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Can the prophets, peace be upon them, be classified chronologically with a brief overview of them, their peoples, and the kings of their eras?

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To learn about the stories of the prophets and their peoples, it is recommended to refer to the book "Qisas Al-Anbiya" (Stories of the Prophets) by Ibn Kathir. It is a medium-sized book, whose author was of Salafi creed, a Hadith scholar, exegete, and historian. In it, he mentioned the stories of a number of prophets for admonition and emulation. The number of prophets is one hundred and twenty-four thousand, among whom three hundred and fifteen are messengers. Only twenty-five prophets are mentioned in the Quran, the first of whom is Adam and the last is Muhammad, peace be upon him, as Allah Almighty says: "And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you." And in Imam Ahmad's Musnad, it is narrated from Abu Dharr: "How many prophets were there? He said: One hundred and twenty-four thousand, among whom the messengers were three hundred and fifteen, a large multitude."

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