Some of the Other Prophets {pbut} in Islam

As muslims, we believe in the same prophets as the other two Abrahamic faiths.

Here is a 'Tree' of the lineage of the prophet.

Green boxes indicate a prophet. A yellow 'cloud' shows a scripture revealed by that prophet to his people (for instance, Ibrahim {pbuh} revealed a book which we believe has been lost/forgotten by mankind). The blue numbers are approximate dates for the period that those prophets lived. Notice how as muslims, we believe in the same lineage of prophethood as the other two Abrahamic faiths of Judaism and Christianity. There are some differences (such as the fact that Ismaeel {pbuh} was Ibrahim's {pbuh} first born from his second wife Hajr/Hagar and was the son Ibrahim {pbuh} was commanded to sacrifice - Ishaaq is actually the second born son from his first wife Sairah/Sarah - both sons were prophets) but generally speaking all three faiths are in agreement about who was who. A thick line indicates an immediate relative, whereas a dashed line indicates a more distant descendant (obviously, the lines aren't drawn to scale).


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We believe that there have been approximately 124,000 prophets in total, of which 313 are mentioned in the Quran. A prophet who has scripture revealed to them and then teaches from this is a messenger. Hence there were only 5 messengers in Islam.


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12th January 2001