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( : November 2017 ) This article lists Islam 's belief of prophets and individuals as mentioned in the Quran, including the names of angels and idols. Islamic names or titles of God are found at Names of God in Islam. Contents 1 General list 1.1 Prophets 1.2 Debatable prophets 1.3 Non-prophets 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References General list Prophets Adam ( 25 times ) Ayyub ( Job ) ( 4 times - 4 : 163, 6 : 84, 21 : 83, 38 : 41 ) Dawud ( David ) ( 16 times ) Dhul - Kifl ( 1 time ) Harun ( Aaron ) ( 24 times ) Hud ( 25 times ) Ibrahim ( Abraham ) ( 69 times ) Idris ( Enoch ) ( 2 times - 19 : 56, 21 : 85 ) Ilyas ( 6 : 85, 37 : 123 ) Al Yasa ( 2 times - 38 : 48, 6 : 85 - 87 ) Isa ( Jesus ) ( at least 187 times with various names, titles, expressions ) Isa ( 25 times ) Son of Mary ( 23 times ) Messiah ( 11 times ) Child / Pure boy ( 9 times ) Guidance possibly 22 times ) Messenger / Prophet ( 5 times ) other terms and titles ( 14 times ) Sign ( 4 times ) The Gift ( 1 time ) Mercy from Us ( 1 time ) Servant ( 1 time ) Blessed ( 1 time ) ( 1 time ) Amazing thing / Thing unheard of ( 1 time ) Example ( 1 time ) Straight Path / Right Way ( 1 time ) Witness ( 1 time ) His Name ( 1 time ) 3rd person `` He / Him / Thee '' ( 48 times ) 1st person `` I / Me '' ( 35 times ) Is - haq ( Isaac ) ( 17 times ) Ismail ( Ishmael ) ( 12 times ) Lut ( Lot ) ( 27 times ) Muhammad ( 5 times - 3 : 144, 33 : 40, 47 : 2, 48 : 29, 61 : 6 ) Ahmad ( 1 time ) Musa ( Moses ) ( 136 times ) Nuh ( Noah ) ( 43 times ) Saleh ( 9 times ) Shu'ayb ( 10 times ) Sulayman ( Solomon ) ( 17 times ) Yahya ( John ) ( 5 times ) Yusuf ( Joseph ) ( 27 times ) Ya'qub ( Jacob ) ( 16 times ) Yunus ( Jonah ) ( 4 times - 4 : 163, 6 : 86, 10 : 98, 37 : 139 ) Uzayr ( 1 time - 9 : 30 ) Zakariyya ( Zechariah ) ( 7 times ) Debatable prophets Dhul - Qarnayn ( 18 : 83, 18 : 86, 18 : 94 ) Luqman ( 31 ) Whole chapter of Quran ( Chapter number 31 ) is named after him. Non-prophets Azar ( 6 : 74 ) Aziz ( 12 : 30, 12 : 51 ) As - Samiri ( 20 : 85, 20 : 87, 20 : 95 ) Abu Lahab ( 111 : 1 ) Fir'aun ( Pharaoh of Moses ) ( 74 times. ) Haman ( 28 : 6, 28 : 8, 28 : 38, 29 : 39, 40 : 24, 40 : 36 ) Imran ( Joachim ) ( 3 : 33, 3 : 35, 66 : 12 ) Jalut ( Goliath ) ( 2 : 249, 2 : 250, 2 : 251 ) Maryam ( Mary ) ( 34 times ) only woman mentioned by name in the Qur'an. Qarun ( Korah ) ( 28 : 76, 28 : 79, 29 : 39, 40 : 24 ) Talut ( Saul ) ( 2 : 247, 2 : 249 ) Iblis ( Lucifer ) ( 11 times ) Also ' Shaytan ' or the Satan. Zayd ibn Harithah ( 33 : 37 ) See also Qur'an List of persons in both the Bible and the Qur'an List of Quranic names Female figures in the Qur'an List of Biblical names Notes Jump up ^ 2 : 87, 2 : 136, 2 : 253, 3 : 45, 3 : 52, 3 : 55, 3 : 59, 3 : 84, 4 : 157, 4 : 163, 4 : 171, 5 : 46, 5 : 78, 5 : 110, 5 : 112, 5 : 114, 5 : 116, 6 : 85, 19 : 34, 33 : 7, 42 : 13, 43 : 63, 57 : 27, 61 : 6, 61 : 14 Jump up ^ 2 : 87, 2 : 253, 3 : 45, 4 : 157, 4 : 171, 5 : 17, 5 : 46, 5 : 72, 5 : 75, 5 : 78, 5 : 110, 5 : 112, 5 : 114, 5 : 116, 9 : 31, 19 : 34, 23 : 50, 33 : 7, 43 : 57, 57 : 27, 61 : 6, 61 : 14 Jump up ^ 3 : 45, 4 : 171, 4 : 172, 5 : 17, 5 : 72 ( 2 ), 5 : 75, 9 : 30, 9 : 31 Jump up ^ 19 : 19, 19 : 20, 19 : 21, 19 : 29, 19 : 35, 19 : 88, 19 : 91, 19 : 92, 21 : 91 Jump up ^ 3 : 39, 3 : 45, 3 : 48, 4 : 171, 5 : 46, 5 : 110 Jump up ^ 3 : 49, 4 : 157, 4 : 171, 19 : 30, 61 : 6 Jump up ^ 19 : 21, 21 : 91, 23 : 50, 43 : 61 Jump up ^ 19 : 19 Jump up ^ 19 : 21 Jump up ^ 19 : 30 Jump up ^ 19 : 31 Jump up ^ 19 : 34 Jump up ^ 19 : 27 Jump up ^ 43 : 57 Jump up ^ 43 : 61 Jump up ^ 4 : 159 Jump up ^ 3 : 45 Jump up ^ 2 : 87, 2 : 253, 3 : 46 ( 2 ), 3 : 48, 3 : 52, 3 : 55 ( 4 ), 4 : 157 ( 3 ), 4.159 ( 3 ), 5 : 110 ( 11 ), 5 : 46 ( 3 ), 5 : 75 ( 2 ), 19 : 21, 19 : 22 ( 2 ), 19 : 27 ( 2 ), 19 : 29, 23 : 50, 43 : 58 ( 2 ), 43 : 59 ( 3 ), 43 : 63, 57 : 27 ( 2 ), 61 : 6. Jump up ^ 3 : 49 ( 6 ), 3 : 50, 3 : 52, 5 : 116 ( 3 ), 5 : 72, 5 : 116 ( 3 ), 19 : 19, 19 : 30 ( 3 ), 19 : 31 ( 4 ), 19 : 32 ( 2 ), 19 : 33 ( 4 ), 19 : 33, 43 : 61, 43 : 63 ( 2 ), 61 : 6 ( 2 ), 61 : 14. Jump up ^ 61 : 6 References Jump up ^ Schumann, Olaf H. ( 2002 ). Jesus the Messiah in Muslim Thought. Delhi : ISPCK / HIM. p. 13. ISBN 8172145225. Jump up ^ Parrinder, Geoffrey ( 1965 ). Jesus in the Quran. London : Oxford Oneworld Publications. ISBN 9781851689996. Jump up ^ Little, John T. ( 3 April 2007 ). `` AL - INSĀN AL - KĀMIL : THE PERFECT MAN ACCORDING TO IBN AL - ' ARAB ? ''. The Muslim World. Hartford Seminary. 77 ( 1 ) : 43 -- 54. doi : 10.1111 / j. 1478 - 1913.1987. tb02785. x. Retrieved 30 May 2016. Ibn al - ' Arabi uses no less than twenty - two different terms to describe the various aspects under which this single Logos may be viewed. Jump up ^ McDowell, Jim, Josh ; Walker, Jim ( 2002 ). Understanding Islam and Christianity : Beliefs That Separate Us and How to Talk About Them. Eugene, Oregon : Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 9780736949910. Jump up ^ Parrinder 1965. Jump up ^ McDowell 2002. Jump up ^ Parrinder 1965. Jump up ^ A. Guthrie and E.F.F. Bishop., The Paraclete, Almunhamanna and Ahmad. Muslim World XLI ( October, 1951 ), p. 254 - 255. Jump up ^ A few scholars ( such as Ibn Hazm ) see Maryam ( Mary ) as a Prophet, since God sent her a message via an angel. Jump up ^ Good, Deirdre Joy ( 2005 ). Mariam, the Magdalen, and the Mother. Indiana University Press. pp. 183 -- 184. ISBN 0253345332. Jump up ^ Some interpreters consider Ibis a member of Jinn and not an angel. `` Behold ! We said to the angels : Bow down to Adam. They bowed down except Iblis He was one of the Jinns. '' Qur'an 18 : 50 People and things in the Quran Characters 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 ) and Holy Spirit ( Al - Ruh al - Qudus ) and Al - Ruh ( The Spirit ) Maalik Mika'il Harut and Marut Jinns Iblīs / Devil Shaitan / Satan Ifrit ( and Marid ) Qareen In Heaven ( Jannah ) Ghilman and Wildan Houri In Hell ( Jahannam ) Zabaniyya Zaqqum Prophets and apostles ( messengers ) of God 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 Lut / Lot Muhammad or Ahmad / Paraclete Musa / Moses ( Kalimullah ) Nuh / Noah Saleh / Shelah ? Shuaib / Jethro Sulayman / Solomon Uzair / Ezra ? Yahya / John the Baptist Yaqub / Jacob ( Israel ) Yunus / Jonah ( Dhul - Nun, Sahib al - Hut ) Yūsuf / Joseph Zakariya / Zechariah Implied Ermia / Jeremiah Samuel Yusha ' ibn Nūn / Joshua Good people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Dhul - Qarnayn Luqman Maryam / Mary ( mother of Isa ) Talut / Saul Implicitly mentioned Asiyah bint Muzahim / Bithiah ? ( wife of Fir'aun ) Asif ibn Barkhiya 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 Khidr Magicians of Fir'aun Simon Cephas / Simon Peter Other people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Āzar ( uncle of Ibrahim ) Fir'aun / Pharaoh Haman Jalut / Goliath Qarun / Korah Sāmiri Implicitly mentioned Abraha Bal'am / Balaam Barṣīṣā Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Potiphar ( Al - Aziz ) Shaddad Simeon ( son of Ya'qub ) Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Valid ibn Rayyan ( king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf ) Zuleika ( wife of al - Aziz ) Mentioned people ( after inception of Islam ) Abū Lahab Zayd ibn Harithah Relatives of prophets Specified good relatives Daughters of Lut / Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Elizabeth or ' Ishā ' ( wife of Zakariya ) Habil / Abel ( son of Adam ) Hawwa ' / Eve ( wife of Adam ) Kulthum / Miriam ( sister of Musa ) Saffurah / Zipporah ( wife of Musa ) and 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 ) Muhammad 's wives Daughters of Muhammad Hājar / Hagar ( wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isma'il ) Hannah / Anne daughter of Faquz ( mother of Maryam ) Imran / Amram ( father of Musa ) Lamech ( father of Nuh ) Rāhil / Rachel ( wife of Ya'qub ) Rahma / Dinah ( wife of Ayyub ) Shamkha bint Anush / Betenos ( mother of Nuh ) Son of Luqman Other relatives Brothers of Yūsuf Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ? Tārah / Terah ( father of Ibrahim ) 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 ) Groups and tribes Tribes and ethnicities Mentioned ' Ād ( people of Hud ) Arabs and Ajam Children of Israel / Israelites Companions of the Rass People of Saba ' / Sheba People of Shu'aib ( people of Madyan and people of Aykah / Wood ) People of Tubba ' 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 Groups Mentioned Christian apostles Disciples of Jesus Companions of Noah 's Ark Companions of Sabbath ( Aşḥāb al - Sabt ) Companions of the Cave / Seven Sleepers and 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 ) Ulu'l azm prophets Implicitly mentioned Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Aus and Khazraj Copts Hezbollah Muhajirun ( The emigrants ) and Ansar ( The helpers ) 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 ) Locations, entities and events Locations Mentioned Ahqāf Al - Aqsa Mosque Arafat and Mash'ar al - Harām Bābil / Babylon Badr Door of Hittah Hijr / Hegra Holy Land ( Palestine and 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 Al - Safa and Al - Marwah Tur Sinā ' / Mount Sinai and Jabal al - Tur Egypt Valley of Tuwa Implicitly mentioned Antioch Antakya Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas and ' Ariha Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) and Al - Hijr of Isma'il Canaan Cave of Hira and Cave of Thawr 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 and Tīh Desert Ta'if Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Non-human physical entities Religious texts Injil / Gospel Quran Suhuf - i Ibrahim ( Scrolls of Abraham ) Tawrat / Torah, Suhuf - i - Musa ( Scrolls of Moses ) and Tablets of Stone Zabur Related animals Cow of Israelites and 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 Tabut al - Sakina ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) Baal Lāt, ' Uzza and Manāt Wadd, Suwa ', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr ( Jibt and 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 Layla al - Mabit Mubahala The Farewell Pilgrimage ( Hujja al - Wada ' ) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Umrah al - Qaza Yawm al - Dār Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. 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Question: who is the most mentioned prophet in quran
Answer: Isa (Jesus) (at least 187 times with various names, titles, expressions)