فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدًا ٤١
So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you, [O Muḥammad], against these [people] as a witness?
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
Their testimony over people on the Day of Resurrection · 2 verses
وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ تِبْيَٰنًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ٨٩
And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.
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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.