ern - day " ▁proph ets . ▁One ▁such ▁den om ination ▁is ▁The ▁Church ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ ▁of ▁L atter - day ▁Sain ts , ▁which ▁teach es ▁that ▁God ▁still ▁communic ates ▁with ▁man kind ▁through ▁prop he cy . ▁ ▁Islam ▁▁ ▁The ▁Q ur an ▁ident ifies ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁men ▁as ▁" Pro ph ets ▁of ▁Islam " ▁( ▁nab ī ; ▁pl . ▁ ▁an bi y ā ʾ ). ▁Muslim s ▁believe ▁such ▁individuals ▁were ▁assigned ▁a ▁special ▁mission ▁by ▁God ▁to ▁guide ▁human ity . ▁Besides ▁Muhammad , ▁this ▁includes ▁proph ets ▁such ▁as ▁Abraham ▁( I br ā h ī m ), ▁Mos es ▁( M ū s ā ) ▁and ▁Jesus ▁( ʿ Ī s ā ). ▁ ▁Although ▁only ▁twenty - five ▁proph ets ▁are ▁mentioned ▁by ▁name ▁in ▁the ▁Q ur an , ▁a ▁had ith ▁( no . ▁ 2 1 2 5 7 ▁in ▁Mus nad ▁A hm ad ▁ibn ▁Han bal ) ▁mentions ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁( more ▁or ▁less ) ▁ 1 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁proph ets ▁in ▁total ▁throughout ▁history . ▁Other ▁trad itions ▁place ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁proph ets ▁at ▁ 2 2 4 , 0 0 0 . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁hold ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁an ▁even ▁greater ▁number ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁man kind , ▁and ▁only ▁God ▁knows . ▁The ▁Q ur an ▁says ▁that ▁God ▁has ▁sent ▁a ▁proph et ▁to ▁every ▁group ▁of ▁people ▁throughout ▁time