Lineage of the Prophets
نسب الأنبياء
A simplified chain — dotted lines mean many generations passed between the two names.
آدَم
Adam
the first prophet
generations later
إِدْرِيس
Idris
generations later
نُوح
Nuh
the ark & the flood
among his descendants: Hud · Salih
generations later
إِبْرَاهِيم
Ibrahim
father of prophets · his nephew was Lut
إِسْمَاعِيل
Isma'il
settled in Makkah
generations of Quraysh
عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب
Abdul-Muttalib
grandfather
عَبْد ٱللّٰه
Abdullah
father
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
Muhammad ﷺ
the final Messenger
إِسْحَاق
Ishaq
يَعْقُوب
Ya'qub (Israil)
father of the twelve tribes
يُوسُف
Yusuf
and his eleven brothers
the prophets of Bani Israil
Musa & his brother Harun · Dawud → his son Sulayman ·
Ilyas · Al-Yasa · Yunus · Ayyub · Dhul-Kifl ·
Zakariyya → his son Yahya · and Isa, son of Maryam,
from the line of Dawud
Ahl al-Bayt — the Prophet's ﷺ Household & the Twelve Imams
أهل البيت والأئمة الاثنا عشر
The Imams descend from the Prophet ﷺ through his daughter Fatima az-Zahra and Imam Ali.
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
Muhammad ﷺ
فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء
Fatima az-Zahra
daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
1st Imam
عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Amir al-Mu'minin
2nd Imam
ٱلْحَسَن
Hasan
al-Mujtaba
3rd Imam
ٱلْحُسَيْن
Husayn
Sayyid ash-Shuhada
4th Imam
عَلِيّ زَيْن ٱلْعَابِدِين
Ali Zayn al-Abidin
as-Sajjad
5th Imam
مُحَمَّد ٱلْبَاقِر
Muhammad al-Baqir
Baqir al-Ulum
6th Imam
جَعْفَر ٱلصَّادِق
Ja'far as-Sadiq
as-Sadiq
7th Imam
مُوسَى ٱلْكَاظِم
Musa al-Kazim
al-Kazim
8th Imam
عَلِيّ ٱلرِّضَا
Ali ar-Rida
ar-Rida
9th Imam
مُحَمَّد ٱلْجَوَاد
Muhammad al-Jawad
at-Taqi
10th Imam
عَلِيّ ٱلْهَادِي
Ali al-Hadi
an-Naqi
11th Imam
ٱلْحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ
Hasan al-Askari
al-Askari
12th Imam
مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِيّ
Muhammad al-Mahdi
al-Qa'im (aj)
direct parent → child
many generations between
⚭ marriage