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The 25 prophets in the Qur’an: names, stories and prayers

How often each prophet is named, in which surahs, the main passages of his story, and his prayers (linked to the prayers page).

The 25 prophets named in the Qur'an: name counts, surahs, main story passages and their prayers.

How often each name occurs

Prophet	Times named
Musa مُوسَىٰ	136
Ibrahim إِبْرَاهِيم	69
Nuh نُوح	43
Lut لُوط	27
Yusuf يُوسُف	27
Adam آدَم	25
’Isa عِيسَىٰ	25
Harun هَارُون	20
Ishaq إِسْحَاق	17
Sulayman سُلَيْمَان	17
Ya’qub يَعْقُوب	16
Dawud دَاوُود	16
Isma’il إِسْمَاعِيل	12
Shu’ayb شُعَيْب	11
Salih صَالِح	9
Hud هُود	7
Zakariyya زَكَرِيَّا	7
Yahya يَحْيَىٰ	5
Ayyub أَيُّوب	4
Yunus يُونُس	4
Muhammad ﷺ مُحَمَّد ﷺ	4
Ilyas إِلْيَاس	3
Idris إِدْرِيس	2
Dhul-Kifl ذُو الْكِفْل	2
Al-Yasa’ الْيَسَع	2

A few observations

Musa is named most often (136 times), Ibrahim second (69) and Nuh third (43). Yusuf’s story is told complete in a single surah: 25 of his 27 mentions are in Surah Yusuf. With 'Isa, his mother Maryam is named 34 times; she is the only woman named in the Qur’an. The Prophet ﷺ is named «Muhammad» 4 times and «Ahmad» once.

Each prophet

آدَمAdam25 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 5 Aal Imran 2 Al-Ma'idah 1 Al-A'raf 7 Al-Isra 2 Al-Kahf 1 Maryam 1 Ta-Ha 5 Ya-Sin 1

Main passages of the story

2:30–39 Al-Baqarah7:11–27 Al-A'raf15:26–44 Al-Hijr17:61–65 Al-Isra20:115–123 Ta-Ha38:71–85 Sad

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

7:23 After eating from the tree: the first repentance

إِدْرِيسIdris2 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Maryam 1 Al-Anbiya 1

Main passages of the story

19:56–57 Maryam21:85–86 Al-Anbiya

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

نُوحNuh43 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Main passages of the story

7:59–64 Al-A'raf10:71–73 Yunus11:25–49 Hud23:23–30 Al-Mu'minun26:105–122 Ash-Shu'ara37:75–82 As-Saffat54:9–17 Al-Qamar71:1–28 Nuh

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

11:45 When his son was drowning in the flood
11:47 After Allah’s rebuke about his question concerning his son
23:26 Asking for help when his people denied him
23:29 On boarding the ark (a prayer Allah taught him)
26:117 Complaining that his people denied him
71:5 Complaint to his Lord after long preaching
71:21 Complaining of his people’s disobedience
71:26–28 Final prayer: against the disbelievers, and forgiveness for himself, his parents and the believers

Other prayers / calls

54:10 Al-Qamar

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)

تو (نوح نے) اپنے رب کو پکارا: میں مغلوب ہو گیا ہوں، تو تو (ان سے) بدلہ لے۔

هُودHud7 times

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The word «hūd» appears three times in Al-Baqarah meaning “Jews”; those are not counted here.

Surahs where the name occurs

Al-A'raf 1 Hud 5 Ash-Shu'ara 1

Main passages of the story

7:65–72 Al-A'raf11:50–60 Hud26:123–140 Ash-Shu'ara46:21–26 Al-Ahqaf

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

صَالِحSalih9 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-A'raf 3 Hud 4 Ash-Shu'ara 1 An-Naml 1

Main passages of the story

7:73–79 Al-A'raf11:61–68 Hud26:141–159 Ash-Shu'ara27:45–53 An-Naml54:23–32 Al-Qamar91:11–15 Ash-Shams

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

إِبْرَاهِيمIbrahim69 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Main passages of the story

2:124–141 Al-Baqarah2:258–260 Al-Baqarah6:74–83 Al-An'am11:69–76 Hud14:35–41 Ibrahim19:41–50 Maryam21:51–73 Al-Anbiya26:69–89 Ash-Shu'ara29:16–27 Al-Ankabut37:83–113 As-Saffat51:24–34 Adh-Dhariyat60:4–6 Al-Mumtahanah

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

2:126 That Makkah be made a city of safety
2:127–129 While raising the foundations of the Ka‘bah
2:260 Asking to see how the dead are revived
14:35–41 Prayers for Makkah, his children and his parents, in old age
26:83 In dialogue with his people: wisdom and the company of the righteous
37:100 Asking for a righteous son when emigrating
60:4–5 After declaring themselves free of their people

لُوطLut27 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-An'am 1 Al-A'raf 1 Hud 5 Al-Hijr 2 Al-Anbiya 2 Al-Hajj 1 Ash-Shu'ara 3 An-Naml 2 Al-Ankabut 4 As-Saffat 1 Sad 1 Qaf 1 Al-Qamar 2 At-Tahrim 1

Main passages of the story

7:80–84 Al-A'raf11:77–83 Hud15:57–77 Al-Hijr26:160–175 Ash-Shu'ara27:54–58 An-Naml29:28–35 Al-Ankabut37:133–138 As-Saffat54:33–39 Al-Qamar

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

26:169 For rescue from his people’s deeds
29:30 For help against a corrupting people

إِسْمَاعِيلIsma’il12 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 5 Aal Imran 1 An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Ibrahim 1 Maryam 1 Al-Anbiya 1 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

2:125–129 Al-Baqarah19:54–55 Maryam37:101–107 As-Saffat

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

2:127–129 While raising the foundations of the Ka‘bah

إِسْحَاقIshaq17 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 3 Aal Imran 1 An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Hud 2 Yusuf 2 Ibrahim 1 Maryam 1 Al-Anbiya 1 Al-Ankabut 1 As-Saffat 2 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

11:71–73 Hud37:112–113 As-Saffat51:28–30 Adh-Dhariyat

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

يَعْقُوبYa’qub16 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 4 Aal Imran 1 An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Hud 1 Yusuf 3 Maryam 2 Al-Anbiya 1 Al-Ankabut 1 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

2:132–133 Al-Baqarah12:4–18 Yusuf12:83–100 Yusuf

Other prayers / calls

12:86 Yusuf

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

He said: "I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not

(یعقوب نے) کہا: میں اپنی بےقراری اور اپنا غم اللہ ہی سے کہتا ہوں، اور میں اللہ کی طرف سے وہ جانتا ہوں جو تم نہیں جانتے۔

يُوسُفYusuf27 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-An'am 1 Yusuf 25 Ghafir 1

Main passages of the story

12:4–101 Yusuf40:34 Ghafir

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

12:33 Preferring prison to the women’s schemes
12:101 At the end of the story, after power and reunion with his family

أَيُّوبAyyub4 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Al-Anbiya 1 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

21:83–84 Al-Anbiya38:41–44 Sad

Other prayers / calls

21:83 Al-Anbiya

وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress has seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful

اور ایوب (کو یاد کرو) جب انہوں نے اپنے رب کو پکارا کہ مجھے تکلیف پہنچی ہے، اور تو سب رحم کرنے والوں سے بڑھ کر رحم کرنے والا ہے۔

شُعَيْبShu’ayb11 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-A'raf 5 Hud 4 Ash-Shu'ara 1 Al-Ankabut 1

Main passages of the story

7:85–93 Al-A'raf11:84–95 Hud26:176–191 Ash-Shu'ara29:36–37 Al-Ankabut

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

7:89 Answering his people’s threat: judge between us

مُوسَىٰMusa136 times

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The most frequently mentioned name in the Qur’an (after Allah).

Surahs where the name occurs

Main passages of the story

2:49–74 Al-Baqarah7:103–162 Al-A'raf10:75–93 Yunus18:60–82 Al-Kahf20:9–98 Ta-Ha26:10–68 Ash-Shu'ara27:7–14 An-Naml28:3–46 Al-Qasas40:23–46 Ghafir79:15–26 An-Nazi'at

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

5:25 When his people refused to enter the Holy Land
7:143 On the Mount: the wish to see Allah
7:151 After the calf, for himself and his brother
7:155 When the earthquake seized the seventy men
10:88 Against Pharaoh’s wealth and tyranny
20:25 On receiving prophethood: expand my chest
20:45 Before going to Pharaoh
20:84 Arriving at the appointed meeting before his people
26:12 On receiving the mission: fear of being denied
28:16–17 After accidentally killing a man
28:21 Leaving Egypt in fear
28:24 At the well of Madyan, a stranger without support
28:33 Fear on being sent to Pharaoh

هَارُونHarun20 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 1 An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Al-A'raf 2 Yunus 1 Maryam 2 Ta-Ha 4 Al-Anbiya 1 Al-Mu'minun 1 Al-Furqan 1 Ash-Shu'ara 2 Al-Qasas 1 As-Saffat 2

Main passages of the story

7:142–150 Al-A'raf20:29–36 Ta-Ha20:90–94 Ta-Ha28:34–35 Al-Qasas

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

20:45 Before going to Pharaoh

ذُو الْكِفْلDhul-Kifl2 times

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In the form «dhā l-kifl».

Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Anbiya 1 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

21:85–86 Al-Anbiya38:48 Sad

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

دَاوُودDawud16 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 1 An-Nisa 1 Al-Ma'idah 1 Al-An'am 1 Al-Isra 1 Al-Anbiya 2 An-Naml 2 Saba 2 Sad 5

Main passages of the story

2:251 Al-Baqarah21:78–80 Al-Anbiya34:10–11 Saba38:17–26 Sad

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

سُلَيْمَانSulayman17 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 2 An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Al-Anbiya 3 An-Naml 7 Saba 1 Sad 2

Main passages of the story

21:78–82 Al-Anbiya27:15–44 An-Naml34:12–14 Saba38:30–40 Sad

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

27:19 Smiling at the words of the ant
38:35 After a trial: forgiveness and a kingdom like no other

إِلْيَاسIlyas3 times

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Also in the form «il yāsīn» in 37:130.

Surahs where the name occurs

Al-An'am 1 As-Saffat 2

Main passages of the story

6:85 Al-An'am37:123–132 As-Saffat

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

الْيَسَعAl-Yasa’2 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Al-An'am 1 Sad 1

Main passages of the story

6:86 Al-An'am38:48 Sad

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

يُونُسYunus4 times

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Also «dhā n-nūn» (21:87) and «ṣāḥibi l-ḥūt» (68:48).

Surahs where the name occurs

An-Nisa 1 Al-An'am 1 Yunus 1 As-Saffat 1

Main passages of the story

10:98 Yunus21:87–88 Al-Anbiya37:139–148 As-Saffat68:48–50 Al-Qalam

Other prayers / calls

21:87 Al-Anbiya

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We had no power over him! But he cried through the deptHs of darkness, "There is no god but thou: glory to thee: I was indeed wrong

اور مچھلی والے (یونس) کو یاد کرو جب وہ غصے میں چلے گئے اور سمجھے کہ ہم ان پر تنگی نہیں کریں گے، پھر انہوں نے اندھیروں میں پکارا: تیرے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں، تو پاک ہے، بے شک میں ہی ظالموں میں سے تھا۔

زَكَرِيَّاZakariyya7 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Aal Imran 3 Al-An'am 1 Maryam 2 Al-Anbiya 1

Main passages of the story

3:37–41 Aal Imran19:2–15 Maryam21:89–90 Al-Anbiya

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

3:38 On seeing out-of-season provision with Maryam
3:40 Wonder at the good news of a son
3:41 Asking for a sign
19:4–6 Asking for an heir in old age
19:8 Wonder at the good news
19:10 Asking for a sign
21:89 Do not leave me alone

يَحْيَىٰYahya5 times

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Surahs where the name occurs

Aal Imran 1 Al-An'am 1 Maryam 2 Al-Anbiya 1

Main passages of the story

3:39 Aal Imran19:7–15 Maryam21:90 Al-Anbiya

The Qur’an records no prayer of his with the words «rabbi / rabbanā».

عِيسَىٰ’Isa25 times

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Also «al-masīḥ» 11 times, and the title «ibn maryam».

Surahs where the name occurs

Al-Baqarah 3 Aal Imran 5 An-Nisa 3 Al-Ma'idah 6 Al-An'am 1 Maryam 1 Al-Ahzab 1 Ash-Shura 1 Az-Zukhruf 1 Al-Hadid 1 As-Saff 2

Main passages of the story

3:42–60 Aal Imran4:156–159 An-Nisa5:110–118 Al-Ma'idah19:16–36 Maryam43:57–65 Az-Zukhruf61:6 As-Saff61:14 As-Saff

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

5:114 Asking for a table from heaven at the disciples’ request

مُحَمَّد ﷺMuhammad ﷺ4 times

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Also «Ahmad» once (61:6). The Qur’an mostly addresses him ﷺ by title rather than name: «yā ayyuha n-nabiyy», «yā ayyuha r-rasūl».

Surahs where the name occurs

Aal Imran 1 Al-Ahzab 1 Muhammad 1 Al-Fath 1

Main passages of the story

3:144 Aal Imran33:40 Al-Ahzab47:2 Muhammad48:29 Al-Fath61:6 As-Saff

Prayers («rabbi / rabbanā»)

17:24 A prayer for parents (command: «wa-qul»)
17:80 Set against the Hijrah: entering and leaving with truth (command: «wa-qul»)
20:114 During revelation: increase in knowledge (command: «wa-qul»)
21:112 Facing the disbelievers: judge with truth (the Prophet ﷺ)
23:93–94 The promised punishment: do not place me among the wrongdoers (command: «qul»)
23:97–98 Refuge from the whisperings of devils (command: «wa-qul»)
23:118 The close of Surah Al-Mu'minun: forgiveness and mercy (command: «wa-qul»)
25:30 Complaint on the Day: his people abandoned the Qur’an (the Prophet ﷺ)
43:88 These are a people who do not believe (the Prophet ﷺ)

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