Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions

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

Table

Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith) Prophets of (non-Morman) Christianity Prophets of Mormonism Prophethood in the Druze faith Prophets and messengers in Islam Prophets in Judaism Chief Prophets of Mandaeism Rastafari Samaritanism
Adam Adam ʾĀdam ʾĀdam[3] Adam ʾĀ̊dā̊m[4]
Abel Abel Hābīl
Seth Seth Šīṯ Šītil Šåt[4]
Anush; Enosh (ʾĔnōš)[4]
Kenan (Qinā̊n)[4]
Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl)[4]
Jared (Yărăd)[4]
Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus)[5] Enoch Enoch ʾAḵnūḵ Idris[6] Enoch ʾĪnūḵ[4]
Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ)[4]
Lamech (Ləmēk)[4]
Núh[7] Noah Noah Nuh Nuh[6] 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 Abraham ʾIbrāhīm ʾIbrāhīm[6] Abraham[11] Abraham ʾǍbrǎʾm[4]
Sāra Sarah[11]
Ismá‘íl[7] Ishmael Ishmael Ismā'īl[6] Yišmaʿʾēl[4]
Isháq[7] Isaac Isaac ʾIsḥāq[6] Isaac Isaac Yēṣʾåq[4]
Yaqúb[7] Jacob Jacob Yaʾqob Yaqub[6] Jacob[11] Jacob Yå̄ːqob[4]
Yusúf[12] Joseph (debated) Joseph (debated) Yusuf[6] Joseph[11] Joseph Yūsef[4]
Lúta Lot Lot Lut[6]
Ayyúb[7] Job Job Ayyūb Ayub[6] Job[11] Job
Jeduthun[11] Jeduthun[11] Yaduthun
Asaph/Asoph Asaph/Asoph Safi
Zebulun (Sabalān)
Levi (Lībi)[4]
Akhenaten (Ākhnātūn)
Imran Amram (ʾÅmrām)[4]
Ruth Ruth Ruth Ruth
Shu'ayb[7] Jethro Jethro Shuʿayb Shuaib[6]
Bithiah[13]
Harún[14] Aaron Aaron Harun[6] Aaron[11] Aaron Årron[4]
Miriam Miriam Miriam[11] Miriam Maryåm[4]
Musá[9] Moses Moses Mūsā Musa[6] Moses[11] Moses Moše[4]
Joshua (also, "Josue") Joshua (also, "Josue") Yusha (debated)[6][15] Joshua[11] Yēʾūša[4]
el-Khudar[n 1] al-Khidr (debated)[16]
Eldad (debated) Eldad (debated) 'Ildad Eldad Ildåd[4]
Medad (debated) Medad (debated) Mi'dad Medad Mūdåd[4]
Kalab Caleb (Kīlåb)[4]
Phinehas Phinehas Finhash Phinehas
Deborah 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 Samuel Syamuil[6] Samuel[11] Samuel
"Prophet of the Sabaeans"[17]
"David"[7][n 2] David David Dawud[6] King David[11] David
Abigail[11]
Sulaymān [7] Solomon (debated) Solomon (debated) Sulaymān Sulayman King Solomon Solomon
Ahijah HaShiloni Ahijah HaShiloni Ahijah HaShiloni Ahijah HaShiloni
Hezekiah Hezekiah Hazakiyya
Mordecai
Eliphaz (the Temanite)[18]
Bildad (the Shuhite)[18]
Zophar (the Naamathite)[18]
Elihu (debated) Elihu (debated) Alihun Elihu (the Buzite)[18]
Beor[18]
Balaam[11]
Gad Gad Jad Gad[11] Gad
Nathan Nathan Nittan Nathan[11] Nathan
Shemaiah Shemaiah Simayyah Shemaiah[11] Shemiah
Hanani Hanani Hanani[11] Hanani
Jehu Jehu Yahuh Jehu[11] Jehu
Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) Yahzil Jahaziel Jahaziel
Eliezer (debated) Eliezer (debated) Alishar Eliezer Eliezer
Ahijah Ahijah Hahyah Ahiyah
Iddo Iddo 'Adda Iddo[11] Iddo
Micaiah Micaiah Miqayyah Micaiah[11] Micaiah
Obadiah Obadiah 'Ubadiah Obadiah[11] Obadiah
Oded Oded U'dūd Oded[11] Oded
Azariah Azariah Izra'ah Azariah Azariah
Ezra/Esdras Ezra/Esdras Uzair[6][19]
Nehemiah Nehemiah Nahmiyyah
Jahaziel
Osee Osee Hushi' Hosea[11] Horsea
Huldah Huldah Huldah[11] Huldah
Amos[20] Amos[20] Amus Amos[11] Amos
Micheas Micheas Miqah Micah[11] Micah
Amoz
Élyás[7] Elijah/Elias Elijah/Elias el-Khudar[n 1] Ilyas[6] Elijah[11] Ellijah
Elisha Elisha al-Yasa Elisha[11] Elisha
Yúnus (Jonas)[21] Jonah/Jonas Jonah/Jonas Yunus[6] Jonah[11] Jonah
Búdá (Buddha)[22] Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya)[23]
Íshiya[7] Isaiah/Isaias Isaiah/Isaias Ishaʻyā'[6] Isaiah[11] Isaiah
Ermíya[7] Jeremiah/Jeremias Jeremiah/Jeremias Irmiyā[6] Jeremiah[11] Jeremiah
Zephaniah/Sophonias Zephaniah/Sophonias Safaniya Zephaniah[11] Zephaniah
Nahum Nahum Nahum Nahum Nahum
Habakkuk/Habacuc Habakkuk/Habacuc Ḥabaqūq Habakkuk[11] Habakkuk
Za'l Kifl[7] Ezekiel/Ezechiel Ezekiel/Ezechiel Dhul-Kifl[6] (sometimes known as Hizqil) Ezekiel[11] Ezekiel
Uriah Uriah Yuriya Uriah[11] Uriah
Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah Baruch ben Neriah
Neriah Neriah Neriah Neriah
Seraiah Seraiah Seraiah Seraiah
Haggai/Aggeus Haggai/Aggeus Hijjah Haggai[11] Haggai
Zechariah[24] Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) Zakariyya ibn Barkhiyya Zechariah (Zekaryah)[11] Zechariah
Malachi/Malachias Malachi/Malachias Malakhi Malachi[11] Malachi
Esther Esther Esther[11]
Yu'íl[7] Joel Joel Yu'il Joel[11] Joel
Danyál[7] Daniel Daniel Daniyal[6][25] Daniel
al-Ya'fūrī
Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet)
Nephi, son of Lehi
Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)
Enos (Book of Mormon prophet)
Jarom
Omni (Book of Mormon record keeper)
Amaron
Chemish
Abinadom
Amaleki
Neum (Book of Mormon)[26]
Zenos
Zenock
King Benjamin
King Mosiah II[27]
Ammon (Book of Mormon missionary)
Abinadi
Alma the Elder
Alma the Younger

(only Mormonism)

Aaron

(only Mormonism)

Omner

(only Mormonism)

Himni
Ammon (Book of Mormon explorer)
Amulek
Zeezrom
Helaman[28]
Shiblon[29]
Corianton
Helaman II
Nephi, son of Helaman
Lehi, son of Helaman
Zechariah (the Priest)[30] Zechariah (the Priest)[30] Zakariya[6] Zechariah
Anna Anna
Agabus Agabus
Agur Agur
Samuel the Lamanite
Lachoneus the Chief Judge[31]
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) Mary (debated) Maryam (debated)[32][33]
Yúna[34] John (the Baptist)[35] John (the Baptist)[35] el-Khudar[n 1] Yahya ibn Zakariyya[6] Yuhana Maṣbana John (the Baptist)
Jesus Christ[36] Jesus Christ 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 John of Patmos
Judas Barsabbas Judas Barsabbas
Barnabas Barnabas
Simeon Niger Simeon Niger
Lucius of Cyrene Lucius of Cyrene
Manahen Manahen
Silas Silas
Philip the Evangelist Philip the Evangelist
Plotinus (ʾAflūṭīn)
Democrates
Marqah (Mårqe)[4]
Gidgiddoni[39]
Nephi the Disciple
Timothy, son of Nephi
Nephi, son of Nephi the Disciple
Jonas, the son of Nephi
Mathoni[40]
Mathonihah[41]
Kumen[42]
Kumenonhi[43]
Jeremiah
Shemnon[44]
Jonas
Zedekiah
Isaiah
Amos, son of Nephi
Amos, son of Amos
Ammaron
Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet)
Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)
Mahonri Moriancumer[45][46][47]
Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)
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]

See also

List of Prophets

  • Prophets in Judaism
  • Prophets of Christianity
    • List of Book of Mormon prophets
  • Prophets and messengers in Islam
    • Prophethood (Ahmadiyya)
  • Prophets in the Baháʼí Faith

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

References

  1. "ENOCH - JewishEncyclopedia.com". http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5772-enoch. 
  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.
  3. Noegel & Wheeler 2010, p. 15.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 Prophets
  5. Brown, Keven (1997). McLean, Jack. ed. "Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Studies in the Bábí and Baháʼí Religions. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology (Los Angeles: Kalimat Press) 8: 153–187. ISBN 0-933770-96-0. http://bahai-library.com/brown_hermes_apollonius. 
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 Noegel & Wheeler 2010, pp. 365–6.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 May, Dann J (December 1993). "Web Published". The Baháʼí Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (Thesis). University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. p. 102. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
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  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Momen, Moojan (1995). Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions. Baháʼí Studies Review, 5.1.
  10. "Zoroastrianism". https://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/part_2_section_5.html. 
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.33 11.34 11.35 11.36 11.37 11.38 11.39 11.40 11.41 11.42 11.43 Noegel & Wheeler 2010, p. 366.
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  13. Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 12
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  15. Noegel & Wheeler 2010, p. 178. "Joshua is not mentioned by name in the Quaran, but the exegetes ... see him as the prophetic successor to Moses."
  16. "15. The Ethos of Prophet Khidr". 8 June 2015. https://www.al-islam.org/ethics-prophets-mohammad-mehdi-taj-langaroodi/15-ethos-prophet-khidr. 
  17. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. The Sabaeans and African-based Religions in the Americas, in Lights of Irfan, 13, pp. 415-420. Wilmette, IL: Haj Mehdi Armand Colloquium, 2012.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Babylonian Talmud, Baba Bathra 15
  19. Noegel & Wheeler 2010, p. 116. "Muslim exegesis on Q 9:30 explains that Ezra was one of the Israelite prophets coming between Solomon and John the Baptist."
  20. 20.0 20.1 "Santo del Giorno 31 Marzo - Sant'Amos" (in it). https://sapere.virgilio.it/santo/31/marzo/#:~:text=Santo%20del%20Giorno%2031%20Marzo%20Sant'Amos. 
  21. 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablet about Jonah and the Whale.
  22. Buddhism and the Baháʼí Faith
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  24. Cynthia C. Shawamreh (December 1998). "Comparison of the Suriy-i-Haykal and the Prophecies of Zechariah". Wilmette Institute. http://bahai-library.com/students/temple.zechariah.html. 
  25. Noegel & Wheeler 2010, p. 75. "Daniel is not mentioned by name in the Quran, nor are any passages identified by Muslim exegetes as relating to him, but there are accounts of his prophethood in later Muslim literature."
  26. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «nē´um»
  27. Mosiah 8:13-17
  28. Mosiah 1:2
  29. Alma 63:1-2, Book of Mormon
  30. 30.0 30.1 Православный церковный календарь. Имена святых, упоминаемые в месяцеслове. Имена мужские. З — Захария (Праведный) Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
  31. 3 Nephi 3:16-19, Book of Mormon
  32. Farooq, Mohammad Omar. "Imam Ibn Hazm: On Prophethood of Women". http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm/study_res/islam/gender/women_prophethood.html. 
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  34. McLean, Jack (2013). John the Baptist and Baha'i Prophetic Categories: An Atypical Paradigm.
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  38. Dana, Nissim (2008). The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status. Michigan University press. p. 17. ISBN 9781903900369. 
  39. 3 Nephi 3:18-19, Book of Mormon
  40. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «ma-thō´nī»
  41. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «măth-ō-nī´hä»
  42. "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «kū´mun»
  43. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «kū´ma-nän´hī»
  44. churchofjesuschrist.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «shĕm´nän»
  45. "The Jaredites," The Juvenile Instructor, [1 May 1892], p. 282 n.
  46. Chapter 48, Book of Mormon Student Manual, Religion 121 and 122, 1996
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  53. Paghdiwala, Tasneem (2007-11-15). "The Aging of the Moors". Chicago Reader. https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-aging-of-the-moors/Content?oid=999633. 
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