Hazrat Ismail (A.S) 

 

Hazrat Ismail (A.S), also called Adh-Dhabeeh (the sacrificed one), was the son of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S). When Ibrahim (A.S) told Ismail (A.S) of a dream in which he was slaughtering him and asked about his opinion. Ismail (A.S) answered "O my dear father, do what you have been ordered to do. You will find me, inshaallah, (if Allah wills) one of those who endure patiently" (Surah As- Saffat, verse 102). In commemoration of this act, to this date muslims observe the day of Eid-ul-Adha. Ismail (A.S) built the Ka'bah with his father as commanded by Allah (S.W.T) He died in Makkah and was buried there. Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) was the only prophet who is from the offspring of Ismail (A.S)

Hazrat Lut (A.S) 

 

He was the nephew of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S). Allah (S.W.T) sent him to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, which is down south of the Dead Sea, to instruct them to refrain from their sinful way of life. His wife also did not follow the true faith and was destroyed along with the non-believers. Allah (S.W.T) states "So, when Our Command came to pass, We turned their habitations upside down, and rained on it stones of hard clay, one over another" (Surah Hud A.S, verse 82). Idiomatically this expression though signifies turning upside down, it may be, at the same time, an allusion to the geographic fact that the area around the Dead Sea has become the lowest part of the world and that no part of the world is lower from sea-level than this part. To this date, no vegetation grows in the area and no fish can survive in the Dead Sea.

Hazrat Yaqoob (A.S) 

 

Ibn Ishaq (A.S) was the grandson of Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S). He resided along with his twelve sons in Palestine. For forty years he parted away from his beloved son Hazrat Yusuf (A.S) but after their reunion in Egypt, he lived with Yousuf (A.S) for seventeen years before his demise. As per his instructions, his body was transported to Palestine where he is said to be buried near the graves of his father and grandfather in a cave under the Ibrahimi Mosque, which is located in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil).

Hazrat Adam (A.S) 

 

The detailed story of the creation of the first human beings Hazrat Adam (A.S) and Bibi Hawwa (A.S); refusal of Iblees (Satan) to comply with Allah's (S.W.T) order to prostrate before Adam (A.S); subsequent banishment of Adam (A.S) and Hawwa (A.S) from Paradise to earth is mentioned in an eloquent manner in the Holy Quran. It is said that Adam (A.S) descended on a mountain in Sri Lanka which is now called Adam's Peak. It is also narrated in Al-Bidayah Wan-nihaya that Adam (A.S) died at the age of 1000 years.

Hazrat Nooh (A.S) 

 

There is no consensus amongst the scholars as to how long it passed after the death of Hazrat Adam (A.S) before Hazrat Nooh (A.S) was born. However, it is certain that the advent of Nooh (A.S) was after people started worshipping various gods. He preached the Message of Allah (S.W.T) for nine hundred and fifty years to a world plunged in depravity and sin but his people refused to accept his message. This lead him to build an Ark on Allah's (S.W.T) command which saved him and the believers while all the non-believers perished in a storm sent as a wrath of Allah (S.W.T).

Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S) 

 

Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S), also called Abul Anbia (father of all Prophets), was born in southern Iraq during the reign of the tyrant Nimrood. When he debated with Nimrood about there being only one Allah (S.W.T), Ibrahim (A.S) was thrown in fire. Allah (S.W.T) saved him by commanding: "O Fire, be cold and safe for Ibrahim" (Surah Al-Anbiya', verse 69). He migrated to Syria from Iraq. All the Prophets after Ibrahim (A.S) including Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) were from his progency. He died in Palestine at the age of 200 years and was buried in the city of Hebron. Allah (S.W.T) has praised Ibrahim (A.S) in the following words: "Surely, Ibrahim is forebearing, very penitent, ever-turning to Allah." (Surah Hud (A.S), verse 75)