Prophets , Messenger ,Farishte

 PROPHETS AND MESSENGER 

In Islam, there is a difference between a prophet and a messenger. All of the messengers of Allah were prophets. But not all of the prophets were messengers. The Arabic word for messenger is Rasool.

The prophets were sent to their people to teach them and judge them according to a previous law or message. The messengers were prophets that were sent with a new message and law, generally to a disbelieving people.

Therefore, prophets like Dawood (David) and Sulaiman(Solomon), were sent to judge their people according to the law sent to Moses. They were prophets, but not messengers.

However, Musa (Moses) brought a new law (Taureth), so he was a messenger. Isa (Jesus) also brought a new law (Injeel) so he was a messenger and prophet also. And Prophet Mohammadbrought the Quran, so he was a messenger and prophet as well

FARISHTE

• Jibrail: communicates with (all of) the prophets .Also for coming down with Allah's blessings during the night of Laylat al-Qadr [Shab-e-Qadr ]is the night that the Quranwas revealed [Generally it is last ten oddnights of ramzaan] 
• MiKail: who provides nourishments for bodies and souls . responsible for bringing rain and thunder to Earth.
• Israfil: who will blow the trumpet twice at the end of time. It is said that the first blow will bring all to attention. The second will end all life,]while the third blow will bring all human beings back to life again to meet their Lord for their final judgement 
• Azrael: the angel of death. He is responsible for parting the soul from the body 
• Kiraman Katibin: two of whom are charged to every human being; one writes down good deeds called Raqib, and the another one called Atid writes down evil deeds 
• Muqqabit: who keep people from death until its decreed time and who bring down blessings 
• Munqar and Naqir : who question the dead in their graves
• Maalik: the chief of the angels who govern Jahannam (Hell)
• Rizwan : the angel who is responsible for Jannah (Paradise)

 PROPHETS

Allah has told us in the Quran.
Allah says he sent a prophet to every nation. He says:
“For We assuredly sent amongst every People a Messenger, (with the command): ‘Serve Allah, and eschew Evil;’ of the people were some whom Allah guided, and some on whom Error became inevitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who denied (the Truth)” (Quran 16:36)
This is because one of the principles by which Allah operates is that He will never take a people to task unless He has made clear to them what His expectations are.
The Quran mentions the names of 25 prophets and indicates there were others. It says:
“Of some messengers We have already told you the story; of others We have not; - and to Moses Allah spoke direct.” (Quran 4:164)

PROPHETS NAME	Relationship	SPAN	Primary Location	Significance
Adam (Pbuh)		950-1000		First prophet and first Human
Idris/Enoch (Pbuh)		356	Egypt	First of the Children of Adam to be given prophethood after Adam and Seth
Nuh/Noah (Pbuh)	Descendant of Idris	950	Iraq	Received a revelation to build an Ark from ALLAH
Hud/Heber (Pbuh)	Descendents of Nuh	265	South Arabia	sent to Bani 'Ad
Salih/Saleh (Pbuh)		586	Saudia Arabia	sent to Bani Thamud .story of the She-Camel
Ibrahim/Abraham(Pbuh)	Descendant of Noah through his son Shem	195	Mesopotamia{Baghdad], Palestine, Mecca	Significanceof Eid Ul ZOHA. Built Kabba . Established the rites of HAJJ
Lut/Lot (Pbuh)	nephew of Ibrahim	175	Ur [Jordan], Palestine	Story of Dead Sea
Isma'il/Ishmael (Pbuh)	Elder son of  Ibrahim	137	Mecca	Significance of ZAM ZAM.
Ishaq/Isaac (Pbuh)	Younger son of  Ibrahim	180	Mecca	Continued their father's legacy and preached the message of Allah
Ya'qub/Jacob (Pbuh)	Elder son of  Ishaq	140	Palestine, Egypt	Continued their fore father's legacy and preached the message of Allah
Yusuf/Joseph (Pbuh)	Eleventh son of  Yaqub	110	was a slave in Egypt	received the gift of half of the beauty granted to mankind
Ayyub (Job) (Pbuh)	late descendant of Noah	146	NE Palestine	came after Yusuf in the prophetic series and that he preached to his own people rather than being sent to a specified community.
Shuaib (Pbuh)	Maternal Grandfather was Lut	882	Arab	was sent as a prophet to two communities, namely the Midianites and the People of the Wood
Musa/Moses (Pbuh)	descendant of Yusuf	125	Egypt, Midian, Palestine	Maximum number of times mentioned in quran .Splitting of Red Sea. revealed a holy book to Jesus called the Taureth
Harun/Aaron (Pbuh)	Brother of Musa	119	Jerusalem	preached with his brother Musa .rules Jerusalem after rule of Goliath
Dhul-Kifl (Ezekiel) (Pbuh)		75	Jerusalem, Babylon	supported his people to suffice their needs and administrated justice among them. That is why he was called Dhul Kifl. (means possessor of, or giving, a double requital or portion
Dawud/David (Pbuh)	Descendant Of yaqub	70	Jerusalem	Zaboor was sent through him
Sulayman/Solomon (Pbuh)	Son of Dawood	89	Jerusalem	Rules Jerusalem. Construction of the Holy Temple - Baitul Muqaddas (Masjid Aqsa)
Ilyas/Elijah (Pbuh)	Descendant of Harun		Israel	lived in the time of King Ahab
Al Yasa/Elisha (Pbuh)	Student of Ilyas		preached in Yariha	took over the task of leading the Israelites after the death of Ilyaas. He attempted to show the king and queen of Israel the power of Allah, but they dismissed him as a magician
Yunus/Jonah (Pbuh)			Ninevah on Tigris in Assyria	Allah commanded Yunus to help the people of Nineveh towards righteousness
Zakariya/Zecahriah (Pbuh)	descendants of Prophet Sulaiman	207	Palestine	became the guardian of BiBi mariam the mother of Isa
Yahya/John the Baptist (Pbuh)	Son of Zakariya	95	Palestine	time of Roman Herod Antipas
'Isa/Jesus (Pbuh)	Bibi Mariam was mother of Isa	33 years old	Palestine	revealed a holy book to Jesus called the Injeel
Muhammad (Pbuh)	Descendant of Ishamael	63	Saudi Arabia	Last prophet of Islam .