 22 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. Prophethood in Ahmadiyya Main article : Prophethood ( Ahmadiyya ) The Ahmadiyya Muslim 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. The Ahmadiyya Community recognizes Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ( 1835 -- 1908 ) as such a prophet of God and the promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi of the latter days. 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... '' `` For We assuredly sent amongst every People a messenger,... '' Other special persons in the Quran Caleb ( Kaleb ) : In the Quran Caleb is mentioned in the 5th surah of the Quran ( 5 : 20 - 26 ). Dhul - Qarnayn : Dhul - Qarnayn, often identified with Alexander the Great or Cyrus the Great, is a revered ruler in Islam. Joachim ( Imran ) : The Family of Imran ( Arabic : آل عمران ) is the 3rd chapter of the Quran. Imran is Arabic for the biblical figure Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron, who is regarded by Muslims as being the ancestor of Mary ( Maryām ) and Jesus through his son Aaron. In Muslim belief, however, the Christian Joachim has been attributed the name Imran as well. Khidr : The Quran also mentions the mysterious Khidr ( but does not name him ), identified at times with Melchizedek, who is the figure that Moses accompanies on one journey. Although most Muslims regard him as an enigmatic saint, some see him as a prophet as well. Luqman : The Quran mentions the sage Luqman in the chapter named after him, but does not clearly identify him as a prophet. The most widespread Islamic belief views Luqman as a saint, but not as a prophet. The Arabic term wali ( Arabic ولي, plural Awliyā ' أولياء ) is commonly translated into English as `` Saint ''. However, the wali should not be confused with the Christian tradition of sainthood. A key difference is that the wali continues what a prophet taught without any change. However, other Muslims regard Luqman as a prophet as well. Mary ( Maryam ) : A few scholars ( such as Ibn Hazm ) see Maryam ( Mary ) as a nabi and a prophetess, since God sent her a message via an angel. The Quran, however, does not explicitly identify her as a prophet. Islamic belief regards her as one of the holiest of women, but not as a prophet. Three persons of the town : These three unnamed person, who were sent to the same town, are referenced in chapter 36 of the Quran. Saul ( Talut ) : Saul is not considered a prophet, but a divinely appointed king. 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 behaviour with Yusuf ( Joseph ) and that they lied to their father. Prophets in Islamic literature Numerous other prophets have been mentioned by scholars in the Hadith, exegesis, commentary as well as in the famous collections of Qisas Al - Anbiya ( Stories of the Prophets ). These prophets include : Qabil and Habil ( Cain and Abel ) Danial ( Daniel Elizabeth ( Alyassabat ) Hosea Isaiah ( Ishiya ) Jeremiah ( Irmiya ) Seth ( Sheeth ) Shem Zechariah, son of Berekiah See also Biblical and Quranic narratives False prophet Major prophets in the Bible Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions Twelve Minor Prophets Notes ^ Jump up to : Campo, Juan Eduardo ( 2009 ). Encyclopedia of Islam. Infobase Publishing. pp. 559 -- 560. ISBN 9780816054541. Retrieved 22 June 2015. Jump up ^ Shaatri, A.I. ( 2007 ). Nayl al Rajaa ' bisharh ' Safinat an'najaa '. Dar Al Minhaj. Jump up ^ Quran 30 : 47 Jump up ^ Quran 2 : 285 Jump up ^ Denffer, Ahmad von ( 1985 ). Ulum al - Qur'an : an introduction to the sciences of the Qur an ( Repr. ed. ). Islamic Foundation. p. 37. ISBN 0860371328. 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Their evidence is the verses in which it says that Allah, may He be exalted, sent revelation to the mother of Moosa, for example, and what it says about the angels speaking to Maryam ( peace be upon her ), and also what it says about Allah, may He be exalted, having chosen her above the women of the world. Jump up ^ http://islamqa.info/en/7181The scholars differed as to the meaning of the perfection of women. Some said, it refers to Prophethood. Ibn Hajar said in `` al - Fath '' : ``... it is as if he said : No women attained Prophethood except for So and so and So and so. '' ( al - Fath, 6 / 447 ). 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ISBN 9780815630555 Jump up ^ Quran 36 : 13 -- 21 ^ Jump up to : 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 ) Jump up ^ Wheeler, B.M. `` Daniel ''. Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism. Daniel is not mentioned by name in the Qur'an but there are accounts of his prophethood in later Muslim literature... Jump up ^ Women in the Qur'ān, Traditions, and Interpretation. Oxford University Press. 1994. pp. 68 -- 69. Jump up ^ Abdullah Yusuf Ali refers to Hosea 8 : 14 for his notes on Q. 5 : 60 Jump up ^ Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B.M. Wheeler, `` Appendix II '' Jump up ^ Tafsir al - Qurtubi, vol 3, p 188 ; Tafsir al - Qummi, vol 1, p 117. Jump up ^ Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, `` Adam '' Jump up ^ A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Appendix : `` List of Prophets in Islam '' External links Prophets in Islam Prophets in the Quran آدم إدريس نوح هود صالح إبراهيم لوط إسماعيل Adam Adam Idris Enoch ( ? ) Nuh Noah Hud Eber ( ? ) Saleh Salah ( ? ) Ibrahim Abraham Lut Lot Ismail Ishmael إسحاق يعقوب يوسف أيوب شُعيب موسى هارون ذو الكفل داود Is'haq Isaac Yaqub Jacob Yusuf Joseph Ayyub Job Shuayb Jethro ( ? ) Musa Moses Harun Aaron Dhul - Kifl Ezekiel ( ? ) Daud David سليمان إلياس إليسع يونس زكريا يحيى عيسى مُحمد Sulaiman Solomon Ilyas Elijah Al - Yasa Elisha Yunus Jonah Zakaria Zechariah Yahya John Isa Jesus Muhammad Muhammad Note : Muslims believe that there were many prophets sent by God to mankind. The Islamic prophets above are only the ones mentioned by name in the Quran. Extra-Quranic Prophets of Islam In Stories of the Prophets Enoch Eber Khidr Joshua Samuel Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Ezra Daniel In Islamic tradition Seth Shem Eli Ahijah Shemaiah Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Urijah Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah Berechiah Samī Joel Amos Obadiah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Malachi Hanzalah Khaled bin Sinan In Quranic exegesis Abel Saduq, Masduq, and Shalum Hosea Zechariah, son of Berechiah Islam topics Outline of Islam Beliefs God in Islam Tawhid Muhammad In Islam Prophets of Islam Five Pillars Shahada Salah Sawm Zakat Hajj History Leaders Timeline of Muslim history Conquests Golden Age Historiography Sahaba Ahl al - Bayt Shi'a Imams Caliphates Rashidun Umayyad Abbasid Córdoba Fatimid Almohad Sokoto Ottoman Religious texts Quran Sunnah Hadith Tafsir Seerah Denominations Sunni Shia Ibadi Nation of Islam Ahmadiyya Quranism Non-denominational Life Culture Animals Art Calendar Children Clothing Holidays Mosques Madrasas Moral teachings Music Philosophy Political aspects Qurbani Science medieval Social welfare Women LGBT Islam by country Law Jurisprudence Economics Banking Economic history Sukuk Takaful Murabaha Riba Hygiene Ghusl Miswak Najis Tayammum Toilet Wudu Marriage Sex Marriage contract Mahr Mahram Masturbation Nikah Nikah Mut'ah Zina Other aspects Cleanliness Criminal Dhabiĥa Dhimmi Divorce Diet Ethics Etiquette Gambling Gender segregation Honorifics Hudud Inheritance Jizya Leadership Ma malakat aymanukum Military POWs Slavery Sources of law Theological baligh kalam Islamic studies Arts Arabesque Architecture Calligraphy Carpets Gardens Geometric patterns Music Pottery Medieval science Alchemy and chemistry Astronomy Cosmology Geography and cartography Mathematics Medicine Ophthalmology Physics Philosophy Early Contemporary Eschatology Theological Other areas Astrology Creationism ( evolution ) Feminism Inventions Liberalism and progressivism Literature poetry Psychology Shu'ubiyya Conversion to mosques Other religions Christianity Mormonism Protestantism Hinduism Jainism Judaism Sikhism Related topics Apostasy Criticism of Islam Cultural Muslim Islamism Criticism Post-Islamism Islamophobia Incidents Islamic terrorism Islamic view of miracles Domestic violence Nursing Persecution of Muslims Quran and miracles Qutbism Symbolism Islam portal People and things in the Quran Characters God in Islam ( Allah ) Names of God found in the Quran Angels Israfil Izra'il / Azrael ( Malak al - Mawt ) Jibra'il / Gabriel ( Al - Ruh al - Amin ) and Holy Spirit ( Al - Ruh al - Qudus ) and Al - Ruh ( The Spirit ) Maalik Mika'il Harut and Marut Jinns Iblīs / Devil Shaitan / Satan Ifrit ( and Marid ) Qareen In Heaven ( Jannah ) Ghilman and Wildan Houri In Hell ( Jahannam ) Zabaniyya Zaqqum Prophets and apostles ( messengers ) of God Mentioned Ādam / Adam Alyasa ' / Elisha Ayyub / Job Dawud / David Dhul - Kifl / Ezekiel ? Harun / Aaron Hud / Eber ? Ibrahim / Abraham ( Khalilullah ) Idris / Enoch ? Ilyas / Elijah Imran / Joachim ( father of Maryam ) Isa / Jesus Isḥaq / Isaac Isma'il / Ishmael Dhabih Ullah Lut / Lot Muhammad or Ahmad / Paraclete Musa / Moses ( Kalimullah ) Nuh / Noah Saleh / Shelah ? Shuaib / Jethro Sulayman / Solomon Uzair / Ezra ? Yahya / John the Baptist Yaqub / Jacob ( Israel ) Yunus / Jonah ( Dhul - Nun, Sahib al - Hut ) Yūsuf / Joseph Zakariya / Zechariah Implied Ermia / Jeremiah Samuel Yusha ' ibn Nūn / Joshua Good people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Dhul - Qarnayn Luqman Maryam / Mary ( mother of Isa ) Talut / Saul Implicitly mentioned Asiyah bint Muzahim / Bithiah ? ( wife of Fir'aun ) Asif ibn Barkhiya Bilquis ( Queen of Saba / Sheba ) Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Beniamin / Benjamin Habib the Carpenter ( believer of Ya - Sin ) Kaleb / Caleb Khidr Magicians of Fir'aun Simon Cephas / Simon Peter Other people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Āzar ( uncle of Ibrahim ) Fir'aun / Pharaoh Haman Jalut / Goliath Qarun / Korah Sāmiri Implicitly mentioned Abraha Bal'am / Balaam Barṣīṣā Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Potiphar ( Al - Aziz ) Shaddad Simeon ( son of Ya'qub ) Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Valid ibn Rayyan ( king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf ) Zuleika ( wife of al - Aziz ) Mentioned people ( after inception of Islam ) Abū Lahab Zayd ibn Harithah Relatives of prophets Specified good relatives Daughters of Lut / Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Elizabeth or ' Ishā ' ( wife of Zakariya ) Habil / Abel ( son of Adam ) Hawwa ' / Eve ( wife of Adam ) Kulthum / Miriam ( sister of Musa ) Saffurah / Zipporah ( wife of Musa ) and Layya ( Saffura 's sister ) Sarah ( wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isḥaq ) Yukabed / Jochebed ( mother of Musa ) Non-specified good relatives Abiona / Amtelai daughter of Karnebo ( mother of Ibrahim ) Bathsheba ( wife of Dawud ) Muhammad 's wives Daughters of Muhammad Hājar / Hagar ( wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isma'il ) Hannah / Anne daughter of Faquz ( mother of Maryam ) Imran / Amram ( father of Musa ) Lamech ( father of Nuh ) Rāhil / Rachel ( wife of Ya'qub ) Rahma / Dinah ( wife of Ayyub ) Shamkha bint Anush / Betenos ( mother of Nuh ) Son of Luqman Other relatives Brothers of Yūsuf Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ? Tārah / Terah ( father of Ibrahim ) Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ? ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Groups and tribes Tribes and ethnicities Mentioned ' Ād ( people of Hud ) Arabs and Ajam Children of Israel / Israelites Companions of the Rass People of Saba ' / Sheba People of Shu'aib ( people of Madyan and people of Aykah / Wood ) People of Tubba ' Quraysh Romans Thamud ( people of Saleh, companions of Hijr ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Implicitly mentioned Ahl al - Bayt Amalek Banu Hashim Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Groups Mentioned Christian apostles Disciples of Jesus Companions of Noah 's Ark Companions of Sabbath ( Aşḥāb al - Sabt ) Companions of the Cave / Seven Sleepers and Companions of al - Raqaim Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of the City ( People of Ya - Sin ) People of the Burned Garden ( Aşḥāb al - Jannah ) Ulu'l azm prophets Implicitly mentioned Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Aus and Khazraj Copts Hezbollah Muhajirun ( The emigrants ) and Ansar ( The helpers ) Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Christians ( People of Injil ) Jews Kafir ( Infidels ) Majus Zoroastrians Munafiq Hypocrites Mushrik Polytheists Muslims People of the Book ( ‎ ′ Ahl al - Kitāb ) Sabians Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Rabbani / Rabbi Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Locations, entities and events Locations Mentioned Ahqāf Al - Aqsa Mosque Arafat and Mash'ar al - Harām Bābil / Babylon Badr Door of Hittah Hijr / Hegra Holy Land ( Palestine and Levant ) Hunayn Iram Ka'bah / Kaaba ( Bayt al - Harām / Sacred House, Bayt al - ' Atīq / Ancient House ) Madyan / Midian Madinah / Medina ( formerly Yathrib ) Majma ' al - Bahrain Makkah / Mecca ( Umm al - Qura, Balad al - Amin, Bakkah ) Maqām Ibrahim Masjid al - Dirar Masjid al - Haram Mount Judi Mu'tafikat ( Sodom ) Rass Saba ' / Sheba Al - Safa and Al - Marwah Tur Sinā ' / Mount Sinai and Jabal al - Tur Egypt Valley of Tuwa Implicitly mentioned Antioch Antakya Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas and ' Ariha Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) and Al - Hijr of Isma'il Canaan Cave of Hira and Cave of Thawr Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al - Nadwa Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Ma'rib Dam Masjid al - Nabawi ( Prophet 's Mosque ) Mesopotamia Nile River Nineveh Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Quba Mosque Sinai Desert and Tīh Desert Ta'if Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Non-human physical entities Religious texts Injil / Gospel Quran Suhuf - i Ibrahim ( Scrolls of Abraham ) Tawrat / Torah, Suhuf - i - Musa ( Scrolls of Moses ) and Tablets of Stone Zabur Related animals Cow of Israelites and Golden calf Dog of Seven Sleepers Fish of Yunis Hoopoe of Sulayman She - Camel of Saleh Related objects Forbidden fruit of Adam Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Tabut al - Sakina ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) Baal Lāt, ' Uzza and Manāt Wadd, Suwa ', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr ( Jibt and Taghut Ansāb ) Events Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of the Trench ( Battle of the Confederates ) Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Hadith of the pond of Khumm Incident of Ifk Layla al - Mabit Mubahala The Farewell Pilgrimage ( Hujja al - Wada ' ) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Umrah al - Qaza Yawm al - Dār Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. 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Question: who was the first messenger sent to mankind
Answer: the first human being, Adam