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This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, of the Abrahamic religions.[1][2]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | ʾĀdam | ʾĀdam[3] | — | Adam | — | ʾĀ̊dā̊m[4] | |
| — | Abel | — | Hābīl | — | — | — | — |
| — | Seth | — | Šīṯ | — | Šītil | — | Šåt[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | Anush; | — | Enosh (ʾĔnōš)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kenan (Qinā̊n)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jared (Yărăd)[4] |
| Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus)[5] | Enoch | ʾAḵnūḵ | Idris[6] | — | — | Enoch | ʾĪnūḵ[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lamech (Ləmēk)[4] |
| Núh[7] | Noah | Nuh | Nuh[6] | — | Nú | — | Nā̊ʾ[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | Sam | — | Shem (Šēm)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Arpachshad (ʾArpakšā̊d)[4] |
| — | — | Krishna (only Ahmadiyya)[8] | — | — | — | — | |
| Húd[7] | — | — | Hud[6] | — | — | — | Eber (ʿəbăr)[4] |
| Sálih[7] | — | — | Saleh[6] | — | — | — | Šīlå[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Peleg (Pălăg)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reu (Rəʿu)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Serug (Šărūg)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nahor (Nāʾūr)[4] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Terah (Tărăʾ)[4] |
| Zoroaster[9] | — | — | Zoroaster (only Ahmadiyya)[10] | — | — | — | — |
| Ibráhím[9] | Abraham | ʾIbrāhīm | ʾIbrāhīm[6] | Abraham[11] | — | Abraham | ʾǍbrǎʾm[4] |
| — | — | Sāra | — | Sarah[11] | — | — | — |
| Ismá‘íl[7] | Ishmael | — | Ismā'īl[6] | — | — | — | Yišmaʿʾēl[4] |
| Isháq[7] | Isaac | — | ʾIsḥāq[6] | Isaac | — | Isaac | Yēṣʾåq[4] |
| Yaqúb[7] | Jacob | Yaʾqob | Yaqub[6] | Jacob[11] | — | Jacob | Yå̄ːqob[4] |
| Yusúf[12] | Joseph (debated) | — | Yusuf[6] | Joseph[11] | — | Joseph | Yūsef[4] |
| Lúta | Lot | — | Lut[6] | — | — | — | — |
| Ayyúb[7] | Job | Ayyūb | Ayub[6] | Job[11] | — | Job | — |
| — | Jeduthun[11] | — | Yaduthun | — | — | — | — |
| — | Asaph/Asoph | — | Safi | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | Zebulun (Sabalān) | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Levi (Lībi)[4] |
| — | — | Akhenaten (Ākhnātūn) | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | Imran | — | — | — | Amram (ʾÅmrām)[4] |
| — | Ruth | — | — | Ruth | — | Ruth | — |
| Shu'ayb[7] | Jethro | Shuʿayb | Shuaib[6] | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Bithiah[13] | — | — | — |
| Harún[14] | Aaron | — | Harun[6] | Aaron[11] | — | Aaron | Årron[4] |
| — | Miriam | — | — | Miriam[11] | — | Miriam | Maryåm[4] |
| Musá[9] | Moses | Mūsā | Musa[6] | Moses[11] | — | Moses | Moše[4] |
| — | Joshua (also, "Josue") | — | Yusha (debated)[6][15] | Joshua[11] | — | — | Yēʾūša[4] |
| — | — | el-Khudar[n 1] | al-Khidr (debated)[16] | — | — | — | — |
| — | Eldad (debated) | — | 'Ildad | Eldad | — | — | Ildåd[4] |
| — | Medad (debated) | — | Mi'dad | Medad | — | — | Mūdåd[4] |
| — | — | — | Kalab | — | — | — | Caleb (Kīlåb)[4] |
| — | Phinehas | — | Finhash | Phinehas | — | — | — |
| — | Deborah | — | — | Deborah[11] | — | Deborah | — |
| — | Gideon (only Eastern Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic) | — | Yarubba'al | Gideon | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | 'Alī (not to be confused with Ali ibn Abu Talib) | Eli | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Elkanah | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Hannah[11] | — | — | — |
| — | Samuel | — | Syamuil[6] | Samuel[11] | — | Samuel | — |
| "Prophet of the Sabaeans"[17] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "David"[7][n 2] | David | — | Dawud[6] | King David[11] | — | David | — |
| — | — | — | — | Abigail[11] | — | — | — |
| Sulaymān [7] | Solomon (debated) | Sulaymān | Sulayman | King Solomon | — | Solomon | — |
| — | Ahijah HaShiloni | — | — | Ahijah HaShiloni | — | Ahijah HaShiloni | — |
| — | Hezekiah | — | Hazakiyya | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Mordecai | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Eliphaz (the Temanite)[18] | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Bildad (the Shuhite)[18] | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Zophar (the Naamathite)[18] | — | — | — |
| — | Elihu (debated) | — | Alihun | Elihu (the Buzite)[18] | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Beor[18] | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | Balaam[11] | — | — | — |
| — | Gad | — | Jad | Gad[11] | — | Gad | — |
| — | Nathan | — | Nittan | Nathan[11] | — | Nathan | — |
| — | Shemaiah | — | Simayyah | Shemaiah[11] | — | Shemiah | — |
| — | Hanani | — | — | Hanani[11] | — | Hanani | — |
| — | Jehu | — | Yahuh | Jehu[11] | — | Jehu | — |
| — | Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) | — | Yahzil | Jahaziel | — | Jahaziel | — |
| — | Eliezer (debated) | — | Alishar | Eliezer | — | Eliezer | — |
| — | Ahijah | — | Hahyah | Ahiyah | — | — | — |
| — | Iddo | — | 'Adda | Iddo[11] | — | Iddo | — |
| — | Micaiah | — | Miqayyah | Micaiah[11] | — | Micaiah | — |
| — | Obadiah | — | 'Ubadiah | Obadiah[11] | — | Obadiah | — |
| — | Oded | — | U'dūd | Oded[11] | — | Oded | — |
| — | Azariah | — | Izra'ah | Azariah | — | Azariah | — |
| — | Ezra/Esdras | — | Uzair[6][19] | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nehemiah | — | Nahmiyyah | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Jahaziel | — |
| — | Osee | — | Hushi' | Hosea[11] | — | Horsea | — |
| — | Huldah | — | — | Huldah[11] | — | Huldah | — |
| — | Amos[20] | — | Amus | Amos[11] | — | Amos | — |
| — | Micheas | — | Miqah | Micah[11] | — | Micah | — |
| — | — | — | — | Amoz | — | — | — |
| Élyás[7] | Elijah/Elias | el-Khudar[n 1] | Ilyas[6] | Elijah[11] | — | Ellijah | — |
| — | Elisha | — | al-Yasa | Elisha[11] | — | Elisha | — |
| Yúnus (Jonas)[21] | Jonah/Jonas | — | Yunus[6] | Jonah[11] | — | Jonah | — |
| Búdá (Buddha)[22] | — | — | Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya)[23] | — | — | — | — |
| Íshiya[7] | Isaiah/Isaias | — | Ishaʻyā'[6] | Isaiah[11] | — | Isaiah | — |
| Ermíya[7] | Jeremiah/Jeremias | — | Irmiyā[6] | Jeremiah[11] | — | Jeremiah | — |
| — | Zephaniah/Sophonias | — | Safaniya | Zephaniah[11] | — | Zephaniah | — |
| — | Nahum | — | Nahum | Nahum | — | Nahum | — |
| — | Habakkuk/Habacuc | — | Ḥabaqūq | Habakkuk[11] | — | Habakkuk | — |
| Za'l Kifl[7] | Ezekiel/Ezechiel | — | Dhul-Kifl[6] (sometimes known as Hizqil) | Ezekiel[11] | — | Ezekiel | — |
| — | Uriah | — | Yuriya | Uriah[11] | — | Uriah | — |
| — | Baruch ben Neriah | — | — | Baruch ben Neriah | — | Baruch ben Neriah | — |
| — | Neriah | — | — | Neriah | — | Neriah | — |
| — | Seraiah | — | — | Seraiah | — | Seraiah | — |
| — | Haggai/Aggeus | — | Hijjah | Haggai[11] | — | Haggai | — |
| Zechariah[24] | Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) | — | Zakariyya ibn Barkhiyya | Zechariah (Zekaryah)[11] | — | Zechariah | — |
| — | Malachi/Malachias | — | Malakhi | Malachi[11] | — | Malachi | — |
| — | Esther | — | — | Esther[11] | — | — | — |
| Yu'íl[7] | Joel | — | Yu'il | Joel[11] | — | Joel | — |
| Danyál[7] | Daniel | — | Daniyal[6][25] | — | — | 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)[26]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Zenos
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Zenock
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | King Benjamin
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | King Mosiah II[27]
(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[28]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Shiblon[29]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Corianton
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Helaman II
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nephi, son of Helaman
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Lehi, son of Helaman
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Zechariah (the Priest)[30] | — | Zakariya[6] | — | — | Zechariah | — |
| — | Anna | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Agabus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Agur | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Samuel the Lamanite
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Lachoneus the Chief Judge[31]
(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)[32][33] | — | — | — | — |
| Yúna[34] | John (the Baptist)[35] | el-Khudar[n 1] | Yahya ibn Zakariyya[6] | — | Yuhana Maṣbana | John (the Baptist) | — |
| Jesus Christ[36] | Jesus Christ | Isā ibn Yusuf and Maryam (Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary)[37][38] | Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) [6] | — | — | Jesus of Nazareth | — |
| Sadiq/Shamun | |||||||
| Masduq/Saduq/Yuhanna | |||||||
| Shalum/Bulus | |||||||
| — | — | 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)[4] |
| — | Gidgiddoni[39]
(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[40]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mathonihah[41]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Kumen[42]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Kumenonhi[43]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jeremiah
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Shemnon[44]
(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[45][46][47]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muhammad[9][48] | — | Muhammad | Muhammad[6] | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | 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[49] (Native American Baháʼís) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Báb[50] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bahá'u'lláh[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ellen G. White (only Seventh-day Adventistism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Marcus Garvey | — |
| — | — | — | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (only Ahmadiyya)[52] | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Haile Selassie I | — |
| — | — | — | Noble Drew Ali (only Moorish Scientists)[53] | — | — | — | — |
| — | Felix Manalo
(only Iglesia ni Cristo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Vernon Carrington (Prophet Gad) | — |
| — | — | — | Elijah Muhammad (only Nation of Islam)[54] | — | — | — | — |
List of Prophets