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25 prophets mentioned in the Qur'an

Monday, January 19, 2009


Here are the 25 prophets mentioned in the Qur'an.I also list of how many times a prophet was mentioned in the Qur'an.

The following names are listed in the reverse chronological order.

1. Muhammed (S.A.W): The last prophet and the leader of all prophets.He was mentioned in the Qur'an 4 times.
2. Isa Ibn Maryam (Alayhissalam): Prophet Jesus, the son of Mary.He was mentioned 29 times in the Qur'an.
3. Yahya Ibn Zakariyya (A.S): Was mentioned 5 times in the Qur'an.
4. Zakariyya (A.S): Was mentioned 7 times in the Qur'an.
5. Al-Yasa (A.S): He was mentioned 2 times in the Qur'an.
6. Ilyas (A.S): Mentioned 2 times in the Qur'an.
7. Yunus (A.S): Was mentioned 4 times in the Qur'an.

8. Dhu'l Kifl (A.S): Was mentioned 2 times in the Qur'an.
9. Ayyub (A.S): Mentioned 4 times in the Qur'an.
10. Sulayman Ibn Dawud (A.S): Was mentioned 17 times in the Qur'an.
11. Dawud (A.S): He was mentioned 16 times in the Qur'an.
12. Musa Ibn Imran (A.S): Was mentioned 136 times in the Qur'an.
13. Harun Ibn Imran (A.S): Mentioned 20 times in the Qur'an.
14. Shu'ayb (A.S): Was mentioned 11 times in the Qur'an.
15. Yusuf Ibn Yaqub (A.S): Yusuf (A.S) was the most handsomest male at his times.Ladies who took a glance at him would cut off their fingers accidentaly while chopping salad or whatnot.Now even though Yusuf (A.S) had this feature he was not 'narcisstic' one bit.He was more into his religion(of what should be done to Allah) than his incredible looks.He was mentioned 27 times in the Qur'an.
16. Ya'qub Ibn Ishaq (A.S): Mentioned 16 times in the Qur'an.
17. Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim (A.S): Was mentioned 17 times in the Qur'an.
18. Ismail Ibn Ibrahim (A.S): Was mentioned 12 times in the Qur'an.
19. Ibrahim Ibn Tarikh (A.S): He was mentioned 69 times in the Qur'an.
20. Lut (A.S): Was mentioned 27 times in the Qur'an.
21. Salih (A.S): Mentioned 9 times in the Qur'an.
22. Hud (A.S): Was mentioned 7 times in the Qur'an.
23. Nuh (A.S): Mentioned 43 times in the Qur'an.
24. Idris (A.S): Mentioned 2 times in the Qur'an.
25. Adam (A.S): The first men on Earth.Our first forefather where all human beings derive from.He was mentioned 25 times in the Qur'an.

Now Muhammed (S.A.W) had mentioned that there were about 124'000 messengers, and not all messengers were prophets though of course the prophets are way less in number, who were sent to various nations and tribes throughout the history.


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