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Prophets are people who speak the word of God. Messengers are prophets who also reveal a Scripture.

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Its pretty much the same word.

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Q: What are the differences between prophets and messengers in Islam?
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What does Islam taches about prophets?

Prophets are messengers of Allah who convey message of Allah to the people .


Is a prophet a saint in Islam?

prophets are ALLAHs (God's) messengers, sent to propogate the message of Islam. Prophets are NOT saints and should NOT be worshipped.


How and when did Islam spread?

Islam was spread by God prophets and messengers since start of universe creation. Refer to question below.


What are the differences between Judaism Islam and Buddhism?

Islam teaches us to believe in the oneness of Allah and not to associate any partner with Him. Islam also teaches to believe in all the prophets, angels and all the books given to these prophets.


Why do people describe Mohammed as a founder of Islam?

No. It is not. Muslims believe that Allah (God in English) is the founder of Islam. All God prophets are messengers who convey God message (Islam) to their people. Refer to question below.


What are the names of the 5 messengers in Islam?

The Muslims believe inall prophets. Some of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an are: Hazrat Adam (AS), Hazrat Noah (AS), Hazrat Abraham (AS), Hazrat David (AS), Hazrat Moses (AS) and Hazrat jesus Christ (AS). The five Rasool (Messengers) as opposed to the Nabi (Prophets) are Hazrat Abraham (AS), Hazrat Moses (AS), Hazrat David (AS), Hazrat Jesus (AS), and Hazrat Mohammed (AS).


How many messengers in islam?

in quran allah mentioned 25 prophets names.


Do Muslim believe in saints?

Yes Islam do believe in Saints. They are called Wali - unlike prophets and messengers, a Wali can be a male or a female. But we do not regard them to be as high or higher ranked than prophets or messengers of Allah (swt)


What are the other of god's messengers from the Islam religion?

These are prophets and messengers mentioned by name in Qur'an. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_of_Islam There are others that we don't know about. We, Muslims, believe that they all came with the same message from God: "Believe in one God and follow his laws".


Who is the holy Muslim?

In Islam no one of mankind is holy even prophets and God messengers. In addition, the only holy books are that of God revelations to his prophets, including Torah, Bible, and Quran (or may be spelled Kura'n, Kuran, Koran, Quraan or Qura'n).


What is the difference between messengers and prophet?

In Islam, Prophets (anbiyaa) were people who were contacted by the Divine and given instructions to guide people in/to the faith which already existed. For example many anbiyaa were sent to the Israelites after Moses to guide them upon the straight path and to help the follow the laws and tecahings of the Torah and the religion of Moses. Messengers (Rusul) were also prophets, but they were different in that they were given new scriptures and new laws such as Moses was given the Torah, Jesus was given the Gospel, Muhammad was given the Quran etc. All Anbiya were prophets, but not all prophets were ambiya.


Who spreed the Islam?

The prophets of god spread Islam.