List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran

List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran
This is a list of things mentioned in the Quran. This list makes use of ISO 233 for the Romanization of Arabic words.
The Unseen
Allāh (" God")
Names and attributes of Allah found in the Quran
Angels
Malāʾikah (Angels):
Angels of Hell
Mālik (Guardian)
Zabāniyah (Angels of punishment)
Bearers of the Throne
Harut and Marut
Kirāman Kātibīn (Honourable Scribes)
Atid
Raqib
Archangels
Archangels:
Jibrīl (Gabriel, chief)
Ar-Rūḥ,
Ar-Rūḥ al-Amīn (The Trustworthy Spirit)
Ar-Rūḥ al-Qudus (The Holy Spirit)
Angel of the Trumpet (Isrāfīl or Raphael)
Malakul-Mawt (Angel of Death)
Mika'il (Michael)
Jinn
Jinn:
ʿIfrīt (27:39)
Jann
Qarīn (43:36–38; 50:23–27)
Devils
Shayāṭīn (Demons or Devils):
Iblīs ash-Shayṭān (the (chief) Devil) (11 times)
Mārid ("Rebellious one")
Others
Ghilmān or Wildān - perpetually youthful attendants (genderless)
Ḥūr - pure companions with beautiful eyes
Animals
Related
The cow of Israelites (baqarah)
The dhiʾb (wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph
The fīl (elephant) of the Abyssinians)
Ḥimār (domesticated donkey)
The hud-hud (hoopoe) of Solomon (27:20–28)
The kalb (dog) of the sleepers of the cave (18:18–22)
The namlah (female ant) of Solomon (27:18–19)
The nāqat (she-camel) of Salih
The nūn (fish or whale) of Jonah
Non-related
ʿAnkabūt (Female spider)
Dābbat al-Arḍ (Beast of the Earth) (27:82)
Ḥimār (Wild ass)
Naḥl (Honey bee)
Qaswarah ('Lion', 'beast of prey' or 'hunter')
Prophets
Prophets (anbiyāʾ) or Messengers (rusul)
Adam, the first human (25 times)
Elisha (al-yasa) 38:48, 6:85-87
Job (ayyūb)
David (dāwūd)
dhūl-kifl (2 times)
Aaron (hārūn) (24 times)
Hud (7 times)
Enoch (idrīs)
Elijah (ilyās)
Joachim (ʿimrān) (3:33, 3:35, 66:12)
Isaac (isḥāq) (17 times)
Ishmael (ismāʿīl) (12 times)
Dhabih Ullah
Lūṭ (Lot) (27 times)
Abraham (Ibrahim)
Ṣāliḥ (9 times)
Shuʿayb (Jethro, Reuel or Hobab?) (11 times)
Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd (Solomon son of David) (17 times)
ʿUzair (Ezra?)(9:30)
Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (John the Baptist the son of Zechariah) (5 times)
Ya‘qūb (Jacob) (16 times)
Yūnus (Jonah)
Dhūn-Nūn ("He of the Fish (or Whale)" or "Owner of the Fish (or Whale)")
Ṣāḥib al-Ḥūt ("Companion of the Whale")
Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb (Joseph son of Jacob) (27 times)
Zakariyyā (Zechariah) (7 times)
ʾUlu al-ʿAzm
"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" in reverse chronological order:
Muhammad the final seal of the prophets() (Muhammad is mentioned four times)
Ahmad
Other names and titles of Muhammad
ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary)
Al-Masīḥ (The Messiah)
Ibn Maryam (Son of Mary)
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 God (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)
Mūsā Kalīm Allāh (Moses He who spoke to God) (136 times)
Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh (Abraham Friend of God) (69 times)
Nūḥ (Noah) (43)
Debatable ones
Dhūl-Qarnain
Luqmān
Ṭālūt (Saul or Gideon?)
Implicitly mentioned
Irmiyā (Jeremiah)
Ṣamūʾīl (Samuel)
Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn (Joshua, companion and successor of Moses)
Khidr, described but not mentioned by name in the Quran (18:65–82)
Shamʿūn (Arabic: شَمْعُون ٱبْن حَمُّون, Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ ('Isa ibn Maryam)
Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
Aʿdāʾ (Enemies or foes), aṣḥāb (companions or friends), qurbā (kin), or followers of Prophets:
Good ones
Adam's immediate relatives
Martyred son
Wife
Believer of Ya-Sin
Family of Noah
Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos
People of Aaron and Moses
Egyptians
Believer (Asif ibn Barkhiya)
Imraʾat Firʿawn (Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim or Wife of Pharaoh, who adopted Moses)
Magicians of the Pharaoh
Wise, pious man
Moses' wife
Moses' sister-in-law
Mother
Sister
People of Abraham
Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo
Ishmael's mother
Isaac's mother
People of Jesus
Disciples (including Peter)
Mary's mother
Zechariah's wife
People of Joseph
Brothers (including Binyāmin (Benjamin) and Simeon)
Egyptians
ʿAzīz ("Mighty One," that is Potiphar, Qatafir or Qittin)
Malik (King, that is Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd)
Wife of ʿAzīz (Zulaykhah)
Mother
People of Solomon
Mother
Queen of Sheba
Vizier
Zayd, Muhammad's adopted son
Evil ones
Āzar (possibly Terah)
Father of Abraham
Firʿawn (Pharaoh of Moses' time) (74 times)
Hāmān
Jālūt (Goliath)
Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses)
As-Sāmirī (20:85, 20:87, 20:95)
Abī Lahab
Slayers of Salih's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda' ibn Dahr)
Implicitly or non-specifically mentioned
ʿImrān (Amram the father Mary)
Abraha
Bal'am or Balaam
Barṣīṣā
Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua
Luqman's son
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nimrod
Rahmah the wife of Ayyub
Shaddad
Groups
Mentioned
Aṣḥāb al-Jannah
People of Paradise
People of the Burnt Garden
Aṣḥāb as-Sabt (Companions of the Sabbath)
Christian apostles
Ḥawāriyyūn (Disciples of Jesus)
Companions of Noah's Ark
Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm (Companions of the Cave and Al-Raqaim? or Petra? (18:9–22)
Companions of the Elephant
People of al-Ukhdūd
People of a township in Surah Ya-Sin
People of Yathrib or Medina
Qawm Lūṭ (Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Nation of Noah
Tribes, ethnicities or families
Aʿrāb (Arabs or Bedouins)
ʿĀd (people of Hud)
Companions of the Rass
Qawm Tubbaʿ (People of Tubba')
People of Sabaʾ or Sheba
Quraysh
Thamūd (people of Salih)
Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr ("Companions of the Stoneland")
ʿAjam
Ar-Rūm ("The Romans")
Banī Isrāʾīl (Children of Israel)
Muʾtafikāt (The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah) (9:70 and 69:9)
People of Ibrahim
People of Ilyas
People of Nuh
People of Shuaib
Ahl Madyan , People of Madyan)
Aṣ-ḥāb al-Aykah ("Companions of the Wood")
Qawm Yūnus (People of Jonah)
Ahl al-Bayt ("People of the Household")
Household of Abraham
Brothers of Yūsuf
Daughters of Abraham's nephew Lot
Progeny of Imran
Household of Moses
Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim
Daughters of Muhammad
Wives of Muhammad
Household of Salih
People of Fir'aun
Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad)
Aṣ-ḥāb Muḥammad (Companions of Muhammad)
Anṣār (Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally 'Helpers')
Muhājirūn (Emigrants from Mecca to Medina)
Ḥizbullāh (Party of God)
People of Mecca
Wife of Abu Lahab
Children of Ayyub
Sons of Adam
Wife of Nuh
Wife of Lut
Yaʾjūj wa Maʾjūj (Gog and Magog)
Son of Nuh
Implicitly mentioned
Amalek
Ahl as-Suffa (People of the Verandah)
Banu Nadir
Banu Qaynuqa
Banu Qurayza
Iranian peoples (or Iranic peoples)
Umayyad Dynasty
Aus & Khazraj
People of Quba
Abyssinian people
Religious groups
Ahl al-Dhimmah
Kāfirūn (Disbelievers)
Majūs (Zoroastrians)
Munāfiqūn (Hypocrites)
Muslims
Believers
Righteous ones
Ahl al-Kitāb (People of the Book)
Naṣārā (Christian(s)) or People of the Injil)
Ruhban (Christian monks)
Qissis (Christian priest)
Yahūd (Jews)
Ahbār (Jewish scholars)
Rabbani/Rabbi
Sabians
Polytheists
Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad
Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot
Locations
Mentioned
Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah ("The Holy Land")
'Blessed' land
In the Arabian Peninsula (excluding Madyan):
Al-Aḥqāf ("The Sandy Plains," or "the Wind-curved Sand-hills")
Iram dhāt al-ʿImād (Iram of the Pillars)
Al-Madīnah (Yathrib
ʿArafāt
Al-Ḥijr (Hegra)
Badr (The first battle of the muslims)
Ḥunayn
Makkah (Mecca)
Al-Balad al-Amīn (the secure land)
Bakkah (3:96)
Ḥaraman Āminan ("Sanctuary (which is) Secure") (28:57; 29:67)
Kaʿbah (Kaaba)
Al-Bayt al-ʿAṭīq (the Ancient House) (22:29 – 33)
Al-Bayt al-Ḥarām (5:97) the Sacred House)
Maqām Ibrāhīm (Station of Abraham) (2:125) (3:98)
Safa and Marwah (2:158)
Umm al-Qurā ("Mother of the Townships")
Sabaʾ (Sheba)
ʿArim Sabaʾ (Dam of Sheba)
Rass
Al-Jannah (Paradise, literally "The Garden")
Jahannam (Hell)
In Mesopotamia:
Al-Jūdiyy
Munzalanm-Mubārakan ("Place-of-Landing (that is) Blessed")
Bābil (Babylon)
Qaryat Yūnus ("Township of Jonah," that is Nineveh)
Door of Hittah
Madyan (Midian)
Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn
Miṣr (Mainland Egypt)
Salsabīl (A river in Paradise)
Sinai Region or Tīh Desert
Al-Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan (The Holy Valley of Tuwa)
Al-Wādil-Ayman (The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai)
Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ("The Blessed Place")
Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor
Al-Jabal ("The Mount")
Aṭ-Ṭūr ("The Mount")
Ṭūr Sīnāʾ
Ṭūr Sīnīn
Religious locations
Bayʿa (Church)
Miḥrāb
Monastery
Masjid (Mosque, literally "Place of Prostration")
Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām ("The Sacred Grove")
Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā (Al-Aqsa, literally "The Farthest Place-of-Prostration")
Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque of Mecca)
Masjid Al-Dirar
A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly:
Masjid Qubāʾ (Quba Mosque)
The Prophet's Mosque
Salat (Synagogue)
Implicitly mentioned
Antioch
Antakya
Arabia
Al-Ḥijāz (literally "The Barrier")
Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) & Al-Hijr of Isma'il
Cave of Hira
Ghār ath-Thawr (Cave of the Bull)
Hudaybiyyah
Ta'if
Ayla
Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn
Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha
Bilād ar-Rāfidayn (Mesopotamia)
Canaan
Cave of the Seven Sleepers
Dār an-Nadwa
Jordan River
Nile River
Palestine River
Paradise of Shaddad
Plant matter
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
Baṣal (Onion) (2:61)
Thum (ثوم, Garlic]] or wheat) (2:61)
Shaṭʾ (Shoot) (48:29)
Sūq (Plant stem) (48:29)
Zarʿ (Seed)
Fruits
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
Fawākih or Thamarāt:
ʿAnib (Grape) (17:91)
Ḥabb dhul-ʿaṣf (Corn of the husk)
Qith-thāʾ (Cucumber) (2:61)
Rummān (Pomegranate)
Tīn (Fig)
Ukul khamṭ (Bitter fruit or food of Sheba)
Zaytūn (Olive)
In Paradise
Forbidden fruit of Adam
Plants
Shajar (Bushes, trees or plants):
ʿAdas (Lentil) (2:61)
Baql (Herb) (2:61)
Plants of Sheba
Athl (Tamarisk)
Sidr (Lote-tree)
Līnah (Tender Palm tree)
Nakhl (Date palm)
Rayḥān (Rosemary, Scented plant)
Sidrat al-Muntahā
Zaqqūm (A tree in Hell)
Holy books
Islamic holy books:
Al-Injīl (The Gospel of Jesus)
Al-Qurʾān (The Book of Muhammad)
Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm (Scroll(s) of Abraham)
At-Tawrāt (The Torah, literally "The Law")
Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā (Scroll(s) of Moses)
Tablets of Stone
Az-Zabūr (The Psalms of David)
Umm al-Kitāb ("Mother of the Book(s)")
Objects of people or beings
Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles
Noah's Ark
Staff of Moses
Staff of Solomon
Tābūt as-Sakīnah (Casket of Shekhinah)
Throne of the Queen of Sheba
Trumpet of Israfil
Mentioned idols (cult images)
'Ansāb
Jibt and Ṭāghūt (False god)
Of Israelites
Baʿal
The ʿijl (golden calf statue) of Israelites
Of Noah's people
Nasr
Suwāʿ
Wadd
Yaghūth
Yaʿūq
Of Quraysh
Al-Lāt
Al-ʿUzzā
Manāt
Celestial bodies
Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
Al-Qamar (The Moon)
Kawākib (Planets)
Al-Arḍ (The Earth)
Nujūm (Stars)
Ash-Shams (The Sun)
Ash-Shiʿrā (Sirius)
Liquids
Māʾ (Water or fluid)
Nahr (River)
Yamm (River or sea)
Sharāb (Drink)
Events, incidents, occasions or times
Year of the Elephant
Incident of Ifk
Laylat al-Qadr (Night of the Power or Decree)
Laylatinm-Mubārakatin (44:3)
Mubahalah
Sayl al-ʿArim (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in Sheba)
The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hujjal-Wadaʿ)
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
Battles or military expeditions
Battle of al-Aḥzāb ("the Confederates")
Battle of Badr
Battle of Hunayn
Battle of Khaybar
Battle of Uhud
Conquest of Mecca
Expedition of Tabuk
Days
Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday)
As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday)
Days of battles or military expeditions (see the above section)
Days of Hajj
Ayyāminm-Maʿdūdatin (2:203)
Yawm al-Ḥajj al-Akbar (9:2)
Doomsday
Months of the Islamic calendar
12 months:
Four holy months (2:189–217; 9:1–36)
Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred or Forbidden Month) (2:194–217; 5:97)
Ramaḍān (2:183–187)
Pilgrimages
Al-Ḥajj (The Greater Pilgrimage)
Ḥajj al-Bayt ("Pilgrimage of the House") (2:158)
Ḥijj al-Bayt ("Pilgrimage of the House") (3:97)
Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage) (2:158–196)
Times for Prayer or Remembrance
Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):
Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night) (30:17–18)
Al-Ghuduww (7:205–206)
Al-Bukrah (48:9)
Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ (30:17–18)
Al-Layl (17:78–81; 50:39–40)
Al-ʿIshāʾ (24:58)
Aẓ-Ẓuhr (30:17–18)
Aẓ-Ẓahīrah (24:58)
Dulūk ash-Shams (17:78–81)
Al-Masāʾ (30:17–18)
Qabl al-Ghurūb (50:39–40)
Al-Aṣīl (33:42; 48:9; 76:25–26)
Al-ʿAṣr (103:1–3)
Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams (50:39–40)
Al-Fajr (17:78–81; 24:58)
Implied
Event of Ghadir Khumm (5:67)
Laylat al-Mabit (2:207)
The first pilgrimage (48:27)
Others
Bayt (Home or House)
Al-Bayt al-Maʿmūr
Ḥunafāʾ
Ṭāhā
Ṭayyibah
Zīnah, Adornment, beauty, beautiful thing or splendour)
See also
Biblical people in Islam
Holiest sites in Islam
Ḥ-R-M
List of biblical names
List of burial places of Abrahamic figures
List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran
List of people in both the Bible and the Quran
Muhammad in the Quran
Names of God in Islam
Notes
References
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