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28 November 2021 • 2.7K views
BENEFIT 37: HOW MANY PROPHETS ARE MENTIONED IN THE QURʿĀN?
Sheikh Muḥammad Khalīl Al-Harrās raḥimahullāh wrote:
“We must have specific belief in those (Prophets & Messengers) Who Allāh has named in the Qurʿān; and they are 25 (in number), mentioned in the poet's saying:
فِي {تِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَا} مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةٌ * مِنْ بَعْدِ عَشْرٍ وَيَبْقَى سَبْعَةٌ وَهُمُ
إِدْرِيسُ هُودٌ شُعَيبٌ صَالِحٌ وَكَذَا * ذُو الْكِفْلِ آدَمُ بِالْمُخْتَارِ قَدْ خُتِمُوا
[Rough translation:]
In (the Āyāt starting from) وتلك حجتنا, eighteen of them are mentioned(*); that leaves 7, and they are:
Idrees, Hood, Shu'aib, Ṣaaliḥ, Dhul Kifl(*), Ādam, and the chosen one (i.e. Our prophet Muhammad ﷺ).”
Source:
[Explanation of Al-'Aqīdah Al-Wā siṭiyyah]
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(*) the 18 are as follows:
(وَتِلۡكَ حُجَّتُنَاۤ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰهَاۤ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦۚ نَرۡفَعُ دَرَجَـٰتࣲ مَّن نَّشَاۤءُۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِیمٌ عَلِیمࣱ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥۤ إِسۡحَـٰقَ وَیَعۡقُوبَۚ كُلًّا هَدَیۡنَاۚ وَنُوحًا هَدَیۡنَا مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمِن ذُرِّیَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَیۡمَـٰنَ وَأَیُّوبَ وَیُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَۚ وَكَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ وَزَكَرِیَّا وَیَحۡیَىٰ وَعِیسَىٰ وَإِلۡیَاسَۖ كُلࣱّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ وَإِسۡمَـٰعِیلَ وَٱلۡیَسَعَ وَیُونُسَ وَلُوطࣰاۚ وَكُلࣰّا فَضَّلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ)
[Surah Al-An'am 83 - 86]
(*) our teacher, Abū Zur'ah Aṣ-Ṣomālī ḥafidhahullāh explained during the Wāsiṭiyyah classes that, the scholars differed concerning Dhul Kifl; some said he was not a Prophet, but a righteous man; others said that he was a Prophet; and this was the opinion chosen by ibn Kathīr, based on the fact that he is mentioned alongside the Prophets in the Qurʿān - [see Sūrah Al-Anbiyā' (85) & Sūrah Ṣād (48)].