Religion in the Middle East for all other religions and beliefs in the world. Islam is the most widely followed religion in the Middle East. About 20% of the world's Muslims live in the Middle East. Islam is monotheistic believing in Allah and follows the teaching of the written sacred text, the Qur'an. Islam is believed to be an extension of Judaism and Christianity with the belief that Muhammad is the final prophet of God, in a long chain of prophets, from Adam on down to John the Baptist, Jesus, and finally Muhammad. The majority of the Muslims are Sunni, followed by Shi'a. Smaller sects
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