Tafsir Ibn Kathir -> Surah An-Nisa -> Twenty-Five Prophets Are Mentioned in the Qur'an |
Allah said, ﴿ظˆظژط±ظڈط³ظڈظ„ط§ظ‹ ظ‚ظژط¯ظ’ ظ‚ظژطµظژطµظ’ظ†ظژظ€ظ‡ظڈظ…ظ’ ط¹ظژظ„ظژظٹظ’ظƒظژ ظ…ظگظ† ظ‚ظژط¨ظ’ظ„ظڈ ظˆظژط±ظڈط³ظڈظ„ط§ظ‹ ظ„ظ‘ظژظ…ظ’ ظ†ظژظ‚ظ’طµظڈطµظ’ظ‡ظڈظ…ظ’ ط¹ظژظ„ظژظٹظ’ظƒظژ﴾ (And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you) Before the revelation of this Ayah. The following are the names of the Prophets whom Allah named in the Qur'an. They are: Adam, Idris, Nuh (Noah), Hud, Salih, Ibrahim (Abraham), Lut, Isma`il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Ya`qub (Jacob), Yusuf (Joesph), Ayyub (Job), Shu`ayb, Musa (Moses), Harun (Aaron), Yunus (Jonah), Dawud (David), Sulayman (Solomon), Ilyas (Elias), Al-Yasa` (Elisha), Zakariya (Zachariya), Yahya (John) and `Isa (Jesus), and their leader, Muhammad . Several scholars of Tafsir also listed Dhul-Kifl among the Prophets. Allah's statement, ﴿ظˆظژط±ظڈط³ظڈظ„ط§ظ‹ ظ„ظ‘ظژظ…ظ’ ظ†ظژظ‚ظ’طµظڈطµظ’ظ‡ظڈظ…ظ’ ط¹ظژظ„ظژظٹظ’ظƒظژ﴾ (and Messengers We have not mentioned to you,) means, `there are other Prophets whom We did not mention to you in the Qur'an.'
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