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List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran

List of characters and names, mentioned in Quran. The names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Bibilical name (title or relationship).

Contents

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
  • 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

    • References

    List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran Wikipedia
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