List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran

God in Islam (Allah)

Names of God found in the Quran

Angels

Israfil

Izra'il/Azrael (Malak al-Mawt)

Jibra'il/Gabriel (Al-Ruh al-Amin) & Holy Spirit (Al-Ruh al-Qudus) & Al-Ruh (The Spirit)

Mika'il/Michael

Harut and Marut

Jinns

Iblīs/Devil or Shaitan/Satan

Ifrit

In Paradise (Jannah)

Ghilman & Wildan

Houri

Mentioned

Ādam/Adam

Alyasa'/Elisha

Ayyub/Job

Dawud/David

Dhul-Kifl/Ezekiel?

Harun/Aaron

Hud/Eber?

Ibrahim/Abraham (Khalilullah)

Idris/Enoch?

Ilyas/Elijah

Imran/Joachim (father of Maryam)

Isa/Jesus

Isḥaq/Isaac

Isma'il/Ishmael

Dhabih Ullah

Isma'il the Truthful (Sadiq-al-Wa'd)

Lut/Lot

Muhammad or Ahmad/Paraclete

Musa/Moses (Kalimullah)

Nuh/Noah

Saleh/Shelah?

Shu'ayb (Shuaib)/Jethro (Reuel, Hobab)?

Sulayman/Solomon

Uzair/Ezra

Yahya/John the Baptist

Yaqub/Jacob (Israel)

Yunus/Jonah (Dhul-Nun, Sahib al-Hut)

Yūsuf/Joseph

Zakariya/Zechariah

Implicitly mentioned

Ermia/Jeremiah

Samuel

Yusha' ibn Nūn/Joshua (companion and successor of Musa)

Mentioned

Dhul-Qarnayn (Cyrus the Great?)

Luqman

Maryam/Mary (mother of Isa)

Talut/Saul

Implicitly mentioned

Asiyah bint Muzahim/Bithiah (wife of Fir'aun)

Asif ibn Barkhiya (vizier and successor of Sulayman)

Bilquis (Queen of Saba/Sheba)

Believer of Fir'aun Family (Hizbil/Hizqil ibn Sabura)

Beniamin/Benjamin

Habib the Carpenter (believer of Ya-Sin)

Kaleb/Caleb (companion of Yusha')

Khidr

Magicians of Fir'aun

Simon Cephas/Simon Peter

Mentioned

Āzar (father of Ibrahim)

Fir'aun/Pharaoh

Haman

Jalut/Goliath

Qarun/Korah (cousin of Musa/Moses)

Sāmiri/Zimri

Implicitly mentioned

Abrahah

Bal'am/Balaam

Barsisa

Nebuchadnezzar II

Nimrod

Potiphar (Al-Aziz)

Shaddad

Simeon (son of Ya'qub)

Slayers of Saleh's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif) & Musda' ibn Dahr)

Valid ibn Rayyan (king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf)

Zuleikha (wife of al-Aziz)

Mentioned people (after Islam)

Abu Lahab

Zayd ibn Harithah

Specified good relatives

Daughters of Lut/Lot (Ritha, Za'ura, et al.)

Elizabeth or 'Ishā' (wife of Zakariya, mother of Yahya)

Habil/Abel (son of Adam)

Hawwa'/Eve (wife of Adam)

Kulthum/Miriam (sister of Musa)

Ṣaffurah/Zipporah (wife of Musa) & Layya (Saffura's sister)

Sarah (wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isḥaq)

Yukabed/Jochebed (mother of Musa)

Non-specified good relatives

Abiona/Amtelai daughter of Karnebo (mother of Ibrahim)

Bathsheba (wife of Dawud, mother of Sulayman)

Daughters of Muhammad

Hājar/Hagar (wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isma'il)

Hannah/Anne daughter of Faquz (mother of Maryam, wife of Imran)

Imran/Amram (father of Musa)

Lamech (father of Nuh)

Rāhil/Rachel (wife of Ya'qub, mother of Yūsuf)

Rahma/Dinah (wife of Ayyub)

Shamkha bint Anush/Betenos (mother of Nuh)

Son of Luqman

Tārah/Terah (father of Ibrahim)

Other relatives

Brothers of Yūsuf

Children of Ayyub

Dead son of Sulaiman

Muhammad's wives

Qabil/Cain (son of Adam)

Umm Jamil (wife of Abu Lahab)

Wali'ah or Wa'ilah/Waala (wife of Nuh)

Walihah or Wahilah (wife of Lut)

Yam or Kan'an (son of Nuh)

Mentioned

'Ād (people of Hud)

Arab & Ajam

Children of Israel/Israelites

Companions of the Rass

People of Ibrahim

People of Ilyas

People of Lut (Mu'tafikat)

People of Nuh

People of Saba'/Sheba

People of Shuaib (people of Madyan & people of Aykah/Wood)

People of Tubba

People of Yunus

Quraysh

Romans

Thamud (people of Saleh, companions of Hijr)

Ya'juj and Ma'juj/Gog and Magog

Implicitly mentioned

Ahl al-Bayt

Amalek

Banu Hashim

Banu Nadir

Banu Qaynuqa

Banu Qurayza

Iranian people

Umayyad Dynasty

Mentioned

Christian apostles

Disciples of Jesus

Companions of Noah's Ark

Companions of Sabbath (Aşḥāb al-Sabt)

Companions of the Cave/Seven Sleepers & Companions of al-Raqaim

Companions of the Elephant

People of al-Ukhdūd

People of the City (People of Ya-Sin)

People of the Burned Garden (Aşḥāb al-Jannah)

People of Yathrib & People of Madinah/Medina

Folk of Dawud

Folk of Lut

Folk of Musa & Folk of Harun

Nation of Nuh

Progeny of Ibrahim

Progeny of Imran

Progeny of Yaqub

Ulu'l azm prophets

Implicitly mentioned

Ahl al-Suffa (People of the Verandah)

Aus & Khazraj

Copts (People of Fir'aun)

Hezbollah

Muhajirun (The emigrants) & Ansar (The helpers)

People of Mecca

People of Quba

Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad)

Religious groups

Ahl al-dhimmah (Dhimmi)

Christians (People of Injil)

Jews

Kafir (Infidels)

Majus

Zoroastrians

Munafiq

Hypocrites

Mushrik

Polytheists

Muslims

People of the Book (′Ahl al-Kitāb)

Sabians

Ahbār (Jewish scholars)

Qissis (Christian priest)

Rabbani/Rabbi

Ruhban (Christian monks)

Mentioned

Ahqāf

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Arafat & Mash'ar al-Harām

Bābil/Babylon

Badr

Door of Hittah

Hijr/Hegra

Holy Land (Palestine & Levant)

Hunayn

Iram

Ka'bah/Kaaba (Bayt al-Harām/Sacred House, Bayt al-'Atīq/Ancient House)

Madyan/Midian

Madinah/Medina (formerly Yathrib)

Majma' al-Bahrain

Makkah/Mecca (Umm al-Qura, Balad al-Amin), Bakkah)

Maqām Ibrahim

Masjid al-Dirar

Masjid al-Haram

Mount Judi

Mu'tafikat (Sodom)

Rass

Saba'/Sheba

Safa and Marwah

Tur Sinā' /Mount Sinai & Jabal al-Tur

Egypt

Valley of Tuwa

Implicitly mentioned

Antioch

Antakya

Ayla

Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn

Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha

Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) & Al-Hijr of Isma'il

Canaan

Cave of Hira & Ghar al-Thawr (Cave of the Bull)

Cave of Seven Sleepers

Dār al-Nadwa

Hudaybiyyah

Jordan River

Ma'rib Dam

Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque)

Mesopotamia

Nile River

Nineveh

Palestine River

Paradise of Shaddad

Quba Mosque

Sinai Desert & Tīh Desert

Ta'if

Religious locations

Bay'a (Church)

Mihrab

Monastery

Mosque

Salat (Synagogue)

Religious texts

Injil/Gospel (Holy Book of Isa)

Quran (Holy book of Islam)

Suhuf-i Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham)

Tawrat/Torah, Suhuf-i-Musa (Scrolls of Moses) & Tablets of Stone

Zabur (Holy Book of Dawud)

Relate animals

Cow of Israelites & Golden calf

Dog of Seven Sleepers

Fish of Yunis

Hoopoe of Sulayman

She-Camel of Saleh

Related objects

Forbidden fruit of Adam

Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles

Noah's Ark

Staff of Musa

Staff of Sulaiman

Tabut al-Sakina (Casket of Shekhinah)

Throne of Bilqis

Trumpet of Israfil

Mentioned idols (cult images)

Baal

Lāt, 'Uzza & Manāt

Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq & Nasr

(Jibt & Taghut

Ansāb)

Events

Battle of Badr

Battle of Hunayn

Battle of Khaybar

Battle of Tabouk

Battle of the Trench (Battle of the Confederates)

Battle of Uhud

Conquest of Mecca

Hadith of the Pond of Khumm

Incident of Ifk

Laylat al-Mabit

Mubahala

The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hujja al-Wada')

Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

Umrah al-Qaza

Yawm al-Dār