Most Important Prophets in Islam- List

Prophet Muhammad (Peace & Blessings Be Upon Him) is the final prophet, but there were many who preceded him. Below is a list of some of the most important prophets that were sent to humanity by Allah in order to guide and advise.

Hazrat Adam (peace be upon him), to whom the angels were ordered to prostrate;

Hazrat Elijah (peace be upon him), who beheld the secrets of the Heavens;

Hazrat Noah (peace be upon him), who cleansed the Earth with the flood;

Hazrat Heber (Hud) (peace be upon him), who turned the lands of disbelief upside down with storms;

Hazrat Shelah (Salih) (peace be upon him), who shook the foundations the houses of disobedience and rebellion;

Hazrat Abraham (peace be upon him), who turned the fire of Nimrod into a rose garden by his submission and reliance on Allah;

Hazrat Ishmael (peace be upon him), who is the symbol of sincerity, loyalty, reliance and submission to Allah; the stories about Ishmael will be remembered by believers during the Pilgrimage until the Day of Judgment;

Hazrat Isaac (peace be upon him), from whose progeny came from the prophets of Israel;

Hazrat Lot (peace be upon him), the burdened prophet of the people of Sodom and Gomorra, a people that took its place in history’s wasteland, being erased from the face of the Earth due to their excessive immorality and rebellion.

Hazrat Zulkarnayn (peace be upon him), who carried the torch of Tawhid (faith in the unity of God) from the East to the West;

Hazrat Jacob (peace be upon him), who was a statue of patience, love, and longing;

Hazrat Joseph (peace be upon him), whose beauty made the beauty of the moon pale and who became the sultan of Egypt after living through a period of slavery and loneliness in prison, who lived as a stranger in this land, who underwent trial, pain, hardship, and struggle against the passions;

Hazrat Jethro (Shuayb) (peace be upon him), who is called the orator of the prophets and who filled hearts with ecstasy by virtue of his sermons;

Hazrat Khidir (peace be upon him), who taught the divine secrets to Moses;

Hazrat Moses (peace be upon him), who destroyed the hegemony of the Pharaoh and who opened a path in the Red Sea a with his staff;

Hazrat Aaron (peace be upon him), who helped his brother Moses (peace be upon him) at all times and in all places;

Hazrat David (peace be upon him), who with his prayers (dhikr), sent the mountains, stones and wild animals into ecstasy;

Hazrat Solomon (peace be upon him), whose heart refused to assign any value to his glorious kingdom;

Hazrat Uzayr (peace be upon him), who became symbolic of resurrection on the Day of Judgment, being resurrected after lying dead for a hundred years;

Hazrat Job (Ayyub) (peace be upon him), who became the grindstone of patience;

Hazrat Jonah (Yunus) (peace be upon him), who overcame darkness by going deeper into dhikr, supplication and penitence while in a state of great ecstasy;

Hazrat Elias (Ilyas) (peace be upon him), who attained the divine blessings when he was greeted by Allah: “Peace and salutation to such as Elias.” (Qur’an, Saffat, 37/130);

Hazrat Elijah (peace be upon him), who was elevated over the worlds;

The pure hearted Prophet Ezekiel (Zulkifl) (peace be upon him), who was showered by divine blessings;

Hazrat Lukman (peace be upon him), the leader of doctors, both of the internal and external body, who became a legendary figure with his insightful advice;

The oppressed Prophet Zechariah (peace be upon him), who maintained his submission to and reliance on Allah-even when his body was divided into two pieces- without uttering a complaint;

Hazrat John (peace be upon him), who, like his father, faced death as a martyr;

And the heavenly exalted Hazrat Jesus (peace be upon him), whose distinct qualities included purity of soul, healing the ill and giving life to the dead all by seeking the help of Allah through sincere supplication.

There are approximately one hundred and twenty thousand prophets who were sent to humanity with an abundance of divine manifestations and occurrences that descended on the spiritual soil of humanity like rain from saturated clouds. Those prophets who had acted as blessed sparks of Divine Guidance, who by examples and messages functioned as a chain of prophecy, served as glad tidings that foretold the emergence of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace & blessings be upon him) who was to be sent as a mercy to the worlds.

-Excerpts from the book, “THE PROPHET OF MERCY, Muhammad (saw)-Scenes From His Life”