After Adam, prophets were sent among different peoples and periods. The Qur'an and Sunnah preserve important elements of their missions. Reports may differ on the precise names and chronological order of some figures.
Their fundamental call is worship and obedience to God, even as their historical situations, addressees and some details of revealed law vary.
Memorizing a long series of names is no substitute for understanding the office of prophecy, its common call to monotheism and the forms of evidence by which prophets are recognized.