Anbiyāʾ
From Ādam to Muḥammad ﷺ — the messengers named in the Qurʾān, with their story, miracle, and where to read more.
Ṣafī Allāh — Chosen of Allah
The first prophet and father of humanity.
Truthful, patient, raised to a high station.
One of the Ūlū al-ʿAzm — resolute messengers
People · Sent to his own people (of Nūḥ)
The Flood — 950 years of calling and the Ark.
People · ʿĀd
Sent to ʿĀd — destroyed by a barren wind.
People · Thamūd
The she-camel of Allah — sign for Thamūd.
Khalīl Allāh — Intimate friend of Allah; Ūlū al-ʿAzm
People · Babylon → Levant → Ḥijāz
Broke the idols, thrown into fire, built the Kaʿbah with Ismāʿīl.
People · Sodom
Sent to a people of unnatural transgression.
Dhabīḥ Allāh — the one offered in sacrifice
People · Makkah
The son offered in sacrifice; father of the Arabs.
Given to Ibrāhīm and Sārah in old age.
Isrāʾīl
Father of the twelve tribes.
The dream, the pit, prison, and Egyptian ruler.
The paragon of ṣabr — patience through affliction.
People · Madyan
The eloquent — called against fraud in trade.
Kalīm Allāh — the one Allah spoke to; Ūlū al-ʿAzm
People · Banī Isrāʾīl vs. Firʿawn
The staff, the sea, the Torah on Mt. Sinai.
Brother and vizier of Mūsā.
Among the patient and the righteous.
Slew Jālūt; given the Zabūr and a beautiful voice.
King-prophet — jinn, wind, and the speech of birds.
Warned against the idol Baʿl.
Among the chosen and excellent.
Dhū an-Nūn — Companion of the fish
People · Nīnawā (Nineveh)
Swallowed by the whale — the duʿāʾ of Dhū an-Nūn.
Guardian of Maryam; father of Yaḥyā in old age.
Given wisdom as a child; pure and dutiful.
Al-Masīḥ (the Messiah); Ūlū al-ʿAzm
Born of Maryam without a father; raised alive to Allah.
Khātam an-Nabiyyīn — Seal of the Prophets; Ūlū al-ʿAzm
People · All of humanity and jinn
The final Messenger — mercy to the worlds.
The Qurʾān mentions there were many more messengers (Qurʾān 40:78); only 25 are named. Belief in all prophets without distinction is a pillar of īmān.