The 25 prophets mentioned in the Quran

One message from every prophet

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾

The 25 prophets named in the Quran

#	Name in the Quran	English / biblical name	Where to read about them
1	Adam	Adam	Al-Baqarah 2:30–39
2	Idris	Enoch (by many scholars)	Maryam 19:56–57
3	Nuh	Noah	Surah Nuh (71); Hud 11:25–49
4	Hud	—	Surah Hud 11:50–60
5	Salih	—	Al-A‘raf 7:73–79
6	Ibrahim	Abraham	Surah Ibrahim (14); Al-Baqarah 2:124–141
7	Lut	Lot	Hud 11:77–83
8	Isma‘il	Ishmael	As-Saffat 37:101–107
9	Ishaq	Isaac	As-Saffat 37:112–113
10	Ya‘qub	Jacob	Surah Yusuf (12)
11	Yusuf	Joseph	Surah Yusuf (12)
12	Ayyub	Job	Sad 38:41–44
13	Shu‘ayb	—	Hud 11:84–95
14	Musa	Moses	Ta Ha (20); Al-Qasas (28)
15	Harun	Aaron	Ta Ha 20:29–36
16	Dhul-Kifl	Ezekiel (by some scholars)	Al-Anbiya 21:85
17	Dawud	David	Sad 38:17–26
18	Sulayman	Solomon	An-Naml 27:15–44
19	Ilyas	Elijah	As-Saffat 37:123–132
20	Al-Yasa‘	Elisha	Al-An‘am 6:86
21	Yunus	Jonah	Surah Yunus (10); As-Saffat 37:139–148
22	Zakariyya	Zechariah	Maryam 19:2–11
23	Yahya	John	Maryam 19:12–15
24	‘Isa	Jesus	Al ‘Imran 3:45–59; Maryam 19:16–36
25	Muhammad ﷺ	—	Al-Ahzab 33:40; Al-Fath 48:29

Eighteen of them are named together in one passage, Al-An‘am 6:83–86. Six surahs are named after prophets: Yunus, Hud, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Muhammad and Nuh, and Surah Al-Anbiya means “The Prophets”.

The final prophet

مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍۢ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا ﴿٤٠﴾

The messengers of firm resolve

Five are often singled out as ulul-‘azm, the messengers of firm resolve: Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, ‘Isa and Muhammad ﷺ, based on verses such as Al-Ahqaf 46:35 and Ash-Shura 42:13.

Reading the stories

The Quran tells the prophets’ stories for their lessons rather than as complete biographies; the one exception is Surah Yusuf, which tells a whole life in order. Many stories are spread across several surahs, so a good place to follow them is a tafsir or our tafseer classes. Children can learn them in our Islamic studies lessons. Belief in the prophets is the fourth of the six articles of faith.

For children, see stories of the prophets for kids; for the life of the final Prophet ﷺ, the seerah.