Allah sent His guidance to us through His chosen people. These chosen people are called prophets. They were not gods. They were human beings like us. They were good and noble people.
All the prophets received guidance from Allah. He sent His guidance to them through angel Jibrael. All the prophets worshipped and obeyed Allah. They told us and showed us how to obey and worship Him alone. The message of all the prophets is the same. It is
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ
It means: “There is no god but Allah.”
A Prophet is called a Nabi in Arabic. A Messenger is called a Rasul. Some of the prophets received books from Allah. A Nabi did not get a book from Allah. A Rasul got a book from Allah. Allah sent prophets to all people at different times. When people forgot the message of Allah He sent another prophet to remind them of their duty to Him.
The first man on earth was also the first prophet. His name was Hazrat Adam ali his salam. The last prophet of Allah is Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Allah’s guidance to us which began with Hazrat Adam ali his salam was completed with Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam”. Between Hazrat Adam ali his salam and Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam there were many prophets. According to a saying of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, the number of prophet’s is 124,000.
Some of the well-known prophets are:
1) Hazrat Nuh ali his salam
2) Hazrat Ishaq ali his salam
3) Hazrat Yaqoob ali his salam
4) Hazrat Musa ali his salam
5) Hazrat Isa ali his salam
6) Hazrat Ibrahim ali his salam
7) Hazrat Ismail ali his salam
8) Hazrat Yusuf ali his salam
9) Hazrat Daud ali his salam
10) Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
As Muslims, we must believe in all the prophets and messengers.
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰ