1. **Qur’an Source:**
Surah Ghafir, Surah 40, Ayah 78
**Arabic:**
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِيَ بِآيَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
**Translation:**
We sent messengers before you. Some of them We told you about, and some We did not tell you about.
**Simple Meaning:**
Allah tells us that He sent many prophets and messengers.
The Qur’an names some of them, but not all of them.
So we know there were more than the names we read.
2. **Qur’an Source:**
Surah An-Nisa, Surah 4, Ayah 164
**Arabic:**
وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًا
**Translation:**
And We have told you about some messengers before, and about some messengers We have not told you.
**Simple Meaning:**
The Qur’an tells us that Allah chose many prophets.
Only some names were shared with us.
3. **Prophets named in the Qur’an:**
Adam, Idris, Nuh, Hud, Salih, Ibrahim, Lut, Ismail, Ishaq, Yaqub, Yusuf, Shuayb, Ayyub, Dhul-Kifl, Musa, Harun, Dawud, Sulayman, Ilyas, Al-Yasa, Yunus, Zakariya, Yahya, Isa, and Muhammad ﷺ.
4. **Simple explanation:**
That is 25 prophets named in the Qur’an.
They all called people to worship Allah alone.
They were kind, truthful, and patient.
**Takeaway:**
We love and respect all the prophets.
We follow the last prophet, Muhammad ﷺ.
Allah knows best.