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List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran
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This is a list of things mentioned in the Quran. This list makes use of ISO 233 for the Romanization of Arabic words.[1]
Theological
Angels
Malāʾikah (مَلَائِكَة, Angels):
- Angels of Hell
- Bearers of the Throne
- Harut and Marut[3]
- Kirāman Kātibīn (Arabic: كِرَامًا كَاتِبِيْن, Honourable Scribes)[6]
- Isma'il, not to be confused with the Prophet Isma'il (guardian of the first heaven)
Archangels
Jinn
Jinn:
Devils
Shayāṭīn (Arabic: شَيَاطِيْن, Demons or Devils):
- Iblīs ash-Shayṭān (the (chief) Devil)[15] (11 times)
- Mārid ("Rebellious one")
Others
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Animals
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- The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites[3]
- The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance[22][23]
- The fīl (Arabic: فِيل, elephant) of Abraha[24]
- The hud-hud (Arabic: هُدْهُد, hoopoe) of Solomon (27:20–28)[13]
- The kalb (Arabic: كَلْب, dog) of the sleepers of the cave (18:18–22)[15]
- The namlah (Arabic: نَمْلَة, Female ant) of Solomon (27:18–19)[13]
- The nāqat (Arabic: نَاقَة, she-camel) of Salih[25]
- The nūn (Arabic: نُوْن, fish or whale) of Jonah[26]
- The ḥūt (Arabic: حُوْت, large fish) of Moses
- Dābbat al-Arḍ (Arabic: دَابَّة الْأَرْض, Beast of the Earth) (27:82)[13]
Non-related
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Prophets
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Prophets (Arabic: أَنۢبِيَاء, anbiyāʾ)[c] or Messengers (رُسُل, rusul)[d]
- Adam, the first human[3] (25 times)
- Elisha (al-yasa)[34] 38:48,[34] 6:85-87[35]
- Job (ayyūb)[e]
- David (dāwūd)[3]
- Dhūl-kifl (2 times)
- Aaron (hārūn) (24 times)
- Hud (7 times)
- Enoch (idrīs)[37][36]
- Elijah (ilyās)[38][39]
- Joachim (ʿimrān) (3:33, 3:35, 66:12)
- Isaac (isḥāq) (17 times)
- Ishmael (ismāʿīl)[3] (12 times)
- Lūṭ[36][8] (Lot) (27 times)
- Ṣāliḥ[f] (9 times)
- Shuʿayb (Jethro, Reuel or Hobab?) (11 times)
- Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd (Solomon son of David) (17 times)
- Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā [45] (John the Baptist the son of Zechariah) (5 times)
- Ya‘qūb (Jacob) (16 times)
- Yūnus[46] (Jonah)
- Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb [22] (Joseph son of Jacob) (27 times)
- Zakariyyā[45] (Zechariah) (7 times)
ʾUlu al-ʿAzm
"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" (Arabic: أُولُو ٱلْعَزْم, romanized: ʾUlu al-ʿAzm)[h] in reverse chronological order:
- Muhammad, the final seal of the prophets (Arabic: مُحَمَّد خَاتَم ٱلْأَنْبِیَاء)[i] (Muhammad is mentioned four times)
- ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (Arabic: عِيسَىٰ ٱبْن مَرْيَم)[note 1][45] (Jesus son of Mary)[54][55]
- Al-Masīḥ[45] (The Messiah)[note 2]
- Ibn Maryam (Son of Mary)[note 3][45][33]
- Child / Pure boy (9 times)[note 4]
- Guidance[note 5] (possibly 22 times)[56]
- Messenger / Prophet (5 times)[note 6]
- other terms and titles (14 times)
- Sign (4 times)[note 7]
- The Gift (1 time)[note 8]
- Mercy from God (1 time)[note 9]
- Servant (1 time)[note 10]
- Blessed (1 time)[note 11]
- (1 time)[note 12]
- Amazing thing / Thing unheard of (1 time)[note 13]
- Example (1 time)[note 14]
- Straight Path / Right Way (1 time)[note 15]
- Witness (1 time)[note 16]
- His Name (1 time)[note 17]
- 3rd person "He / Him / Thee" (48 times)[note 18][57]
- 1st person "I / Me" (35 times)[note 19][54][57]
- Mūsā Kalīm Allāh (Arabic: مُوْسَىٰ كَلِيمُ ٱللَّٰه Moses He who spoke to God)[47][58] (136 times)
- Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh (Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيم خَلِيل ٱللَّٰه, Abraham Friend of God)[3][45][36][32] (69 times)
- Nūḥ (Arabic: نُوح, Noah)[47] (43)
Debatable ones
Implicitly mentioned
- Irmiyā (Arabic: إِرْمِيَا, Jeremiah)
- Ṣamūʾīl (Arabic: صَمُوْئِيْل,[3] Samuel)
- Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn (Arabic: يُوْشَع ابْن نُوْن, Joshua, companion and successor of Moses)
- Khidr (Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر), 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)
- Kalab (Caleb)
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Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
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Aʿdāʾ (Arabic: أَعْدَاء, Enemies or foes), aṣḥāb (Arabic: أَصْحَاب, companions or friends), qurbā (Arabic: قُرْبَى, kin), or followers[j] of Prophets:
Good ones
- Adam's immediate relatives[k]
- Believer of Ya-Sin[60]
- Family of Noah
- Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos[61]
- People of Aaron and Moses[46][62]
- Egyptians
- Believer (Asif ibn Barkhiya)
- Imraʾat Firʿawn (Arabic: امْرَأَت فِرْعَوْن, Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim (Arabic: آسِيَا بِنْت مُزَاحِم) or Wife of Pharaoh, who adopted Moses)
- Magicians of the Pharaoh
- Wise, pious man[15]
- Moses' wife
- Moses' sister-in-law
- Mother
- Sister
- Egyptians
- 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[22]
- People of Solomon[13]
- Zayd, Muhammad's adopted son[31]
Evil ones
- Āzar[35][70] (possibly Terah)[71]
- Father of Abraham[l]
- Firʿawn[45][73] (Pharaoh of Moses' time) (74 times)
- Hāmān[m]
- Jālūt[3] (Goliath)
- Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses)[n]
- As-Sāmirī (20:85, 20:87, 20:95)
- Abī Lahab[74][75]
- Slayers of Salih's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda' ibn Dahr)[40][41][8][42][43][44]
Implicitly or non-specifically mentioned
- ʿImrān (Father of Hazrat Musa A.S)[76]
- 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
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Groups
Mentioned
- Aṣḥāb al-Jannah (Arabic: أَصْحَاب ٱلْجَنَّة)
- People of Paradise
- People of the Burnt Garden
- Aṣḥāb as-Sabt (Arabic: أَصْحَاب ٱلسَّبْت,[77] Companions of the Sabbath)
- Christian apostles
- Ḥawāriyyūn (Arabic: حَوَارِيُّوْن, Disciples of Jesus)
- Companions of Noah's Ark
- Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm (Arabic: أَصْحَاب ٱلْكَهْف وَٱلرَّقِيْم, Companions of the Cave and Al-Raqaim? or Petra?[78] (18:9–22)[15]
- Companions of the Elephant[24]
- People of al-Ukhdūd
- People of a township in Surah Ya-Sin[60]
- People of Yathrib[31] or Medina[72][79]
- Qawm Lūṭ (Arabic: قَوْم لُوْط, Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah)[8]
- Nation of Noah
Tribes, ethnicities or families
- Aʿrāb (Arabic: أَعْرَاب,[31][53] Arabs or Bedouins)
- 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 (Arabic: قَوْم إِبْرَاهِيْم)
- People of Ilyas
- People of Nuh (Arabic: قَوْم نُوْح)
- People of Shuaib
- Ahl Madyan Arabic: أَهْل مَدْيَن, People of Madyan)
- Aṣ-ḥāb al-Aykah ("Companions of the Wood")[14][83][8][34]
- Qawm Yūnus (People of Jonah)[46]
- Ahl al-Bayt ("People of the Household")
- People of Fir'aun (Arabic: قوم فِرعَون)
- Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad)
- Aṣ-ḥāb Muḥammad (Arabic: أَصْحَاب مُحَمَّد, Companions of Muhammad)
- People of Mecca
- 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 (Arabic: كَافِرُوْن, Disbelievers)
- Majūs (Arabic: مَجُوْس, Zoroastrians)
- Munāfiqūn (Arabic: مُنَافِقُوْن, Hypocrites)
- Muslims[o]
- Ahl al-Kitāb (People of the Book)
- Polytheists[r]
- Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad
- Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot[36][85]
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Locations
Mentioned
- Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah[86] ("The Holy Land")
- In the Arabian Peninsula[31][53] (excluding Madyan):
- Al-Aḥqāf[49] ("The Sandy Plains," or "the Wind-curved Sand-hills")
- Iram dhāt al-ʿImād[42] (Iram of the Pillars)
- Al-Madīnah[72][79] (Yathrib)[31]
- ʿArafāt[51]
- Al-Ḥijr[40][41][8][42][43][44][83] (Hegra)
- Badr[45] (The first battle of the muslims)
- Ḥunayn[72]
- Makkah[53] (Mecca)
- Al-Balad al-Amīn (Arabic: ٱلبَلَد الْأَمِيْن,[87] the secure land)
- Bakkah (3:96)[45]
- Ḥaraman Āminan (Arabic: حَرَمًا آمِنًا, "Sanctuary (which is) Secure") (28:57;[62] 29:67)[27]
- Kaʿbah[3][45][86][32][82] (Kaaba)
- Maqām Ibrāhīm (Station of Abraham) (2:125)[3] (3:98)[45]
- Safa and Marwah (2:158)[3]
- Umm al-Qurā (Arabic: أًمّ ٱلْقُرَى,[88][48] "Mother of the Townships")
- Sabaʾ (Sheba)[89][90]
- ʿArim Sabaʾ (Arabic: عَرِم سَبَأ, Dam of Sheba)[81]
- Rass
- Al-Aḥqāf[49] ("The Sandy Plains," or "the Wind-curved Sand-hills")
- Al-Jannah[3] (Paradise, literally "The Garden")
- Jahannam (Hell)
- In Mesopotamia:
- Door of Hittah
- Madyan (Midian)
- Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn (Arabic: مَجْمَع ٱلْبَحْرَيْن)
- Miṣr[s] (Mainland Egypt)
- Salsabīl[95] (A river in Paradise)
- Sinai Region or Tīh Desert
- Al-Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan (Arabic: ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى,[58][73] The Holy Valley of Tuwa)[96][97]
- Al-Wādil-Ayman (Arabic: ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَیْمَن,[62] The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai)
- Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah (Arabic: ٱلْبُقْعَة ٱلْمُبَارَكَة, "The Blessed Place")[62]
- Al-Wādil-Ayman (Arabic: ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَیْمَن,[62] The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai)
- Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor[62]
- Al-Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan (Arabic: ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى,[58][73] The Holy Valley of Tuwa)[96][97]
Religious locations
- Bayʿa (Church)
- Miḥrāb
- Monastery
- Masjid (Mosque, literally "Place of Prostration")
- Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām[3] ("The Sacred Grove")[98][99][100][101]
- Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā (Al-Aqsa, literally "The Farthest Place-of-Prostration")[47]
- Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque of Mecca)
- Masjid Al-Dirar
- A Mosque in the area of Medina,[72] possibly:
- Masjid Qubāʾ (Quba Mosque)
- The Prophet's Mosque
- Salat (Synagogue)
Implicitly mentioned
- Antioch
- Arabia[31][53]
- Ayla
- Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn
- Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha
- Bilād ar-Rāfidayn[3][91][46] (Mesopotamia)[93][94]
- Canaan
- Cave of the Seven Sleepers
- Dār an-Nadwa
- Jordan River
- Nile River
- Palestine River
- Paradise of Shaddad
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Plant matter
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Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
- Baṣal (Arabic: بَصَل, Onion) (2:61)[3]
- Thum (ثوم, Garlic) (2:61)[3]
- Shaṭʾ (Arabic: شَطْء, Shoot) (48:29)[53]
- Sūq (Arabic: سُوْق, Plant stem) (48:29)[53]
- Zarʿ (Arabic: زَرْع, Seed)[t]
Fruits
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
Fawākih (Arabic: فَوَاكِه)[u] or Thamarāt (Arabic: ثَمَرَات):[103][v]
- ʿAnib (Arabic: عَنِب, Grape) (17:91)[47][w]
- Ḥabb dhul-ʿaṣf (Arabic: حَبّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْف,[20] Corn of the husk)
- Qith-thāʾ (Arabic: قِثَّاء, Cucumber) (2:61)[3]
- Rummān (Arabic: رُمَّان,[20] Pomegranate)
- Tīn (Arabic: تِيْن,[87] Fig)
- Ukul khamṭ (Arabic: أُكُل خَمْط,[81] Bitter fruit or food of Sheba)
- Zaytūn (Arabic: زَيْتُوْن,[87] Olive)
- Waṭalḥin manḍūdin (Arabic: وَّطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُوْدٍۙ,[104][105][106] Clusters of Bananas, Plantains, or Fragrant fruits.)
- In Paradise[19]
Plants
Shajar (Arabic: شَجَر,[20] Bushes, trees or plants):[x]
- ʿAdas (Arabic: عَدَس, Lentil) (2:61)[3]
- Baql (Arabic: بَقْل, Herb) (2:61)[3]
- Plants of Sheba[81]
- Līnah (Arabic: لِيْنَة, Tender Palm tree)[107]
- Nakhl (Arabic: نَخْل,[20] Date palm)
- Rayḥān (Arabic: رَيْحَان,[20] Rosemary, Scented plant)
- Sidrat al-Muntahā (Arabic: سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَى)[108]
- Zaqqūm (Arabic: زَقُّوْم, A tree in Hell)
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Holy books
- Al-Qurʾān (The Book of Allah)
- Al-Injīl (The Gospel of Jesus)[53]
- Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm (Scroll(s) of Abraham)
- At-Tawrāt (The Torah, literally "The Law")[53]
- Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā (Scroll(s) of Moses)
- Tablets of Stone
- Az-Zabūr (The Psalms of David)[47]
- Umm al-Kitāb ([45][103][4] "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 (Arabic: تَابُوْت ٱلسَّكِيْنَة,[3] Casket of Shekhinah)
- Throne of the Queen of Sheba
- Trumpet of Israfil[10][11][12]
Mentioned idols (cult images)
Of Israelites
- Baʿal
- The ʿijl (golden calf statue) of Israelites
Of Noah's people
Of Quraysh
Celestial bodies
Liquids
Chemical elements
Events, incidents, occasions or times
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- Year of the Elephant
- Incident of Ifk
- Laylat al-Qadr[115] (Night of the Power or Decree)
- Mubahalah
- Sayl al-ʿArim (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in Sheba)[81]
- The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hujjal-Wadaʿ)
- Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
Battles or military expeditions
Days
Months of the Islamic calendar
12 months:
Pilgrimages
Times for Prayer or Remembrance
Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'),[117][118] Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):
- Al-ʿAshiyy (Arabic: ٱلْعَشِيّ, The Afternoon or the Night) (30:17–18)[119]
- Al-Ghuduww (Arabic: ٱلْغُدُوّ, lit. 'The Mornings') (7:205–206)[40]
- Al-Layl (Arabic: ٱللَّيْل, lit. 'The Night') (17:78–81;[47] 50:39–40)[14]
- Aẓ-Ẓuhr (Arabic: ٱلظُّهْر, lit. 'The Noon') (30:17–18)[119]
- Dulūk ash-Shams (Arabic: دُلُوْك ٱلشَّمْس, lit. 'Decline of the Sun') (17:78–81)[47]
- Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams (Arabic: قَبْل طُلُوْع ٱلشَّمْس, lit. 'Before the rising of the Sun') (50:39–40)[14]
Implied
Others
See also
Notes
- Pronounced "Ambiyāʾ," due to Nūn (ن) preceding Ba (ب). It is also written as Nabiyyīn (نَبِيِّيْن)[31] and Nabiyyūn (نَبِيُّوْن).
- Singular: Nabiyy نَبِيّ
- Treating all humans as his relatives.
- 28:6 – 38;[62] 29:39; 40:24 – 36.
- 28:76 – 79;[62] 29:39; 40:24.
- Forms:
- Masculine: Mushrikīn (Arabic: مُشْرِكِيْن) or Mushrikūn (Arabic: مُشْرِكُوْن), literally "Those who associate",
- Feminine: Mushrikāt (Arabic: مُشْرِكَات), literally "Females who associate",
- Singular: masculine: Mushrik (Arabic: مُشْرِك), literally "He who associates," feminine: Mushrikah (Arabic: مُشْرِكَة), literally "She who associates".
- Singular: thamarah (Arabic: ثَمَرَة).
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