Prophets in Islam (Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized: al-anbiyāʾ fī al-islām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets are categorized as messengers (Arabic: رُسُل, romanized: rusul; sing. رَسُول, rasool), those who transmit divine revelation, most of them through the interaction of an angel. Muslims believe that many prophets existed, including many not mentioned in the Quran. The Quran states: "And for every community there is a messenger." Belief in the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith.
Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being Adam, created by God. Many of the revelations delivered by the 48 prophets in Judaism and many...
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Istanbul, TİEM, Manuscript 1973, Zübdet-üt Tevarih, fol 25v Ibrahim sacrifices his son and Ibrahim cast into fire by Nirmud.jpg
Islamic illustration of Ibrahim sacrifices his son (top) and Ibrahim cast into fire by Nirmud (botto...
New York Public Library, Spencer Collection Turk. MS. 3 Siyar-i Nabî fol. 6r Muhammad leads prayer in Celestial Mosque.jpg
Islamic miniature of Muhammad leading a prayer of all Islamic patriarchs in a Celestial Mosque durin...
Paris, BnF, Supplément Persan 1363, fol. 15v Muhammad receiving prophetic revelation from Jibril.jpg
Islamic miniature depicting the angel Jibril providing prophetic revelation to Muhammad