The Prophets
The Prophets
In prophetic order, not alphabetical.
- 01 Ādam عليه السلام · Adam Having done the one thing he was told not to do, and answering for it without excuse.
- 02 Nūḥ عليه السلام · Noah A lifetime of work with almost nothing to show for it, and a son among those who refused.
- 03 Ibrāhīm عليه السلام · Abraham Being asked, repeatedly, to give up the thing he had waited longest for.
- 04 Lūṭ عليه السلام · Lot Standing against an entire town, with his own household divided.
- 05 Yaʿqūb عليه السلام · Jacob Grief carried without complaint to anyone but Allah.
- 06 Yūsuf عليه السلام · Joseph Being punished for the thing he refused to do.
- 07 Ayyūb عليه السلام · Job Prolonged illness — the kind that outlasts other people's sympathy.
- 08 Shuʿayb عليه السلام Being threatened with expulsion for refusing to return to what he had left.
- 09 Mūsā عليه السلام · Moses Being sent back to the household he had fled, to confront the most powerful ruler of his time.
- 10 Dāwūd عليه السلام · David Holding power and judging between people while remaining answerable himself.
- 11 Sulaymān عليه السلام · Solomon Being given everything, and having to stay grateful for it.
- 12 Yūnus عليه السلام · Jonah Being entirely alone, in the dark, in a situation he had walked into himself.
- 13 Zakariyyā عليه السلام · Zechariah Wanting a child past the age when wanting one is reasonable.
- 14 ʿĪsā عليه السلام · Jesus Being answerable for what people would later say about him.
- 15 Muḥammad ﷺ Losing, in a single year, both the wife who believed him first and the uncle who protected him.
Duʿāʾ the Qurʾān teaches
Given to be said, without a named speaker. Kept separate because attributing them to a prophet would overstate the text.
Others in the Qurʾān
Among the most-searched supplications in the Qurʾān — and not prophets, so not filed under them.