Sarah - wikipedia Sarah For the given name Sarah, see Sarah ( given name ). For other uses, see Sarah ( disambiguation ). This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. ( September 2017 ) A depiction of Sarah and her husband, Abraham. Sarah or Sara ( / ˈsɛərə / SAIR - ə ; Hebrew : שָׂרָה, Modern Sara, Tiberian Śārā ISO 259 - 3 Śarra ; Latin : Sara ; Arabic : سارا or سارة Sāra ) was the wife and also the half -- sister of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible. Her name was originally Sarai ( Hebrew : שָׂרָי, Modern Sarai, Tiberian Śāray ). According to Genesis 17 : 15, God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant after Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael. The Hebrew name Sarah indicates a woman of high rank and is translated as `` princess '' or `` noblewoman ''. Contents 1 In the Hebrew Bible 1.1 Departure from Ur 1.2 Pharaoh 's harem 1.3 Hagar and Ishmael 1.4 Isaac 1.5 Abimelech 1.6 Death 1.7 Family tree 2 In rabbinic literature 2.1 Pharaoh 's harem 2.2 Relations with Hagar 2.3 Death 3 New Testament references 4 Islam 5 Tomb of Sarah 6 Contemporary works and analysis 7 Notes 8 External links In the Hebrew Bible Abram 's Counsel to Sarai ( watercolor circa 1896 -- 1902 by James Tissot ) Sarah was the wife of Abraham. Sarah was approximately ten years younger than her husband. She was considered beautiful to the point that Abraham feared that when they were near more powerful rulers she would be taken away and given to another man. Twice he purposely identified her as being his sister so that he would be `` treated well '' for her sake. No reason is given why Sarah remained barren ( childless ) for a long period of time. She was originally called `` Sarai '', which is translated `` my princess ''. Later she was called `` Sarah '', i.e., `` princess ''. Departure from ur Terah, with Abram ( as he was then called ), Sarai and Lot, departed for Canaan, but stopped in a place named Haran, where Terah remained until he died at the age of 205. The LORD had told Abram to leave his country and his father 's house for a land that he would show him, promising to make of him a great nation, bless him, make his name great, bless those who blessed him, and curse `` him '' that curses him. Following God 's command Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and the wealth and persons that they had acquired, and traveled to Shechem in Canaan. Abram was 75 at this time. Pharaoh 's harem Sarai Is Taken to Pharaoh 's Palace by James Tissot. There was a severe famine in the land of Canaan, so that Abram and Lot and their households, travelled south to Egypt. On the journey to Egypt, Abram instructed Sarai to identify herself only as his sister, fearing that the Egyptians would kill him in order to take his wife, saying, `` I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ' this is his wife. ' Then they will kill me but will let you live. Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you. '' When brought before Pharaoh, Sarai said that Abram was her brother, and the king thereupon took her into his palace and bestowed upon the latter many presents and marks of distinction. It is possible that Sarai acquired her Egyptian handmaid Hagar during this stay. However, God afflicted Pharaoh 's household with great plagues. Pharaoh then realized that Sarai was Abram 's wife and demanded that they leave Egypt immediately. Hagar and Ishmael Banishment of Hagar, Etching. À Paris chez Fr. Fanet, Éditeur, Rue des Saints Pères n ° 10. 18th century. Sarah is seen at the left, looking on. After having lived in Canaan for ten years and still childless, Sarai suggested that Abram have a child with her Egyptian handmaid Hagar, to which he agreed. This resulted in tension between Sarai and Hagar, and Sarai complained to her husband that the handmaid no longer respected her. At one point, Hagar fled from her mistress but returned after angels met her. She gave birth to Abram 's son Ishmael when Abram was eighty - six years old. Isaac In Genesis 17 when Abram was ninety - nine years old, God declared his new name : `` Abraham '' -- `` a father of many nations '', and gave him the covenant of circumcision. God gave Sarai the new name `` Sarah '', and blessed her. Abraham was given assurance that Sarah would have a son. Not long afterwards, Abraham and Sarah were visited by three men. One of the visitors told Abraham that upon his return next year, Sarah would have a son. While at the tent entrance, Sarah overheard what was said, and she laughed to herself about the prospect of having a child at their ages. The visitor inquired of Abraham why Sarah laughed at the idea of bearing a child, for her age was as nothing to God. Sarah soon became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham, at the very time which had been spoken. The patriarch, then a hundred years old, named the child `` Isaac '' ( Hebrew yitschaq, `` laughter '' ) and circumcised him when he was eight days old. For Sarah, the thought of giving birth and nursing a child, at such an old age, also brought her much laughter, as she declared, `` God hath made me to laugh, ( so that ) all that hear will laugh with me. '' Abraham held a great feast on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. It was during this banquet that Sarah happened upon the then teenaged Ishmael mocking and was so disturbed that she requested that both he and Hagar be removed from their company. Abraham was initially distressed by this but relented when told by God to do as his wife had asked. Abimelech Sarah, as depicted on Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum by Guillaume Rouillé After being visited by the three men, Abraham and Sarah settled between Kadesh and Shur in the land of the Philistines. While he was living in Gerar, Abraham again claimed that Sarah was his sister. King Abimelech subsequently had her brought to him. Later, God came to Abimelech in a dream and declared that taking her would result in death because she was a married woman. Abimelech, who had not laid hands on her, inquired if he would also slay a righteous nation, especially since Abraham had claimed that he and Sarah were siblings. In response, God told Abimelech that he did indeed have a blameless heart and that was why he continued to exist. However, if he did not return Sarah to Abraham, God would surely destroy Abimelech and his entire household. Abimelech was informed that Abraham was a prophet who would pray for him. Early next morning, Abimelech informed his servants of his dream and approached Abraham inquiring as to why he had brought such great guilt upon his kingdom. Abraham replied that he thought there was no fear of God in that place, and that they might kill him for his wife. Then Abraham defended what he had said as not being a lie at all : `` And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife. '' Abimelech returned Sarah to Abraham, and gave him gifts of sheep, oxen, and servants ; and invited him to settle wherever he pleased in Abimelech 's lands. Further, Abimelech gave Abraham a thousand pieces of silver to serve as Sarah 's vindication before all. Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and his household, since God had stricken the women with infertility because of the taking of Sarah. Death Sarah, who died at the age of 127, is the only woman in the Hebrew scriptures ( Old Testament ) whose age is given. Abraham buried her in the Cave of the Patriarchs ( also called the Cave of Machpelah ), near Hebron which he had purchased, along with the adjoining field, from Ephron the Hittite and laid her to rest in the cave. Family tree Terah Sarah Abraham Hagar Haran Nahor Ishmael Milcah Lot Iscah Ishmaelites 7 sons Bethuel 1st daughter 2nd daughter Isaac Rebecca Laban Moabites Ammonites Esau Jacob Rachel Bilhah Edomites Zilpah Leah 1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun Dinah ( daughter ) 7. Gad 8. Asher 5. Dan 6. Naphtali 11. Joseph 12. Benjamin In rabbinic literature The Talmud identifies Sarai with Iscah, daughter of Abraham 's deceased brother Haran, so that in this Sarah turns out to be the niece of Abraham and the sister of Lot and Milcah. Rashi on Genesis 20 : 12 She is ( indeed ) my sister, my father 's daughter. - And the daughter of ( one 's ) father ( from a different mother ) is permitted to a son of Noah, ( i.e., a non-Jew ), for there is no ( halachic relationship ( with regard to forbidden marriages ) through ) paternity for non-Jews. In order to bear out his words he answered him ( Avimelech ) thus. And if you will say ( by way of objection ), is it not true that she was the daughter of his brother ( Sanhedrin 58b ), ( and not his father ? The answer is that ) the children of children are like ( one 's own ) children ( Yevamos 62b. In his comments to Exodus 18 : 1, Rashi explains that `` young children call their father 's father, ' Father '. '' ) and ( Sarah ) is thus ( considered ) the daughter of Terah, ( Abraham 's father, for she was the daughter of Haran, another son of Terah ). Pharaoh 's harem When brought before Pharaoh, Sarah said that Abram was her brother, and the king thereupon bestowed upon the latter many presents and marks of distinction. As a token of his love for Sarai the king deeded his entire property to her, and gave her the land of Goshen as her hereditary possession : for this reason the Israelites subsequently lived in that land. Sarai prayed to God to deliver her from the king, and He thereupon sent an angel, who struck Pharaoh whenever he attempted to touch her. Pharaoh was so astonished at these blows that he spoke kindly to Sarai, who confessed that she was Abraham 's wife. The king then ceased to annoy her. According to another version, Pharaoh persisted in annoying her after she had told him that she was a married woman ; thereupon the angel struck him so violently that he became ill, and was thereby prevented from continuing to trouble her. According to one tradition it was when Pharaoh saw these miracles wrought in Sarai 's behalf that he gave her his daughter Hagar as slave, saying : `` It is better that my daughter should be a slave in the house of such a woman than mistress in another house. '' Abimelech acted likewise. Sarah is the sister of Abram by another mother and wife of Abram as described in the Hebrew Bible ( the Book of Genesis ). In Genesis 17 : 15, God changes her name to Sarah ( princess ) ( `` a woman of high rank '' ) as part of the covenant with El Shaddai after Hagar bears Abram his first born son Ishmael. The name Sarai uses the semitic root Šarai or law and like El has the sense of power, authority, lord, deity, natural law, law as might be expected for the lady of the house. The Hebrew name Sarah indicates a woman of high rank ( less than that of 1st wife ) and is sometimes translated as `` princess. '' Relations with Hagar Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, imagined here in a Bible illustration from 1897. Sarai treated Hagar well, and induced women who came to visit her to visit Hagar also. Hagar, when pregnant by Abraham, began to act superciliously toward Sarai, provoking the latter to treat her harshly, to impose heavy work upon her, and even to strike her. Some believe Sarai was originally destined to reach the age of 175 years, but forty - eight years of this span of life were taken away from her because she complained of Abraham, blaming him as though he was the cause that Hagar no longer respected her. Sarah was sterile ; but a miracle was granted to her after her name was changed from `` Sarai '' to `` Sarah ''. According to one myth, when her fertility had been restored and she had given birth to Isaac, the people would not believe in the miracle, saying that the patriarch and his wife had adopted a foundling and pretended that it was their own son. Abraham thereupon invited all the notabilities to a banquet on the day when Isaac was to be weaned. Sarah invited the women, also, who brought their infants with them ; and on this occasion she gave milk from her breasts to all the strange children, thus convincing the guests of the miracle. Death Legends connect Sarah 's death with the attempted sacrifice of Isaac, however, there are two versions of the story. According to one, Samael came to her and said : `` Your old husband seized the boy and sacrificed him. The boy wailed and wept ; but he could not escape from his father. '' Sarah began to cry bitterly, and ultimately died of her grief. According to the other legend, Satan came to Sarah disguised as an old man, and told her that Isaac had been sacrificed. Believing it to be true, she cried bitterly, but soon comforted herself with the thought that the sacrifice had been offered at the command of God. She started from Beer - sheba to Hebron, asking everyone she met if he knew in which direction Abraham had gone. Then Satan came again in human shape and told her that it was not true that Isaac had been sacrificed, but that he was living and would soon return with his father. Sarah, on hearing this, died of joy at Hebron. Abraham and Isaac returned to their home at Beer - sheba, and, not finding Sarah there, went to Hebron, where they discovered her dead. According to the Genesis Rabbah, during Sarah 's lifetime her house was always hospitably open, the dough was miraculously increased, a light burned from Saturday evening to Saturday evening, and a pillar of cloud rested upon the entrance to her tent. New Testament references The First Epistle of Peter praises Sarah for obeying her husband. She is praised for her faith in the Hebrews `` hall of faith '' passage alongside a number of other Old Testament figures. Other New Testament references to Sarah are in Romans and Galatians. In Galatians 4, she and Hagar are used as an allegory of the old and new covenants : `` For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way ; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves : This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother... Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise... Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. '' Islam Mausoleum of Sarah, Abraham 's wife in the Mosque of Abraham Sarah ( Arabic : سارة Sāra ), the wife of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Abraham and the mother of the prophet Isaac, is an honoured woman in the Islamic faith. She lived with Abraham throughout her life and, although she was barren, God promised her the birth of a prophetic son, Isaac. Abraham, however, prayed constantly to God for a child. Sarah, being barren, subsequently gave him her Egyptian handmaiden, Hājar ( Hagar ), to wed as his second wife. Hagar bore Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ), when Abraham was eighty - six, who too would become a prophet of God like his father. Thirteen years later, God announced to Abraham, then ninety - nine, that barren Sarah would give birth to Abraham 's second son, Isaac, who would also be a prophet of the Lord. Although the Qur'an does not mention Sarah by name, it mentions the annunciation of the birth of Isaac. The Qur'an mentions that Sarah laughed when the angels gave her the glad tidings of Isaac : There came Our messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said, ' Peace ! ' He answered, ' Peace ! ' and hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. But when he saw their hands went not towards the ( meal ), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said : `` Fear not : We have been sent against the people of Lut. And his wife was standing ( there ), and she laughed : But we gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob. She said : `` Alas for me ! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man ? That would indeed be a wonderful thing ! '' -- Qur'an, Sura 11 ( Hud ), ayat 69 - 72 Tomb of Sarah Mausoleum of Sarah, 1911. Sarah is believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs ( known by Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham ). The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews ( after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three biblical couples ; Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham purchased the plot of land for her tomb from a man named Ephron the Hittite. Contemporary works and analysis Sarah has been featured in several novels, and she is the central character in Sarah by Orson Scott Card in the Women of Genesis series, Sarai : A Novel by Jill Eileen Smith, and Sarah : A Novel by Marek Halter. In the Christian fiction novel Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, the protagonist, called `` Angel '' throughout the duration of the story, is barren. At the end of the book, she reveals that her birth name is `` Sarah '' to her husband, who takes the revelation as a promise from God that they will one day be able to have children. In the 1994 movie Abraham, Sarah is portrayed by Barbara Hershey. Sarah is also a subject discussed in nonfiction books. In Twelve Extraordinary Women by Pastor John F. MacArthur, her life and story is analyzed along with that of Eve, Rahab, Ruth, Hannah, the Virgin Mary, Anna the Prophetess, the Samaritan woman at the well, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and Lydia of Thyatira. Sarah appears in Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible : Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God by Liz Curtis Higgs alongside several other biblical women. Some classical and modern scholars have analyzed Abraham 's reasoning for hiding Sarah 's position as his wife. Rashi argued that when a stranger comes to town, the proper thing to do would be to inquire if he needs food and drink, not whether his female companion is a married woman, and hence as Abimelech did the latter, it tipped off Abraham to the fact that there is no fear of God in this place, and so he lied about his relationship with Sarah in order to avoid being killed. Christian interpretation of the incidents has varied considerably. Some commentators have seen them as regrettable exceptions in the lives of those who otherwise lived upright lives, comparable to Noah 's and Lot 's drunkenness and David 's adultery. Others have questioned Sarah 's status as Abraham 's sister. According to Emanuel Feldman ( 1965 ), basing his argument on Albright 's interpretation of the archaeology of Nuzu, a wife could legally be awarded the title `` sister '', and that this was the most sacred form of marriage, and hence Abraham and Isaac referred to their wives as `` sisters '' for this reason. Most archaeologists however dispute that view, instead arguing the opposite - that sisters in the region were often awarded the title `` wife '' in order to give them much greater status in society. Savina Teubal 's book Sarah the Priestess explains that while Sarah was indeed both Abram 's wife and sister, there was no incest taboo because she was a half - sister by a different mother. Notes Jump up ^ Wells, John C. ( 1990 ). Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow, England : Longman. p. 621. ISBN 0 - 582 - 05383 - 8. entry `` Sarah '' Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 12 Jump up ^ Commentaries on Genesis 17 : 15, and Brown - Driver - Briggs ' Hebrew Definitions Jump up ^ Genesis 17 : 17 `` Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall ( a child ) be born unto him that is a hundred years old ? And shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? '' Those calculated ages, based upon an addition of 9 months to their then present ages, was before verse 21 which informed him the birth would be a whole year later. That additional 3 months beyond the initial calculation opens the possibility that Sarah could have become 91 years old before Isaac was born. Genesis 17 : 21 `` But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. '' Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 12 - 13, 20 : 2 Jump up ^ Genesis 11 : 30 Jump up ^ Matthew Henry 's Commentary suggests that Sarai = `` my princess '' would refer to a single family and Sarah = `` a princess '' signified one of many, i.e. many families, in parallel to the change from Abram to Abraham Jump up ^ Genesis 11 : 27 -- 11 : 32 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 1 -- 3 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 4 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 11 - 13, NIV Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 14 -- 17 Jump up ^ Genesis 12 : 18 -- 20 Jump up ^ Genesis 16 : 1 -- 6 Jump up ^ Genesis 16 : 7 -- 16 Jump up ^ Genesis 17 : 1 -- 27 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 4 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 6 -- 7 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 9 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 10 Jump up ^ Genesis 21 : 12 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 1 -- 7 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 12 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 8 -- 18 Jump up ^ Genesis 23 : 1, 2 The ages of some other women can be deduced or approximated. Eve was created the same day as Adam, so when Seth was born when Adam had lived 130 years, Eve had lived as long also, short a number of hours. Jump up ^ Genesis 23 : 1 -- 20 Jump up ^ Genesis 20 : 12 : Sarah was the half -- sister of Abraham. Jump up ^ Genesis 22 : 21 - 22 : Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph Jump up ^ Sanhedrin 69B Jump up ^ Genesis 11 : 29 Jump up ^ ( Rashi, The Sapirstein Edition. Vol. 1, pp. 213 - 14. Translated by R. Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg et al. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. Brooklyn : 1999. ) ^ Jump up to : Sefer haYashar ( Book of Jasher ), section `` Lek Leka ''. Jump up ^ Pirḳe R. El. xxxvi. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xli. 2. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 2. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 9. ^ Jump up to : Rosh Hashanah 16b. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlv. 7. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah xlvii. 3. Jump up ^ Bava Metzia 87a ; comp. Gen. R. liii. 13. Jump up ^ Gen. R. lviii. 5. Jump up ^ Pirḳe de Rabbi Eliezer xxxii. Jump up ^ Sefer haYashar, section `` Wayera ''. Jump up ^ Genesis Rabbah lx. 15. Jump up ^ 1 Peter 3 : 6, cited in Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Sara ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. Jump up ^ Hebrews 11 : 11 Jump up ^ Romans 4 : 19 and 9 : 9, cited in Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Sara ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. Jump up ^ Galatians 4 : 22 -- 23 Jump up ^ Galatians 4 : 22 - 26, 28, 31, NIV Jump up ^ Lings, Martin ( 1983 ). `` The House of God ''. Muhammad : His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Islamic Texts Society. ISBN 978 - 0042970509. Jump up ^ Genesis 16 : 16 : `` And Abram ( was ) fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. '' Jump up ^ Genesis 17 : 1 - 22 `` ( v. 1 ) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram... ( v. 19 ) And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac... '' Jump up ^ Quran 11 : 69 -- 72 Jump up ^ Genesis 23 Jump up ^ Twelve Extraordinary Women : How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You ( 2008 ) ISBN 1 - 4002 - 8028 - 1 Jump up ^ Higgs, Liz, Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible : Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God. 978 - 1400072125 Jump up ^ Emanuel Feldman. Changing patterns in Biblical criticism. Tradition 1965 ; 7 ( 4 ) and 1966 ; 8 ( 5 ). Jump up ^ Savina Teubal ( 1984 ). Sarah The Priestess : The First Matriarch Of Genesis. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8040 - 0844 - 0. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarah. Rubenstein, Nechama. `` The Three Faces of Sarah '', Chabad.org Prophets in the Hebrew Bible Pre-Patriarchal Abel Kenan Enoch Noah ( in rabbinic literature ) Patriarchs / Matriarchs Abraham Isaac Jacob Levi Joseph Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Israelite prophets in the Torah Moses ( in rabbinic literature ) Aaron Miriam Eldad and Medad Phinehas Mentioned in the Former Prophets Joshua Deborah Gideon Eli Elkanah Hannah Abigail Samuel Gad Nathan David Solomon Jeduthun Ahijah Shemaiah Elijah Elisha Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Jahaziel Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Huldah Major Isaiah ( in rabbinic literature ) Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel ( in rabbinic literature ) Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah ( in rabbinic literature ) Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Noahide Beor Balaam Job ( in rabbinic literature ) Other Amoz Beeri Baruch Agur Uriah Buzi Mordecai Esther ( in rabbinic literature ) Oded Azariah Italics indicate persons whose status as prophets is not universally accepted. 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. Standard form : Islamic name / Biblical name ( title or relationship ) Important women in Islam Generations of Adam Hawwa Generations of Ibrāhīm and his sons Sarah Hājar Rebecca Rachel Generation of Mūsa Asiya Jochebed Miriam Ṣaffūrah Reign of Kings Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba House of Amram Hannah Mariam Elizabeth Time of Muhammad Aminah Khadija bint Khuwaylid Mothers of the Believers Fatimah Zaynab bint Ali Early Sufism Rabi'a al - ' Adawiyya Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah&oldid=802213932 '' Categories : Prophets of the Hebrew Bible Biblical matriarchs Christian female saints from the Old Testament People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar Abraham Angelic visionaries Book of Genesis Ancient Jewish women Biblical people in Islam Lech - Lecha Vayeira People in the Catholic Epistles Hidden categories : Pages with numeric Bible version references Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference Articles lacking reliable references from September 2017 All articles lacking reliable references Articles containing Latin - language text Articles containing Arabic - language text All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from November 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource አማርኛ বাংলা Български བོད ་ ཡིག Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Kiswahili Ladino Lietuvių Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Нохчийн Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Scots Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Tagalog தமிழ் తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt ייִדיש Zazaki 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 24 September 2017, at 18 : 41. 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Question: what does sarah name mean in the bible
Answer: princess