David in Islam David in Islam The biblical David ( or ), who was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, reigning –970 BCE, is also venerated in Islam as a prophet and messenger of God, and as a righteous, divinely-anointed monarch of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel, which itself is revered in Islam. Additionally, Muslims also honor David for having received the divine revelation of the Psalms. Mentioned sixteen times in the Quran, David appears in the Islamic scripture as a link in the chain of prophets who preceded Muhammad. Although he
Prophets and messengers in Islam in the Qur'an discuss this: Numerous other people have been mentioned by scholars in the Hadith, exegesis, commentary. These people include: Prophets and messengers in Islam Prophets in Islam () include "messengers" ("rasul", "rusul"), bringers of a divine revelation via an angel (Arabic: , malāʾikah); and "prophets" ("nabī", pl. "anbiyāʼ"), lawbringers that Muslims believe were sent by God to every person, bringing God's message in a language they can understand. Knowledge of the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith, and specifically mentioned in the Quran. Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the