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  2. Prophets and messengers in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Muslims believe that many prophets existed, including many not mentioned in the Quran. The Quran states: "And for every community there is a messenger." [1] [2] Belief in the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith. [3] Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being Adam, created by God.

  3. Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    e. Muhammad[a] (c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. [2][3][4] He is believed to be the Seal of the ...

  4. Qisas al-Anbiya - Wikipedia

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    Qisas al-Anbiya. The Qaṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ (Arabic: قصص الأنبياء) or Stories of the Prophets is any of various collections of stories about figures recognised as prophets and messengers in Islam, closely related to tafsir (exegesis of the Qur'an). Since the Quran refers only parabolically to the stories of the prophets, assuming the ...

  5. Muhammad in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad. In Islam, Muḥammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets and earthly manifestation of primordial divine light (Nūr), who transmitted the eternal word of God (Qur'ān) from the angel Gabriel (Jabrāʾīl) to humans and jinn. [2] Muslims believe that the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, was ...

  6. The Four Companions - Wikipedia

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    The Four Companions. The Four Companions, also called the Four Pillars of the Sahaba, is a Shia term for the four Companions ( ṣaḥāba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who are supposed to have stayed most loyal to Ali ibn Abi Talib after Muhammad's death in 632: [ 1][ 2] Salman is generally considered to be the loftiest amongst these elite ...

  7. Family tree of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    According to Islamic prophetic tradition, Muhammad was descended from Adnan. [7] Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad. [4] Muhammad's ancestors to Murrah. AD 570 – Muhammad

  8. Prophecy (Shia Islam) - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, prophecy ( Arabic: نبوة, romanized : nubuwwah) is the principle that God has appointed exemplary individuals, i.e. prophets and messengers to communicate His guidance to humanity. [1] This is one of the five principles of the Twelver Principles of Religion . According to Henry Corbin, the oldest traditions that form the basis of ...

  9. Moses in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Hārūn (brother) Mūsā ibn ʿImrān (Arabic: موسى ابن عمران, lit. 'Moses, son of Amram ') [1] is a prominent prophet and messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet. [2][3] He is ...