PROPHETS AND MESSENGERS

 

PROPHET MENTIONED IN THE QUR’AN

Name of some of the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an and their English equivalent:

S.NO.	ARABIC	ENGLISH
1	Adam	Adam
2	Idris	Enoch
3	Nuh	Noah
4	Hud	Hud
5	Saleh	Saleh
6	Ibrahim	Abraham
7	Lut	Lot
8	Ismail	Ishmael
9	Ishaq	Isaac
10	Ya’qub	Jacob
11	Yusuf	Joseph
12	Ayyub	Job
13	Shu’aib	Shuaib
14	Musa	Moses
15	Harun	Aaron
16	Dhul-Kifl	Dhul-Kifl
17	Dawud	David
18	Sulaiman	Solomon
19	Ilyas	Elias
20	Al-Yassa’	Elisha
21	Yunus	Jonah
22	Zakariya	Zechariah
23	Yahya	John
24	Isa	Jesus
25	Muhammad or Ahmad	Muhammad

WHY ALLAH SENT PROPHETS AND MESSENGERS

Ever since people innovated the dogma of Shirk, (i.e. joining others in worship along with Allah), Allah had been sending Prophets and Messengers to His devotees in order to invite them to the worship Of Allah and Allah alone, to order them not to ascribe partners unto Him and bring them out of the darkness of polytheism into the light of Monotheism, All the Prophets preached Tauhid (i.e. Monotheism, the Belief in the Oneness of Allah, the Glorious, the Elevated). The following Verses from the noble Quran illustrate this fact:

“Indeed we sent Nuh (Noah) to his people and he said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him. (La ilahaillallah): none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) Certainly, I fear for you the torment of a great Day!’ ” (V.7:59)

“And to Ad (people, we sent) their brother Hud. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other ilah (God) but Him. (La illaha illallah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah). Will you not fear (Allah)? ’ ” (V.7:65)

“And to (the people of) Madyan (Midian), (We sent) their brother Shu’aib. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him. (La illaha illallah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah). Verily, a clear proof (sign) from your  Lord has come unto you, so give full measure and full weight and wrong not in their things, and do not do mischief on the earth after it has been set in order, that will be better for you, if you are believers.’” (V.7:73)

“And to Thamud (people, we sent) their brother Salih. He said: ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him. (La illaha illallah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).’ ” (V.7:73)

“And verily, we have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): Worship Allah (Alone) and avoid (or keep away from) Taghut (all false deities, i.e. do not worship anything besides Allah).” (V.16:36)

Every Prophet was sent unto his own nation for their guidance but the Message of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. was general for all mankind and jinn. As in Surat Al-A`raf (Allah addresses His Messenger)

“Say (O Muhammad): O mankind: Verily, I am sent to you all as the messenger of Allah.’” (V.7:158)

So the aim of sending these Prophets and Messengers to mankind and jinn was only that they should worship Allah Alone, as Allah said: “And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Allah means to obey Him and to do all that He not ordained, and to fear Him by abstaining from all He has forbidden. Then those who will obey Allah will be rewarded in Paradise but those who will disobey Him will be punished in the Hell-fire.