section_path: Contents/Prophets
section_name: Prophets
paragraph_text: Prophets
  
  In Islam, God speaks to people called prophets through a kind of revelation called wahy or through angels.(42:51) Although poetry (Shu'ara: 224) and prophecy (claiming to know the unseen or the future) are seen as despicable behavior in Islam, (7:188, 27:65) nubuwwah (Arabic: نبوة "prophethood") is seen as a duty imposed by God on individuals who have some characteristics such as intelligence, honesty, fortitude and justice. (See: Ismah) "Nothing is said to you that was not said to the messengers before you, that your lord has at his Command forgiveness as well as a most Grievous Penalty."
  
  Islam regards Abraham as a link in the chain of prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad via Ishmael and mentioned in 35 chapters of the Quran, more often than any other biblical personage apart from Moses. Muslims regard him as an idol smasher, hanif, an archetype of the perfect Muslim, and revered prophet and builder of the Kaaba in Mecca. The Quran consistently refers to Islam as "the Religion of Abraham" (millat Ibrahim). Besides Ishaq and Yaqub, Abraham is among the most honorable, excellent role model father for Muslims.
  
  In Islam, Eid-al-Adha is celebrated to commemorate Abraham's attempt to sacrifice his son by surrendering in line with his dream,(As-Saaffat; 100–107) which he accepted as the will of GOD. In Judaism the story is perceived as a narrative designed to replace child sacrifice with animal sacrifice in general or as a metaphor describing "sacrific animalistic nature", Orthodox Islamic understanding considers animal sacrifice as a mandatory or strong sunnah for Muslims who meet certain conditions, on a certain date determined by the Hijri calendar every year.
  
  Mūsā is a prominent prophet and messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet.
  
  Īsā ibn Maryam is another important miracle figüre with his fatherless birth,(66:12, 21:89) special with the expressions used for him, such as the "word" and " spirit " of God and two suras dedicated to his mother Maryam in the Quran. The fact that Maryam is connected to the Imran family in the Al Imran creates a separate focal point in Islam-Christian polemics, apart from theology. According to As-Saff 6, while he is a harbinger of Muhammad, Sunni understanding posits that He continues to live in a sky layer, as in the stories of ascension, preaches that he will return to the earth near apocalypse, join the Mahdi, will pray behind him and then kill the Dajjal and that Islam will rule the Earth again.