All messengers mentioned in the Quran are also prophets, but not all prophets are messengers.[68]
| Name | Messenger | Arch-prophet | Notes | Equivalent in other traditions |
| Ādam آدَم[69] | Yes[69] | No | First human being, first prophet and father of all humanity | Adam |
| ʾIdrīs إِدْرِيس[70] | No | No | “Raised… to an exalted place”. | Enoch or Hermes Trismegistus |
| Nūḥ نُوح[74] | Yes[75] | Yes[76][77][78] | Sent to the people of Noah.[79] Survivor of the Great Flood | Noah |
| Hūd هُود[80] | Yes | No | Merchant sent to the ʿĀd tribe.[81] | Eber |
| Ṣāliḥ صَالِح[82] | Yes[82] | No | Camel breeder. Sent to the Thamud tribe.[83] | |
| ʾIbrāhīm إِبْرَاهِيم[84] | Yes[85] | Yes[86][78] | Sent to the people of Iraq and Syria.[87] Builder of the Kaaba. Associated with the Scrolls of Abraham[88] | Abraham |
| Lūṭ لُوط[89] | Yes[90] | No | Sent to Sodom and Gomorrah.[91] Did not live in Palestine, but was considered “brethren” by its inhabitants. | Lot |
| ʾIsmāʿīl إِسْمَاعِيل[92] | Yes[92] | No | Sent to pre-Islamic Arabia. Became the founder of the Arabian people | Ishmael |
| ʾIsḥāq إِسْحَاق[93] | No | No | Sent to Canaan. Founder of the Israelite people. | Isaac |
| Yaʿqūb يَعْقُوب[93] | No | No | Founder of the Israelite people. | Jacob |
| Yūsuf يُوسُف[94] | Yes[95] | No | Sent to Egypt. | Joseph |
| ʾAyyūb أَيُّوب[94] | No | No | Sent to Edom. A model of patience.[96] | Job |
| Shuʿayb شُعَيْب[97] | Yes[97] | No | Shepherd, sent to Midian[98] | Jethro |
| Mūsā مُوسَىٰ[99] | Yes[99] | Yes[76][78] | Challenged the Pharaoh; lead the migration back to Israel. Associated with the Tawrah and Scrolls of Moses[100] | Moses |
| Hārūn هَارُون[101] | Yes[99] | No | Vizier, brother of Moses | Aaron |
| Dāūd دَاوُۥد[74] | Yes[74] | No | Sent to Jerusalem. Military commander and third king of Israel and Judah (reigned around 1000 – 971BCE). Author of the Zabur[102] | David |
| Sulaymān سُلَيْمَان[74] | No | No | Sent to Jerusalem. Copperworker who became the fourth king of the Israel and Judah (reigned around 1000 – 971BCE).[103] Built the First Temple; Son of Dawud. | Solomon |
| ʾIlyās إِلْيَاس[74] | Yes[104] | No | Silk weaver sent to the people of Ilyas (Children of Israel)[105] | Elijah |
| Alyasaʿ ٱلْيَسَع[74] | No | No | Sent to the Children of Israel | Elisha |
| Yūnus يُونُس[74] | Yes[106] | No | Sent to the people of Yunus[107] (Nineveh). Swallowed by a giant fish. | Jonah |
| Ḏū l-Kifli ذُو ٱلْكِفْل[108] | No | No | Several possibilities have been suggested, including Ezekiel, Isaiah,[109][110] Obadiah,[110] and Buddha[111][112][113] | |
| Zakariyyā زَكَرِيَّا[74] | No | No | Sent to Jerusalem and were assassinated. Zakkariyya was the father of Yaḥyā. | Zechariah |
| Yaḥyā يَحْيَىٰ[114] | No | No | John the Baptist | |
| ʿĪsā عِيسَىٰ[115] | Yes[116] | Yes[78][76][77] | c. 4BCE – c. 33CE. The Messiah sent to the Children of Israel.[117] Associated with the Injil[118] | Jesus |
| Muḥammad مُحَمَّد[119][120] | Yes[121] | Yes[86][78] | 570 – 632CE. Shepherd, merchant, founder of Islam; Seal of the Prophets, Islam’s prophet sent to all humanity and jinn[122] Compiler of the Quran[123] |