Below is a chronological list of the 25 prophets explicitly named in the Qur’an, using traditional Islamic scholarship (Tafsir, Qisas al-Anbiya, and Sirah).

Dates are approximate BCE/CE based on mainstream Muslim historians (e.g., Ibn Kathir, al-Tabari).

#	Prophet (Arabic)	English	Approx. Era	Key Qur’anic Verse(s)
1	آدم	Adam	~6000 BCE (mythic)	2:30–39, 7:11
2	إدريس	Idris (Enoch)	~5500 BCE	19:56–57
3	نوح	Noah	~4000–3000 BCE	71:1–28, 11:25
4	هود	Hud	~2400 BCE (‘Ad people)	7:65–72, 11:50
5	صالح	Salih	~2000 BCE (Thamud)	7:73–79, 11:61
6	إبراهيم	Abraham	~1900 BCE	2:124–140, 6:74
7	لوط	Lot	~1850 BCE (contemporary with Abraham)	7:80–84, 11:74
8	إسماعيل	Ishmael	~1800 BCE	2:125–129, 19:54
9	إسحاق	Isaac	~1790 BCE	37:112, 11:71
10	يعقوب	Jacob (Isra’il)	~1750 BCE	2:132–133, 19:49
11	يوسف	Joseph	~1700 BCE	Surah 12 (Yusuf)
12	أيوب	Job	~1600 BCE	4:163, 21:83–84
13	شعيب	Shu‘ayb	~1500 BCE (Midian)	7:85–93, 11:84
14	موسى	Moses	~1400–1300 BCE	20:9–98, 28:1–44
15	هارون	Aaron	~1390 BCE (brother of Moses)	20:30, 7:142
16	ذو الكفل	Dhul-Kifl (Ezekiel?)	~1200 BCE	21:85, 38:48
17	داود	David	~1000 BCE	2:251, 38:17–26
18	سليمان	Solomon	~970 BCE	27:15–44, 34:12
19	إلياس	Elijah	~870 BCE	6:85, 37:123–132
20	اليسع	Elisha	~850 BCE	6:86, 38:48
21	يونس	Jonah	~780 BCE	Surah 10 (Yunus), 37:139
22	زكريا	Zechariah	~100 BCE	3:37–41, 19:2–11
23	يحيى	John (Yahya)	~5 BCE	3:39, 19:12–15
24	عيسى	Jesus	4 BCE – 30 CE	3:45–59, 4:157, 5:110
25	محمد	Muhammad	570–632 CE	33:40, 47:2, 48:29

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Key Notes

• Total named: 25 (Qur’an 4:163–165).
• “Thousands” sent: Qur’an says 124,000 prophets total (Hadith: Musnad Ahmad), but only 25 named.
• Chronology source:
  • Ibn Kathir (Qisas al-Anbiya)
  • Al-Tabari (Tarikh al-Rusul wa’l-Muluk)
  • Hadith: “The prophets are brothers…” (Bukhari 3436)
• Uncertain dates: Pre-Abrahamic prophets (Adam → Shu‘ayb) are symbolic eras, not historical.

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Visual Timeline (Simplified)

6000 BCE  Adam → Idris → Nuh → Hud → Salih
1900 BCE  Ibrahim → Lut → Ismail → Ishaq → Yaqub → Yusuf → Ayyub → Shuayb
1400 BCE  Musa → Harun → Dhul-Kifl
1000 BCE  Dawud → Sulayman → Ilyas → Al-Yasa → Yunus
 100 BCE  Zakariya → Yahya
   0 CE   Isa
 600 CE  Muhammad

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Bottom Line:
The 25 named prophets span from Adam (~6000 BCE) to Muhammad (632 CE), with Moses, Abraham, Jesus, and Muhammad as the Ulul Azm (5 prophets of strong will).