The Six Prophets with Two Names

preacher Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Jabalat quoted Abul Qasim Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Amer al-Ta’ee, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (MGB), on the authority of Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kadhim (MGB), on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ali (MGB), “The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) was in the Jamea Mosque in Kufa. A Syrian man came up to him and asked some questions including the following. He asked, ‘Please inform me about the Prophets who had two names.’ The Imam (MGB) replied, ‘Yooshai ibn Noon who was also called Zol-Kafal; Jacob who was also called Israel; Khizr who was also called Heliqa; Jonah who was also called Zul-Noon; Jesus who was also called the Messiah, and Muhammad who was also called Ahmad - may God bless all of them.”