This is an incomplete table containing prophets, sometimes called messengers, of the Abrahamic religions.[1] [2]
Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith) | Prophets of Christianity | Prophets and messengers in Islam | Prophets in Judaism | Rastafari | |||
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Ádam[3] [4] | Adam | ʾĀdam | ʾĀdam[5] | - | Adam | - | ʾĀ̊dā̊m[6] |
- | Abel | - | Hābīl | - | - | - | - |
- | Seth | - | Šīṯ | - | Šītil | - | Šåt |
- | - | - | - | - | Anush | - | Enosh (ʾĔnōš) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Kenan (Qinā̊n) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Mahalalel (Măʾllēləl) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Jared (Yărăd) |
Edrís (Enoch/Hermes Trismegistus)[7] | Enoch | ʾAḵnūḵ | Idris[8] | - | - | Enoch | ʾĪnūḵ |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Methuselah (Mətušā̊ːlaʾ) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Lamech (Ləmēk) |
Núh[9] | Noah | Nuh | Nuh | - | Nú | - | Nā̊ʾ |
- | - | - | - | - | Sam | - | Shem (Šēm) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arpachshad (ʾArpakšā̊d) |
Vāsudeva-Krishna[10] [11] | - | - | Krishna (only Ahmadiyya)[12] | - | - | - | - |
Húd | - | - | Hud | - | - | - | Eber (ʿəbăr) |
Sálih | - | - | Saleh | - | - | - | Šīlå |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Peleg (Pălăg) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Reu (Rəʿu) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Serug (Šărūg) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nahor (Nāʾūr) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Terah (Tărăʾ) |
Zoroaster | - | - | Zoroaster (Only Ahmadiyya)[13] | - | - | - | - |
Ibráhím[14] | Abraham | ʾIbrāhīm | ʾIbrāhīm | Abraham | - | Abraham | ʾǍbrǎʾm |
- | - | Sāra | - | Sarah | - | - | - |
Ismá‘íl | Ishmael | - | Ismā'īl | - | - | - | Yišmaʿʾēl |
Isháq | Isaac | - | ʾIsḥāq | Isaac | - | Isaac | Yēṣʾåq |
Yaqúb | Jacob | Yaʾqob | Yaqub | Jacob | - | Jacob | Yå̄ːqob |
Yusúf[15] | Joseph (debated) | - | Yusuf | Joseph | - | Joseph | Yūsef |
Lúta | Lot | - | Lut | - | - | - | - |
Ayyúb | Job | Ayyūb | Ayub | Job | - | Job | - |
- | Jeduthun | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Asaph/Asoph | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | Zebulun (Sabalān) | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Levi (Lībi) |
- | - | Akhenaten (Ākhnātūn) | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Amram (ʾÅmrām) |
- | Ruth | - | - | Ruth | - | Ruth | - |
Shu'ayb | Jethro | Shuʿayb | Shuaib | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Bithiah[16] | - | - | - |
Harún[17] | Aaron | - | Harun | Aaron[18] | - | Aaron | Årron |
- | Miriam | - | - | Miriam | - | Miriam | Maryåm |
Musá | Moses | Mūsā | Musa | Moses | - | Moses | Moše |
- | Joshua (also, "Josue") | - | Yusha (debated)[19] | Joshua | - | - | Yēʾūša |
- | - | el-Khudar[20] | al-Khidr (debated)[21] | - | - | - | - |
- | Eldad (debated | - | - | Eldad | - | - | Ildåd |
- | Medad (debated) | - | - | Medad | - | - | Mūdåd |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Caleb (Kīlåb) |
- | Phinehas | - | - | Phinehas | - | - | - |
- | Deborah | - | - | Deborah | - | Deborah | - |
- | Gideon (only Eastern Orthodox, and Armenian Apostolic) | - | - | Gideon | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Eli | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Elkanah | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Hannah | - | - | - |
- | Samuel | - | Samuel | - | Samuel | - | |
"Prophet of the Sabaeans"[22] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
"David"[23] | David | - | Dawud | King David | - | David | - |
- | - | - | - | Abigail | - | - | - |
Sulaymān | Solomon (debated) | Sulaymān | Sulayman | King Solomon | - | Solomon | - |
- | Ahijah HaShiloni | - | - | Ahijah HaShiloni | - | Ahijah HaShiloni | - |
- | Hezekiah | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Mordecai | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Eliphaz (the Temanite)[24] | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Bildad (the Shuhite) | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Zophar (the Naamathite) | - | - | - |
- | Elihu (debated) | - | - | Elihu (the Buzite) | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Beor | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | Balaam | - | - | - |
- | Gad | - | - | Gad | - | Gad | - |
- | Nathan | - | - | Nathan | - | Nathan | - |
- | Shemaiah | - | - | Shemaiah | - | Shemiah | - |
- | - | - | - | Hanani | - | Hanani | - |
- | Jehu | - | - | Jehu | - | Jehu | - |
- | Jahaziel/Chaziel (debated) | - | - | Jahaziel | - | Jahaziel | - |
- | Eliezer (debated) | - | - | Eliezer | - | Eliezer | - |
- | - | - | - | Ahiyah | - | - | - |
- | Iddo | - | - | Iddo | - | Iddo | - |
- | - | - | - | Micaiah | - | Micaiah | - |
- | - | - | - | Obadiah | - | Obadiah | - |
- | Oded | - | - | Oded | - | Oded | - |
- | Azariah | - | - | Azariah | - | Azariah | - |
- | Ezra/Esdras | - | Uzair[25] | - | - | - | - |
- | Nehemiah | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Jahaziel | - |
- | Osee | - | - | Hosea | - | Horsea | - |
- | - | - | - | Huldah | - | Huldah | - |
- | - | - | - | Amos | - | Amos | - |
- | Micheas | - | - | Micah | - | Micah | - |
- | - | - | - | Amoz | - | - | - |
Élyás | Elijah/Elias | el-Khudar | Ilyas | Elijah | - | Ellijah | - |
- | Elisha | - | al-Yasa | Elisha | - | Elisha | - |
Yúnus (Jonas)[26] | Jonah/Jonas | - | Yunus | Jonah | - | Jonah | - |
Búdá (Buddha)[27] | - | - | Buddha (Only Ahmadiyya)[28] | - | - | - | - |
Íshiya | Isaiah/Isaias | - | Ishaʻyā' | Isaiah | - | Isaiah | - |
Ermíya | Jeremiah/Jeremias | - | Irmiyā | Jeremiah | - | Jeremiah | - |
- | Zephaniah/Sophonias | - | - | Zephaniah | - | Zephaniah | - |
- | Nahum | - | - | Nahum | - | Nahum | - |
- | Habakkuk/Habacuc | - | Ḥabaqūq | Habakkuk | - | Habakkuk | - |
Za'l Kifl | Ezekiel/Ezechiel | - | Dhul-Kifl | Ezekiel | - | Ezekiel | - |
- | Uriah | - | - | Uriah | - | Uriah | - |
- | Baruch ben Neriah | - | - | Baruch ben Neriah | - | Baruch ben Neriah | - |
- | Neriah | - | - | Neriah | - | Neriah | - |
- | Seraiah | - | - | Seraiah | - | Seraiah | - |
- | Haggai/Aggeus | - | - | Haggai | - | Haggai | - |
Zechariah[29] | Zechariah/Zacharias (debated) | - | - | Zechariah (Zekaryah) | - | Zechariah | - |
- | Malachi/Malachias | - | - | Malachi | - | Malachi | - |
- | Esther | - | - | Esther | - | - | - |
Yu'íl | Joel | - | - | Joel | - | Joel | - |
Danyál | Daniel | - | Daniyal[30] | - | - | 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)[31] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Zenos(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Zenock(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | King Benjamin(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | King Mosiah II(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(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Shiblon[32] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Corianton(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Helaman II(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Nephi, son of Helaman(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Lehi, son of Helaman(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Zechariah (the Priest)[33] | - | Zakariya | - | - | Zechariah | - |
- | Anna | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Agabus | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Agur | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Samuel the Lamanite(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Lachoneus the Chief Judge[34] (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)[35] [36] | - | - | - | - |
Yúna[37] | John (the Baptist)[38] | el-Khudar | Yahya ibn Zakariyya | - | Yuhana Maṣbana | John (the Baptist) | - |
Jesus Christ[39] | Jesus Christ | Isā ibn Yusuf and Maryam (Jesus, son of Joseph and Mary)[40] [41] | Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) | - | - | 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) |
- | Gidgiddoni[42] (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[43] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Mathonihah[44] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Kumen[45] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Kumenonhi[46] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Jeremiah(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Shemnon[47] (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[48] [49] [50] (only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)(only Mormonism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Muhammad[51] | - | Muhammad | Muhammad | - | - | - | - |
- | - | 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[52] (Native American Baháʼís) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Báb[53] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bahá'u'lláh[54] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Ellen G. White (only Seventh-day Adventistism) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Marcus Garvey | - |
- | - | - | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (only Ahmadiyya)[55] | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Haile Selassie I | - |
- | - | - | Noble Drew Ali (only Moorish Scientists)[56] | - | - | - | - |
- | Felix Manalo (only Iglesia ni Cristo) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Vernon Carrington (Prophet Gad) | - |
- | - | - | Elijah Muhammad (only Nation of Islam)[57] | - | - | - | - |
List of Prophets