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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ádam[3][4] | Adam | ʾĀdam | ʾĀdam[5] | — | Adam | — | ʾĀ̊dā̊m[6] |
— | Abel | — | Hābīl | — | — | — | — |
— | Seth | — | Šīṯ | — | Šītil | — | Šåt[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | Anush; | — | Enosh (ʾĔnōš)[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kenan (Qinā̊n)[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl)[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jared (Yărăd)[6] |
Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus)[7] | Enoch | ʾAḵnūḵ | Idris[8] | — | — | Enoch | ʾĪnūḵ[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ)[6] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lamech (Ləmēk)[6] |
Núh[9] | Noah | Nuh | Nuh[8] | — | Nú | — | 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 | — | — | Hanani[15] | — | Hanani | — |
— | Jehu | — | — | Jehu[15] | — | Jehu | — |
— | Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) | — | — | Jahaziel | — | Jahaziel | — |
— | Eliezer (debated) | — | — | Eliezer | — | Eliezer | — |
— | Ahijah | — | — | Ahiyah | — | — | — |
— | Iddo | — | — | Iddo[15] | — | Iddo | — |
— | Micaiah | — | — | Micaiah[15] | — | Micaiah | — |
— | Obadiah | — | — | Obadiah[15] | — | Obadiah | — |
— | Oded | — | — | Oded[15] | — | Oded | — |
— | Azariah | — | — | Azariah | — | Azariah | — |
— | Ezra/Esdras | — | Uzair[8][23] | — | — | — | — |
— | Nehemiah | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Jahaziel | — |
— | Osee | — | — | Hosea[15] | — | Horsea | — |
— | Huldah | — | — | Huldah[15] | — | Huldah | — |
— | Amos[24] | — | — | 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)[25] | Jonah/Jonas | — | Yunus[8] | Jonah[15] | — | Jonah | — |
Búdá (Buddha)[26] | — | — | Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya)[27] | — | — | — | — |
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[28] | 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][29] | — | — | 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)[30]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zenos
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zenock
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | King Benjamin
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | King Mosiah II[31]
(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[32]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Shiblon[33]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Corianton
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Helaman II
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Nephi, son of Helaman
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lehi, son of Helaman
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Zechariah (the Priest)[34] | — | Zakariya[8] | — | — | Zechariah | — |
— | Anna | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Agabus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Agur | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Samuel the Lamanite
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Lachoneus the Chief Judge[35]
(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)[36][37] | — | — | — | — |
Yúna[38] | John (the Baptist)[39] | el-Khudar[n 1] | Yahya ibn Zakariyya[8] | — | Yuhana Maṣbana | John (the Baptist) | — |
Jesus Christ[40] | Jesus Christ | Isā ibn Yusuf and Maryam (Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary)[41][42] | 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[43]
(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[44]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Mathonihah[45]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Kumen[46]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Kumenonhi[47]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Jeremiah
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Shemnon[48]
(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[49][50][51]
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)
(only Mormonism) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Muhammad[13][52] | — | 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[53] (Native American Baháʼís) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Báb[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bahá'u'lláh[55] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Ellen G. White (only Seventh-day Adventistism) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Marcus Garvey | — |
— | — | — | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (only Ahmadiyya)[56] | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Haile Selassie I | — |
— | — | — | Noble Drew Ali (only Moorish Scientists)[57] | — | — | — | — |
— | Felix Manalo
(only Iglesia ni Cristo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Vernon Carrington (Prophet Gad) | — |
— | — | — | Elijah Muhammad (only Nation of Islam)[58] | — | — | — | — |
List of Prophets
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