Prophets of God in Muslims' opinion
- Updated On Friday, 06 June 2014
- Written by Dr. Mohammad Ali Shomali
- Editor Faisal Shaheen
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Thursday, 06 March 2014
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The first Prophet was Adam and the last was Muhammad (33:40). The Qur'an mentions twenty-five of the Prophets by their names and states that there were many more (40:78). Through the indications of hadiths, Muslims believe that there have been 124,000 Prophets. Amongst those mentioned in the Qur'an are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lot, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, Ezekiel, David, Solomon, Jonah, Zachariah, John the Baptist, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them all. Among them, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them all, are believed to be the greatest. Other than itself, the Qur'an speaks of four Heavenly books: the Book of Abraham (87:19); the Psalms of David (4:163 and 17:55); the Torah of Moses (2:87, 3:3 & 4, 6:91 & 154) and the Gospel of Jesus (5:46). A Muslim must believe in all the Holy Books (2:4 & 285) and in all the Prophets (4:152). As we will see later, all the Prophets were necessarily infallible and sinless prior to and during their mission.