The Prophets of Allah (peace be upon them)
Did you know?
1. There
are 25 prophets mentioned in Quran by name
2. All
prophets, mentioned in Quran, who came after Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim - peace be upon him) were from his offspring
3. Various prophets were given revelation
3.1 Abraham (Ibrahim - peace be upon him) -
The Scrolls
3.2 Moses (Moosa - peace be upon him) - The
Torah
3.3 David (Dawood - peace be upon him) - The
Zaboor
3.4 Jesus ('Eesa - peace be upon him) - The
Injeel
3.5 Muhammad (peace be upon him) - Quran
4. Ebrahim (peace be upon him) had 2 sons who were both Prophets - Ismaeel and Ishaq (peace be upon them both)
5. Ebrahim (peace be upon him) was commanded to sacrifice his only son at the time, Ismaeel (peace be upon him) at a place near Mecca (then called Becca). Allah rewarded him for his sincerity and commitment and his son was spared. A ram was slaughtered instead.
6. Ebrahim and Ismaeel (peace be upon them both) built the Ka'bah at Mecca - this was the first house of worship. The pilgrimage was declared thereafter, a ritual was is still being upheld today.
7. Prophet Yusuf was the grandson of Ishaq and the son of Ya'qoob (peace be upon them all)
8. Ya'qoob
(peace be upon him) is also known as Israeel. He had 12 sons who are the Bani Israeel. Yusuf (peace be upon him)
was one of the Bani Israeel
9. Moosa
(peace be upon him) is a descendent of the Bani Israeel through Imran, a son of Ya'qoob (peace be upon him)
10. Moosa
(peace be upon him) was raised in Egypt by the Pharoah
11. Moosa
(peace be upon him) had a brother, Haroon (peace be upon him), who was also a prophet
12. Moosa
(peace be upon him) led the Bani Israeel out of Egypt but he died before he
could enter the Holy Land
13. Dawood
(peace be upon him) slew Goliath. He was later to become king
14. Dawood
(peace be upon him) had a son, Sulayman (peace be upon him) who was also a prophet and a king
15. Sulayman
(peace be upon him) were blessed with special gifts such as immense wisdom, the wind was made subservient to him
and he could control the jinn.
16. Zakariyyah
(peace be upon him) was prophet and the father of a prophet, Yahya (peace be upon him)
17. Zakariyyah
(peace be upon him) was already infirm and his wife barren when Allah answered his prayer and granted him
a son, Yahya (peace be upon him)
18. Maryam
(peace be upon her) was born after her father had passed away. She was raised by Zakariyyah (peace be upon
him) and she was devout to Allah.
19. Maryam
(peace be upon her) immaculately conceived through the command of Allah "Be" and she gave birth to
Jesus ('Eesa -peace be upon him) while she was still
a virgin.
20. Allah
had chosen to create Adam (peace be upon him) without the involvement of a man or a woman while He, Allah, created
Eve (Hawa - peace be upon her) from a
male and no female. The third type of creation was that Allah created 'Eesa without a male and only a
female. The rest of humanity was created through
both a male and a female.
21. 'Eesa
(peace be upon him) was blessed in that he spoke while in the cradle and later on he performed various miracles by the
permission of Allah.
22. The
Jews plotted to kill 'Eesa (peace be upon him) but Allah saved him and he ascended to heaven to return close to the
end of time i.e. 'Eesa (Jesus - peace be
upon him) was neither crucified, nor did he die but Allah took him into heaven.
23. Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final messenger and a descendent of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)
through the lineage of Ismaeel (peace
be upon him)
24. Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) received the final revelation Quran, in the Arabic language, over a period of 23 years.
Quran is the most recited book in the
world and the only book that is memorised in its entirety by millions of people
across the globe.
25. Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final messenger.
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