Prophets in Islam - Other Prophets

Other Prophets

The Quran mentions only 25 prophets by name but also tells that God sent many other prophets and messengers, to all the different nations that have existed on Earth. Many verses in the Quran discuss this:

  • "We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. ..."
  • "For We assuredly sent amongst every People a messenger, ..."

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Famous quotes containing the word prophets:

    “The piety of the Hebrew prophets purges their grossness. The circumcision is an example of the power of poetry to raise the low and offensive.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:37.