Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions

This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, of the Abrahamic religions.[1][2]

Table

Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith) Prophets of Christianity Prophethood in the Druze faith Prophets and messengers in Islam Prophets in Judaism Chief Prophets of Mandaeism Rastafari Samaritanism
Ádam[3][4] Adam ʾĀdam ʾĀdam[5] Adam ʾĀ̊dā̊m[6]
Abel Hābīl
Seth Šīṯ Šītil Šåt[6]
Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus)[7] Enoch ʾAḵnūḵ Idris[8] Enoch ʾĪnūḵ[6]
Kenan (Qinā̊n)[6]
Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl)[6]
Jared (Yărăd)[6]
Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ)[6]
Lamech (Ləmēk)[6]
Núh[9] Noah Nuh Nuh[8] Nā̊ʾ[6]
Sam Shem (Šēm)[6]
Arpachshad (ʾArpakšā̊d)[6]
Vāsudeva-Krishna[10][11] Krishna (only Ahmadiyya)[12]
Húd[9] Hud[8] Eber (ʿəbăr)[6]
Sálih[9] Saleh[8] Šīlå[6]
Peleg (Pălăg)[6]
Reu (Rəʿu)[6]
Serug (Šărūg)[6]
Nahor (Nāʾūr)[6]
Terah (Tărăʾ)[6]
Zoroaster[13] Zoroaster (Only Ahmadiyya)[14]
Ibráhím[13] Abraham ʾIbrāhīm ʾIbrāhīm[8] Abraham[15] Abraham ʾǍbrǎʾm[6]
Sāra Sarah[15]
Ismá‘íl[9] Ishmael Ismā'īl[8] Yišmaʿʾēl[6]
Isháq[9] Isaac ʾIsḥāq[8] Isaac Isaac Yēṣʾåq[6]
Yaqúb[9] Jacob Yaʾqob Yaqub[8] Jacob[15] Jacob Yå̄ːqob[6]
Yusúf[16] Joseph (debated) Yusuf[8] Joseph[15] Joseph Yūsef[6]
Lúta Lot Lut[8]
Ayyúb[9] Job Ayyūb Ayub[8] Job[15] Job
Jeduthun[15]
Asaph/Asoph
Zebulun (Sabalān)
Levi (Lībi)[6]
Akhenaten (Ākhnātūn)
Amram (ʾÅmrām)[6]
Ruth Ruth Ruth
Shu'ayb[9] Jethro Shuʿayb Shuaib[8]
Bithiah[17]
Harún[18] Aaron Harun[8] Aaron[15] Aaron Årron[6]
Miriam Miriam[15] Miriam Maryåm[6]
Musá[13] Moses Mūsā Musa[8] Moses[15] Moses Moše[6]
Joshua (also, "Josue") Yusha (debated)[8][19] Joshua[15] Yēʾūša[6]
el-Khudar[n 1] al-Khidr (debated)[20]
Eldad (debated Eldad Ildåd[6]
Medad (debated) Medad Mūdåd[6]
Caleb (Kīlåb)[6]
Phinehas Phinehas
Deborah Deborah[15] Deborah
Gideon (only Eastern Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic) Gideon
Eli
Elkanah
Hannah[15]
Samuel Syamuil[8] Samuel[15] Samuel
"Prophet of the Sabaeans"[21]
"David"[9][n 2] David Dawud[8] King David[15] David
Abigail[15]
Sulaymān [9] Solomon (debated) Sulaymān Sulayman King Solomon Solomon
Ahijah HaShiloni Ahijah HaShiloni Ahijah HaShiloni
Hezekiah
Mordecai
Eliphaz (the Temanite)[22]
Bildad (the Shuhite)[22]
Zophar (the Naamathite)[22]
Elihu (debated) Elihu (the Buzite)[22]
Beor[22]
Balaam[15]
Gad Gad[15] Gad
Nathan Nathan[15] Nathan
Shemaiah Shemaiah[15] Shemiah
Hanani[15] Hanani
Jehu Jehu[15] Jehu
Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) Jahaziel Jahaziel
Eliezer (debated) Eliezer Eliezer
Ahiyah
Iddo Iddo[15] Iddo
Micaiah[15] Micaiah
Obadiah[15] Obadiah
Oded Oded[15] Oded
Azariah Azariah Azariah
Ezra/Esdras Uzair[8][23]
Nehemiah
Jahaziel
Osee Hosea[15] Horsea
Huldah[15] Huldah
Amos[15] Amos
Micheas Micah[15] Micah
Amoz
Élyás[9] Elijah/Elias el-Khudar[n 1] Ilyas[8] Elijah[15] Ellijah
Elisha al-Yasa Elisha[15] Elisha
Yúnus (Jonas)[24] Jonah/Jonas Yunus[8] Jonah[15] Jonah
Búdá (Buddha)[25] Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya)[26]
Íshiya[9] Isaiah/Isaias Ishaʻyā'[8] Isaiah[15] Isaiah
Ermíya[9] Jeremiah/Jeremias Irmiyā[8] Jeremiah[15] Jeremiah
Zephaniah/Sophonias Zephaniah[15] Zephaniah
Nahum Nahum Nahum
Habakkuk/Habacuc Ḥabaqūq Habakkuk[15] Habakkuk
Za'l Kifl[9] Ezekiel/Ezechiel Dhul-Kifl[8] Ezekiel[15] Ezekiel
Uriah Uriah[15] Uriah
Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah
Neriah Neriah Neriah
Seraiah Seraiah Seraiah
Haggai/Aggeus Haggai[15] Haggai
Zechariah[27] Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) Zechariah (Zekaryah)[15] Zechariah
Malachi/Malachias Malachi[15] Malachi
Esther Esther[15]
Yu'íl[9] Joel Joel[15] Joel
Danyál[9] Daniel Daniyal[8][28] Daniel
al-Ya'fūrī
Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Nephi, son of Lehi

(only Mormonism)

Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Enos (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Jarom

(only Mormonism)

Omni (Book of Mormon record keeper)

(only Mormonism)

Amaron

(only Mormonism)

Chemish

(only Mormonism)

Abinadom

(only Mormonism)

Amaleki

(only Mormonism)

Neum (Book of Mormon)[29]

(only Mormonism)

Zenos

(only Mormonism)

Zenock

(only Mormonism)

King Benjamin

(only Mormonism)

King Mosiah II[30]

(only Mormonism)

Ammon (Book of Mormon missionary)

(only Mormonism)

Abinadi

(only Mormonism)

Alma the Elder

(only Mormonism)

Alma the Younger

(only Mormonism)

Aaron

(only Mormonism)

Omner

(only Mormonism)

Himni

(only Mormonism)

Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer)

(only Mormonism)

Amulek

(only Mormonism)

Zeezrom

(only Mormonism)

Helaman[31]

(only Mormonism)

Shiblon[32]

(only Mormonism)

Corianton

(only Mormonism)

Helaman II

(only Mormonism)

Nephi, son of Helaman

(only Mormonism)

Lehi, son of Helaman

(only Mormonism)

Zechariah (the Priest)[33] Zakariya[8] Zechariah
Anna
Agabus
Agur
Samuel the Lamanite

(only Mormonism)

Lachoneus the Chief Judge[34]

(only Mormonism)

Pythagoras (Fīṯāḡūras)
Confucius Confucius

(Only Ahmadiyya)

Parmenides (Bārminīdes)
Empedocles (ʾAmbadūqlīs)
Alexander
(al-ʾIskandar)
Dhu al-Qarnayn (debated)
Aristotle (ʾArisṭūṭālīs)
Plato (ʾAflāṭūn)
Socrates (Suqrāṭ)
Mary (debated) Maryam (debated)[35][36]
Yúna[37] John (the Baptist)[38] el-Khudar[n 1] Yahya ibn Zakariyya[8] Yuhana Maṣbana John (the Baptist)
Jesus Christ[39] Jesus Christ Isā ibn Yusuf and Maryam (Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary)[40][41] Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) [8] Jesus of Nazareth
Luke the Evangelist (Lūqā)
Matthew the Apostle (Mattā)
Mark the Apostle (Marqus)
John of Patmos (except Syriac Orthodox Church) John of Patmos
Judas Barsabbas
Barnabas
Simeon Niger
Lucius of Cyrene
Manahen
Silas
Philip the Evangelist
Plotinus (ʾAflūṭīn)
Democrates
Marqah (Mårqe)[6]
Gidgiddoni[42]

(only Mormonism)

Nephi the Disciple

(only Mormonism)

Timothy, son of Nephi

(only Mormonism)

Nephi, son of Nephi the Disciple

(only Mormonism)

Jonas, the son of Nephi

(only Mormonism)

Mathoni[43]

(only Mormonism)

Mathonihah[44]

(only Mormonism)

Kumen[45]

(only Mormonism)

Kumenonhi[46]

(only Mormonism)

Jeremiah

(only Mormonism)

Shemnon[47]

(only Mormonism)

Jonas

(only Mormonism)

Zedekiah

(only Mormonism)

Isaiah

(only Mormonism)

Amos, son of Nephi

(only Mormonism)

Amos, son of Amos

(only Mormonism)

Ammaron

(only Mormonism)

Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Mahonri Moriancumer[48][49][50]

(only Mormonism)

Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)

(only Mormonism)

Muhammad[13][51] Muhammad Muhammad[8]
Salman al-Farsi
Ali
al-Hākim
Hamza
Muḥammad ibn Wahb al-Qurashī
Abū'l-Khayr Salama ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Samurri
Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad at-Tamīmī
Bahāʾ al-Dīn
Ad-Darazi
Joseph Smith (only Mormonism)
Deganawida[52] (Native American Baháʼís)
Báb[53]
Bahá'u'lláh[54]
Ellen G. White (only Seventh-day Adventistism)
Marcus Garvey
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (only Ahmadiyya)[55]
Haile Selassie I
Noble Drew Ali (only Moorish Scientists)[56]
Felix Manalo

(only Iglesia ni Cristo)

Vernon Carrington (Prophet Gad)
Elijah Muhammad (only Nation of Islam)[57]

See also

List of Prophets

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Druze entitle at least four prophets as el-Khudar ("the green one") in the belief that they all represented a reincarnating prophet. These prophets, in order, were Elijah, John the Baptist, Saint George, and Sidna Abu Ibrahim.
  2. ^ The Baháʼí Manifestation of God known as 'David' is not the same individual as King David - as is the case with the other religions listed here. This David, according to Báb, lived before Moses.

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  2. ^ In Judaism and Islam the classification of some people as prophets includes those who are not explicitly called so in the Hebrew Bible or Quran. Judaism also uses religious texts other than the Hebrew Bible to define prophets. Moreover, Orthodox rabbis use different criteria for classifying someone as a prophet, e.g. Enoch is not considered a prophet in Judaism. The New Testament may call someone a prophet even though they are not so classified in the Hebrew Bible; for example, Abel, Daniel, and Enoch are described in the New Testament as prophets.
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  31. ^ Mosiah 1:2
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  42. ^ 3 Nephi 3:18-19, Book of Mormon
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  45. ^ "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «kū´mun»
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  48. ^ "The Jaredites," The Juvenile Instructor, [1 May 1892], p. 282 n.
  49. ^ Chapter 48, Book of Mormon Student Manual, Religion 121 and 122, 1996
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