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).

Non-human life-forms

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 Heaven (Jannah)

• Ghilman & Wildan
• Houri

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
• 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)

Good people (before Islam)

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

Other people (before Islam)

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)

Tribes and groups

Tribes and ethnicities

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

Groups

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)

Other names

Locations

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)

Non-human physical entities

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

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
• stick of sulaiman

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
• Layla al-Mabit
• Mubahala
• The Farewell Pilgrimage (Hujja al-Wada')
• Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
• Umrah al-Qaza
• Yawm al-Dār

See also

• Quran
• Names of God in Islam