Ishmael in Islam writ, Ishmael. Behold, he was always true to his promise, and was an apostle [of God], a prophet, who used to enjoin upon his people prayer and charity, and found favour in his Sustainer's sight." As a descendant of Ishmael, Muhammad is justified as the Prophet and continues the line of prophets from pre-Islamic times. As Islam became established, the figure Ishmael and those descended from him, the Ishmaelites, became connected, and often equated, with the term "Arab" in early Jewish and Christian literature. Before Islam developed as a religion, Ishmael was depicted in many ways, but after its establishment,
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