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Why was Noah (peace be upon him) not the father of the prophets, even though he came before Abraham?

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Noah (peace be upon him) is the third father of humanity after Adam and Seth, and the father of prophets and other human beings, as Allah states: {And We made his progeny the sole survivors.} As for Abraham (peace be upon him), he is known as the Father of Prophets because all prophets who came after him were from his descendants.

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