Prophets in sequence and family tree
Follow the broad sequence from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ. Select a name for its biography or show it in the family tree.
The sequence of the prophets
A broad era-based reading order. Exact dates and the order of several prophets within the same era are unknown. The connecting line shows the passage of time, not descent.
Earliest generations
- 01Adam (peace be upon him)
Adam is the father of humanity and the first prophet, preceding Noah, with Hawwa as his wife. The Quran describes divine choosing, teaching and guidance; hadith report his prophethood, creation day, stature, descendants and allotted lifespan.
- 02Idris (peace be upon him)
Idris is named in the Quran as a truthful prophet.
- 03Nuh (Noah) (peace be upon him)
Nuh is a messenger and one of the prophets named in solemn covenant passages. The Quran calls him a grateful servant.
Peoples after Noah
- 04Hud (peace be upon him)
Hud was sent to Ad and is described as their brother.
- 05Salih (peace be upon him)
Salih was a messenger to Thamud, described as their brother and a trustworthy messenger.
Abraham and later families
- 06Ibrahim (Abraham) (peace be upon him)
Ibrahim was a prophet and messenger whom Allah took as a close friend.
- 07Lut (Lot) (peace be upon him)
Lut presents himself as a trustworthy messenger calling his people to reverence and obedience.
- 08Ismail (Ishmael) (peace be upon him)
Ismail is Ibrahim’s son and explicitly a messenger and prophet.
- 09Ishaq (Isaac) (peace be upon him)
Ishaq is Ibrahim’s son and a prophet among the righteous.
- 10Yaqub (Jacob) (peace be upon him)
Yaqub is Ishaq’s son, Ibrahim’s grandson and Yusuf’s father, also known as Israel.
- 11Yusuf (Joseph) (peace be upon him)
Yusuf descends from Yaqub, Ishaq and Ibrahim and has a Quranic surah bearing his name.
- 12Ayyub (Job) (peace be upon him)
Ayyub is a recipient of revelation and a servant praised for patience and return to Allah.
- 13Shuayb (peace be upon him)
Shuayb was a trustworthy messenger sent to Madyan.
Different eras among the Children of Israel
- 14Musa (Moses) (peace be upon him)
Musa is a chosen messenger and prophet, recipient of the Torah, to whom Allah spoke.
- 15Harun (Aaron) (peace be upon him)
Harun is Musa’s brother and explicitly a prophet.
- 16Dhul-Kifl (peace be upon him)
Dhul-Kifl is praised among the patient, righteous and excellent and appears in the conventional twenty-five-prophet list.
- 17Dawud (David) (peace be upon him)
Dawud is a prophet, ruler and judge given kingship, wisdom and the Zabur.
- 18Sulayman (Solomon) (peace be upon him)
Sulayman is Dawud’s son and a prophet receiving revelation, praised as an excellent, returning servant.
- 19Ilyas (Elijah) (peace be upon him)
The Quran explicitly includes Ilyas among the messengers.
- 20Al-Yasa (Elisha) (peace be upon him)
Al-Yasa is named among guided prophets and among the excellent in Sad.
- 21Yunus (Jonah) (peace be upon him)
Yunus is a messenger, also described as Dhu al-Nun and the companion of the fish.
The era leading to Jesus
- 22Zakariya (Zechariah) (peace be upon him)
Zakariya is a prophet, Yahya’s father and Maryam’s guardian.
- 23Yahya (John) (peace be upon him)
Yahya is Zakariya’s son and a prophet among the righteous.
- 24Isa (Jesus) (peace be upon him)
Isa is Maryam’s son, the Messiah and Allah’s messenger and servant, given the Injil.
The final prophet
- 25Muhammad ﷺ
Muhammad is Allah’s messenger and final prophet, sent to all humanity and described as mercy to the worlds.
How to read this tree
Green lines show known family ties. Dotted lines mark unnamed generations or a gap in time, not direct parenthood. Separate prophets are not presented as relatives. Some family names are from biography rather than named in the Quran.
The first families
The eras of Adam, Idris and Noah. Dotted lines show time gaps, not direct parenthood.
The two branches of Abraham
Two known lines begin with Ishmael and Isaac. Select a person to explore deeper.
Known families among the Children of Israel
Families from later generations. They are shown separately because the intervening genealogy is not supplied.
More prophets and their families
No direct father-child line between these prophets is established here.
Adam (peace be upon him)
Adam is the father of humanity and the first prophet, preceding Noah, with Hawwa as his wife. The Quran describes divine choosing, teaching and guidance; hadith report his prophethood, creation day, stature, descendants and allotted lifespan.
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Hawwa (Eve)
The wife of Adam and ancestral mother of humanity; the Quran identifies her through her relationship to Adam rather than by name.
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Adam's two sons
Quran 5:27 tells their story without naming them.
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Nuh (Noah) (peace be upon him)
Nuh is a messenger and one of the prophets named in solemn covenant passages. The Quran calls him a grateful servant.
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Wife of Nuh
Wife of Nuh is mentioned in the Quran as an example of disbelief despite a family relationship with a prophet.
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The son of Nuh who drowned
The son of Nuh who declined the invitation to board the ark and drowned; the Quran does not name him.
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Ibrahim (Abraham) (peace be upon him)
Ibrahim was a prophet and messenger whom Allah took as a close friend.
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Sarah
Wife of Ibrahim and mother of Ishaq, associated with the Quranic announcement of a child in old age.
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Hajar (Hagar)
Mother of Ismail, closely associated with early settlement at Makkah, Zamzam and Safa and Marwah.
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Ismail (Ishmael) (peace be upon him)
Ismail is Ibrahim’s son and explicitly a messenger and prophet.
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Ishmael's first wife
The first wife is mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari 3364 without a personal name.
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Ishmael's later wife
A later marriage is mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari 3364; her name is not given.
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Muhammad ﷺ
Muhammad is Allah’s messenger and final prophet, sent to all humanity and described as mercy to the worlds.
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Abd al-Muttalib
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Abdullah
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Aminah bint Wahb
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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Muhammad’s first wife, the first believer in his message and his principal family support at the beginning of revelation.
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Sawdah bint Zamah
A wife of Muhammad after Khadijah’s death, among early Muslim women associated with migration.
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Aishah bint Abi Bakr
Mother of the Believers, daughter of Abu Bakr and a leading teacher of hadith, jurisprudence and the Prophet’s life.
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Hafsah bint Umar
Daughter of Umar and Mother of the Believers, custodian of the Quranic sheets collected under Abu Bakr.
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Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
Mother of the Believers, known as Umm al-Masakin for caring for and feeding poor people.
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Umm Salamah (Hind bint Abi Umayyah)
Emigrant companion, Mother of the Believers and hadith transmitter, particularly remembered for her counsel at Hudaybiyyah.
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Zaynab bint Jahsh
Wife and paternal-aunt’s daughter of the Prophet, known for charity and the Quranic marriage passage.
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Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
Daughter of al-Harith of Banu al-Mustaliq and Mother of the Believers, associated with emancipation, marriage and a hadith on remembrance.
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Umm Habibah (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan)
Daughter of Abu Sufyan, an emigrant to Abyssinia and Mother of the Believers.
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Safiyyah bint Huyayy
Daughter of Huyayy of Banu al-Nadir, who became the Prophet’s wife after Khaybar.
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Maymunah bint al-Harith
Mother of the Believers and maternal aunt of Ibn Abbas, a transmitter of reports on worship and purification.
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Qasim ibn Muhammad
Son of Muhammad and Khadijah, associated with the Prophet’s kunyah Abu al-Qasim.
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Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Son of Muhammad and Khadijah, who died in childhood in Makkah.
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Zaynab bint Muhammad
Daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah and wife of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi, belonging to the Makkan and Medinan household history.
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Ruqayyah bint Muhammad
Daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah, wife of Uthman and an emigrant to Abyssinia.
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Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
Daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah, who married Uthman after Ruqayyah’s death.
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Fatimah bint Muhammad
Daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah, wife of Ali and mother of Hasan and Husayn, a central member of the Ahl al-Bayt.
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
The Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, husband of Fatimah and fourth caliph, a central figure of the Ahl al-Bayt.
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Hasan ibn Ali
Son of Ali and Fatimah, grandson of the Prophet and leader associated with reconciliation between two Muslim groups.
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Husayn ibn Ali
Grandson of the Prophet, son of Ali and Fatimah and a central member of the Ahl al-Bayt killed at Karbala.
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Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
Son of Muhammad and Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah, born in Madinah and deceased in infancy.
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Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah
Muslim woman of Egyptian origin and mother of the Prophet’s son Ibrahim.
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Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
The Prophet’s uncle and foster brother, a defender of the early community and martyr at Uhud.
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Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
The Prophet’s uncle and father of Ibn Abbas, a senior figure linking the Makkan family and Medinan community.
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Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib
The Prophet’s paternal aunt and mother of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, a notable Muslim Hashimite woman.
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Halimah al-Sadiyyah
Foster mother of Banu Sad associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s early childhood.
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Umm Ayman (Barakah)
Companion associated with caring for the Prophet in childhood and mother of Usamah ibn Zayd.
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Ishaq (Isaac) (peace be upon him)
Ishaq is Ibrahim’s son and a prophet among the righteous.
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Yaqub (Jacob) (peace be upon him)
Yaqub is Ishaq’s son, Ibrahim’s grandson and Yusuf’s father, also known as Israel.
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Yusuf (Joseph) (peace be upon him)
Yusuf descends from Yaqub, Ishaq and Ibrahim and has a Quranic surah bearing his name.
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Joseph's brothers
The Quran mentions them; individual names are not supplied here.
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Quran passage · 12/8 ↗Musa (Moses) (peace be upon him)
Musa is a chosen messenger and prophet, recipient of the Torah, to whom Allah spoke.
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Mother of Musa
The biological mother of Musa, whose protection of her infant and reunion with him are described in the Quran.
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Moses's sister
Mentioned in Quran 28:11 without a name.
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Quran passage · 28/11 ↗Harun (Aaron) (peace be upon him)
Harun is Musa’s brother and explicitly a prophet.
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Wife of Musa
One of the two sisters at Madyan, one of whom Musa married; the Quran does not name her.
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Moses's father-in-law
In Quran 28:27 he offers one of his two daughters in marriage to Moses; his personal name is not given.
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Quran passage · 28/27 ↗Asiyah, wife of Pharaoh
Pharaoh’s wife, presented in the Quran as an example for believers and named Asiyah in hadith.
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Dawud (David) (peace be upon him)
Dawud is a prophet, ruler and judge given kingship, wisdom and the Zabur.
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Sulayman (Solomon) (peace be upon him)
Sulayman is Dawud’s son and a prophet receiving revelation, praised as an excellent, returning servant.
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Zakariya (Zechariah) (peace be upon him)
Zakariya is a prophet, Yahya’s father and Maryam’s guardian.
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Zakariya's wife
Mentioned in Quran 19:8 without a name.
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Quran passage · 19/8 ↗Yahya (John) (peace be upon him)
Yahya is Zakariya’s son and a prophet among the righteous.
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Maryam bint Imran
Daughter of Imran and mother of Isa; a woman named in the Quran, with a surah bearing her name.
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Imran
Named as Mary's father in Quran 66:12. No separate profile yet.
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Quran passage · 66/12 ↗Mary's mother
Mentioned as Imran's wife in Quran 3:35; the verse does not name her.
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Quran passage · 3/35 ↗Isa (Jesus) (peace be upon him)
Isa is Maryam’s son, the Messiah and Allah’s messenger and servant, given the Injil.
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Lut (Lot) (peace be upon him)
Lut presents himself as a trustworthy messenger calling his people to reverence and obedience.
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Wife of Lut
Wife of Lut is mentioned in the Quran as an example of disbelief despite a family relationship with a prophet.
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Salih (peace be upon him)
Salih was a messenger to Thamud, described as their brother and a trustworthy messenger.
Full profileAyyub (Job) (peace be upon him)
Ayyub is a recipient of revelation and a servant praised for patience and return to Allah.
Full profileDhul-Kifl (peace be upon him)
Dhul-Kifl is praised among the patient, righteous and excellent and appears in the conventional twenty-five-prophet list.
Full profileIlyas (Elijah) (peace be upon him)
The Quran explicitly includes Ilyas among the messengers.
Full profileAl-Yasa (Elisha) (peace be upon him)
Al-Yasa is named among guided prophets and among the excellent in Sad.
Full profileYunus (Jonah) (peace be upon him)
Yunus is a messenger, also described as Dhu al-Nun and the companion of the fish.
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