Muslims identify the prophets of Islam as those humans chosen by God in Islam (Allah) and given revelation to deliver to mankind. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a belief to worship God and their respective followers believed it as well. Each prophet, in Muslim belief, preached the same main belief of worshiping God (which in Arabic is translated as Allah) and in the avoidance of idolatry and sin. Each came to preach Islam at different times in history and some, including Jesus, told of the coming of the final prophet and messenger of God, who would be named Muhammad. Each prophet directed a message to a different group of people, and thus would preach Islam in accordance with the times. Although many lay Muslims and many Western scholars and writers hold the view that Islam began with Muhammad in Mecca, this contradicts the Quran, which says that Muhammad simply was the last prophet who preached the same faith that Adam preached to his children.

Als Propheten werden im Islam jene Männer bezeichnet, die von Gott auserwählt worden sind, seinen Willen zu verkünden.

L'islam possède sa propre interprétation de la vie des prophètes monothéistes, qui diffère parfois de celle des deux autres religions abrahamiques (judaïsme et christianisme). Bien que tous les prophètes soient considérés comme importants, cinq sont nommés "ouli l âazm" (arabe :, les plus décidés) et se distinguent : Nuh (Noé), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moïse), Îsâ (Jésus de Nazareth) et Mohammed (Mahomet).

Isa bin Marjam (عيسى بن مريم) - arabskie  i muzułmańskie imię jednego z proroków islamu  - Jezusa. Jego imię jest wspominane ponad 20 razy w Koranie.

O Alcorão identifica uma série de homens como Profetas do Islão. Os muçulmanos acreditam que estes indivíduos receberam de Allah (Deus) a missão especial de orientar os seres humanos no caminho do monoteísmo e do bem. Muitos destes profetas são também referidos nos textos sagrados do Judaísmo e do Cristianismo.