The Prophets named in the Holy Quran The word Prophet (or 'Nabi' in Arabic, plural forms are Nabiyyun and Anbiya) occours 75 times in the Holy Quran but the word Messenger (Rasul and plural Mursalun) appears more than 300 times. The difference between Messenger and Prophet is denial of a Messenger will invoke punishment from Allah (Sunnat Allah) 1 Adam Prophet   2 Idris (Enoch) Prophet Messenger 3 Nuh (Noah Prophet Messenger 4 Hud Prophet Messenger 5 Saleh Prophet Messenger 6 Ibrahim (Abraham) Prophet Messenger 7 Isma'il (Ishmael) Prophet   8 Ishaq (Isaac) Prophet   9 Lut (Lot) Prophet Messenger 10 Ya'qub (Jacob) Prophet   11 Yousef (Joseph) Prophet   12 Shu'aib Prophet Messenger 13 Ayyub (Job) Prophet   14 Musa (Moses) Prophet Messenger 15 Harun (Aaron) Prophet   16 Dhu'l-kifl (Ezekiel) Prophet Messenger 17 Dawud (David) Prophet   18 Sulaiman (Solomon) Prophet   19 Ilias (Elias) Prophet Messenger 20 Al-Yasa (Elisha) Prophet Messenger 21 Yunus (Jonah) Prophet Messenger 22 Zakariyya (Zechariah) Prophet   23 Yahya (John) Prophet   24 'Isa (Jesus) Prophet Messenger 25 Muhammad Prophet Messenger