WikiIslam:Sandbox/Arab Prophets

There were many people who claimed prophethood in Arabia.

Before Muhammad

According to Islamic sources, the byzantine emperor Heraclius considered the non-existence of Arab prophets before Muhammad as a proof of Muhammad's prophethood:

...Heraclius said, 'Did anybody else (amongst you) ever claimed the same (i.e. Islam) before him? I said, 'No.'

...Then I asked you whether anyone had said this statement before him; and you denied that. Thereupon I thought if somebody had said that statement before him, then I would have said that he was but a man copying some sayings said before him."


But this is debunked by the Quran itself, because the Quran speaks about Arab prophets before Muhammad.

Hud

Salih

Shoaib

Ismael

During Muhamamad's life

Muhammad

Musaylimah

Saf ibn Sayyad

Al-Aswad Al-Ansi

Tulayha

Sajah