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The [[Qur'an]] identifies a number of men as ''Prophets of Islam'' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: nabee نبي ; pl. anbiyaa ''أنبياء'' ). [[Muslims]] believe such individuals were assigned a special mission by God ([[Arabic]]: ''[[Allah]]'') to guide humanity. Besides [[Muhammad]], this includes [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic]] prophets such as [[Moses]] and [[David]], and [[Jesus]] from Christian religion.

The [[Qur'an]] identifies a number of men as ''Prophets of Islam'' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: nabee نبي ; pl. anbiyaa ''أنبياء'' ). [[Muslims]] believe such individuals were assigned a special mission by God ([[Arabic]]: ''[[Allah]]'') to guide humanity. Besides [[Muhammad]], this includes [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic]] prophets such as [[Moses]] and [[David]], and [[Jesus]] from Christian religion.

According to the [[Islamic]] creed, the essence of all the prophets’ messages is what Islam calls for: worshipping God alone and rejecting false deities. Islam is the religion of all prophets in human history; all of them called for beliefs which Islam calls for, and so they declared belief in Islam. The message of Islam resembles the messages of all previous prophets of God. The Qur'an states: "Abraham was not a Jew nor a Christian, but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim (submission to God's will), and he was not one of the polytheists" ({{Quran-usc|3|67}}). There were at least 4 Sharia which were revealed to [[Noah]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]] and [[Jesus]]. Each of the prophets is believed to have been assigned a special mission by God ([[Arabic]]: ''[[Allah]]'') to guide the whole or a group of the mankind, depending on the mission assigned to each.  

According to the [[Islamic]] creed, the essence of all the prophets’ messages is what Islam calls for: worshipping God alone and rejecting false deities. Islam is the religion of all prophets in human history; all of them called for beliefs which Islam calls for, and so they declared belief in Islam. The message of Islam resembles the messages of all previous prophets of God. The Qur'an states: "Abraham was not a Jew nor a Christian, but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim (submission to God's will), and he was not one of the polytheists" . There were at least 4 Sharia which were revealed to [[Noah]], [[Abraham]], [[Moses]] and [[Jesus]]. Each of the prophets is believed to have been assigned a special mission by God ([[Arabic]]: ''[[Allah]]'') to guide the whole or a group of the mankind, depending on the mission assigned to each.  

God is believed to have instructed each of these prophets to warn his community against evil and urge his people to obey God. Although only 25 prophets are mentioned by name in the Qur'an, a [[Hadith]] (no. 21257 in ''Musnad [[Ibn Hanbal]]'') mentions that there were [[124,000]] of them in total throughout history, and the [[Qur'an]] says that God has sent a prophet to every group of people throughout time, and that Muhammad is the last of the Prophets.({{Quran-usc|16|36}}) In general, Muslims regard the stories of the Qur'an as [[history|historical]]. The message of all the prophets is believed to be the same. Many of these prophets are also found in the texts of [[Judaism]] (The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings; collectively known as the Old Testament to Christians) and [[Christianity]].<ref>The [[Bible]]; containing both the Old and New Testaments (see [[Biblical narratives and the Qur'an]])</ref>

God is believed to have instructed each of these prophets to warn his community against evil and urge his people to obey God. Although only 25 prophets are mentioned by name in the Qur'an, a [[Hadith]] (no. 21257 in ''Musnad [[Ibn Hanbal]]'') mentions that there were [[124,000]] of them in total throughout history, and the [[Qur'an]] says that God has sent a prophet to every group of people throughout time, and that Muhammad is the last of the Prophets.({{Quran-usc|16|36}}) In general, Muslims regard the stories of the Qur'an as [[history|historical]]. The message of all the prophets is believed to be the same. Many of these prophets are also found in the texts of [[Judaism]] (The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings; collectively known as the Old Testament to Christians) and [[Christianity]].<ref>The [[Bible]]; containing both the Old and New Testaments (see [[Biblical narratives and the Qur'an]])</ref>