Following the stories of the Prophet Adam and his family come the tales of Idris, Nuh, Shem, Hud, Salih, Ibrahim, Ismail and his mother Hajar, Lut, Ishaq, Yaqub and Esau, Yousuf, Shuaib, Musa and his brother Aaron, Khidr, Joshua, Josephus, Eleazar, Elijah, Samuel, Saul, Dawud, Sulaiman, Yunus, Dhul-Kifl and Dhul-Qarnayn all the way up to and including Yahya and Isa son of Mariam.
Kur'an'da geçen peygamberlerin yaklaşık kronolojik sırası şöyledir: Adem, İdris, Nuh, Hud, Salih, İbrahim, Lut, İsmail, İshak, Yakub, Yusuf, Eyüp, Şuayb, Musa, Harun, Zul-Kifl, Davud, Süleyman, İlyas, Elyesa, Yunus, Zekeriya, Yahya, İsa ve Muhammed.