His Messengers

Allah chose from among humanity prophets and messengers to convey His guidance. To every nation He sent a messenger with the same core call: worship Allah alone and avoid false gods: ﴿أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ﴾ (“Worship Allah and avoid false gods”) (16:36). Humanity began with Adam, and Nuh was the first messenger sent to the people of the earth (Sahih al-Bukhari 4476). The line ends with Muhammad ﷺ, ﴿رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ﴾ (“the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets”) (33:40). He described himself as the last brick that completes a beautiful house (Sahih al-Bukhari 3535), so there is no prophet after him.

Twenty-five prophets are named in the Qur'an, among them Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim, Isma'il, Ishaq, Ya'qub, Yusuf, Musa, Harun, Dawud, Sulayman, Ayyub, Yunus, 'Isa and Muhammad, peace be upon them all. Allah also tells us there are messengers whose stories He did not relate to us (4:164), and we believe in them all. Five are known as those of firm resolve (46:35): Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, 'Isa and Muhammad ﷺ, named together in the Qur'an (33:7).

Believers say: ﴿لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ﴾ (“We make no distinction between any of His messengers”) (2:285): to reject even one of them is to reject them all (4:150). They were human beings, chosen, truthful and protected by Allah in conveying His message, and they are the best examples to follow. Belief in the messengers brings love for them, gratitude to Allah for sending them, and above all following the final Messenger ﷺ, whose way is the way to Allah today.