وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٩٦
And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority
Quran verses about the messengers and their mission
الرسالة والرسل
180 verses in 33 surahs · 19 subtopics
Every nation has had a messenger, and these verses set out what the messengers share: men among men, sent with clear proofs, asking no wage, charged above all with conveying the message. They also describe the content of the divine messages — calling to the worship of Allah alone, giving good tidings and warning, explaining and teaching — in the face of Satan’s hostility.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 180
- The divine messages: to give glad tidings and warn 9
- The divine messages: to clarify and teach 8
- The divine messages: to leave people no excuse and to bear witness over them 12
- The divine messages: calling to worship Allah alone 20
- Patterns common to the messengers: each spoke his people’s language 1
- Patterns common to the messengers: sent with clear proofs 17
- Patterns common to the messengers: Satan’s enmity towards them 9
- Patterns common to the messengers: their mission is to convey 15
- Patterns common to the messengers: they are human beings 23
- Patterns common to the messengers: their peoples seized with trials to turn them from falsehood 11
- Patterns common to the messengers: they take no wage for the message 12
- Patterns common to the messengers: trustworthiness, the mark of every messenger 6
- Patterns common to the messengers: supported with signs and miracles 6
- The Quran does not name all the messengers 1
- The prophets in general 24
- All the prophets and messengers were Muslims 7
- The task of the messengers 17
- Prophethood and the prophets 19
- The covenant taken from them 2
- Some favoured above others 2
- Their testimony over people on the Day of Resurrection 2
- The Children of Israel killed some prophets 5
- All of them receive revelation 1
- No prophet and no prophethood after Muhammad ﷺ 1
- The prohibition of taking them as lords besides Allah 3
- They bring glad tidings and warnings 1
- The obligation to believe in them all without distinction 2
- Conveying the message 20
- Conveying is the messengers’ duty 16
- Human beings 13
- The messengers are human beings 3
- The associators deny that messengers are human 10
- The sending of messengers 10
- Why Allah sent messengers 10
Patterns common to the messengers: supported with signs and miracles · 6 verses
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمَكَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَذَكِّرْهُم بِأَيَّىٰمِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ ٥
And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days of Allāh." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا ٥٩
And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا ١٠١
And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, "Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic."
فَكُلِى وَٱشْرَبِى وَقَرِّى عَيْنًا فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِىٓ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا ٢٦
So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٤٥
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.