Enoch, Noah, Eber, Shelah, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Aaron, Moses, Zechariah, John the Baptist and Jesus are mentioned in the Quran as prophets of God (see Prophets of Islam). In fact, Moses is mentioned more in the Quran than any other individual. Jesus is mentioned more often in the Quran than Muhammad (by name—Muhammad is often alluded to as "The Prophet" or "The Apostle"), while Mary is mentioned in the Quran more than in the New Testament. Arab writing After the Quran, and the general rise of Islam, the Arabic alphabet developed rapidly into an art form. The Arabic grammarian Sibawayh wrote one of the earliest books on Arabic grammar, referred to as "Al-Kitab", which relied heavily on the language in the Quran. Wadad Kadi, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago, and Mustansir Mir, Professor of Islamic studies at Youngstown State University, state that the Quran exerted a particular influence on Arabic literature's diction, themes, metaphors, motifs and symbols and added new expressions and new meanings to old, pre-Islamic words that would become ubiquitous. See also Criticism of the Quran Digital Quran Hadith of the Quran and Sunnah Historical reliability of the Quran Islamic schools and branches List of chapters in the Quran List of translations of the Quran Quran and miracles Quran code Quran translations Schools of Islamic theology Violence in the Quran Women in the Quran The True Furqan References Notes Citations Sources Further reading Introductory texts Traditional Quranic commentaries (tafsir) Topical studies Literary criticism . Encyclopedias Academic journals Journal of Qur'anic Studies (), published by the School of Oriental and African Studies Journal of Qur'anic Research and Studies, published by King Fahd Qur'an Printing Complex External links Reference material The British Library: Discovering Sacred Texts – Islam Manuscripts Several digitised Qurans in the Cambridge University Digital Library 2017-232-1 al-Qurʼān. / القرآن at OPenn Quran browsers and translation Al-Quran.info Quran Archive – Texts and Studies on the Quran Quran text and translation at Tufts University Tanzil – Online Quran Navigator Quran.com Multilingual Quran (Arabic, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian) 7th-century books Islamic theology Islamic texts Medieval literature Religious texts Islamic terminology Miracles attributed to Muhammad 7th-century Arabic books