Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq ( ; ar, إسحاق /

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: ''Isḥāq'') is a surname and masculine given name, the Arabic form of

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

. Ishak (

) was the son of

Ibrahim Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...

(Abraham) and

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in the Bible and the Quran. The name Ishak means ‘One who laughs’ because Sarah laughed when the angel told them that they would get a child (since she was very old).

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Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Ishaaq bin Ahmed Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed bin Muhammad bin al-Hussein al-Hashimi, more commonly known as Sheikh Ishaaq or Sheikh Isaaq (, ) was the semi-legendary Arab forefather of the Somali Isaaq clan-family in the Horn of Africa, whose traditional territory i ...

, an Arab Islamic scholar and was the forefather and common ancestor of the Somali

Isaaq The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Per ...

clan-family in the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

* İshak Alaton, Turkish businessman * Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer *

Ishaq Bux Ishaq Bux (15 June 1917 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian actor. His first screen appearance was in BBC TV's ''The English Family Robinson'', in 1957. On stage, he appeared with the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in Tony Harrison's ...

, Indian actor *

Ishaq Dar Muhammad Ishaq Dar ( ur, ; born ) is Pakistani accountant and member of the Senate serving as the 42nd Finance Minister of Pakistan since September 28, 2022. Dar was declared a Proclaimed Offender in 2017 and 2022, respectively. After his ...

, Pakistani politician *

Ishak Efendi Hoca Ishak Efendi (c. 1774 in Arta – 1835 in Suez) was an Ottoman mathematician and engineer. Life Ishak Efendi was born in Arta (now in Greece), probably in 1774, to a Jewish family. His father had converted to Islam. After his father died ...

, Ottoman engineer and translator *

Ishak Haleva Ishak Haleva (born 1940 in Istanbul, Turkey) is the current Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) ( tr, Hahambaşı) of Turkey. Chief Rabbi Haleva was the deputy to David Asseo for seven years and became the new Hakham Bashi after his death in 2002.

, Turkish rabbi *

Eshaq Jahangiri Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi ( fa, ‌اسحاق جهانگیری کوهشاهی, ; born 21 January 1958) is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth first vice president from 2013 until 2021 in Hassan Rouhani's government. Jahangiri was the ...

(born 1957), Iranian politician *

Ishak Ali Moussa Ishak Ali Moussa (born 27 December 1970) is an Algerian former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

, Algerian footballer *

Ishak Haji Muhammad Ishak Haji Muhammad (14 November 1909 – 7 November 1991), better known as Pak Sako, was a Malaysian writer, active in the 1930s until the 1950s. He was a nationalist and his involvement began before independence and continued thereafter. He fo ...

, Malaysian writer *

Ishaq Shahryar Ishaq M. Shahryar (January 10, 1936 – April 12, 2009) was the inventor of the low-cost photovoltaic cell and the first Afghan ambassador to the United States since the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. ''New Scientist'' named Shahryar " ...

, Afghan politician ;Early Islamic era * Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, (died 750) was the Umayyād prince and son of caliph

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Ibrāhīm ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (died 25 January 750) ( ar, ابراهيم ابن الوليد بن عبد الملك) was an Umayyad caliph, and a son of Caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715). He ruled from 4 October 744 to 4 December 744. ...

. * Ishaq ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph al-Hadi. *

Ishaq al-Mawsili Ishaq al-Mawsili ( ar, إسحاق الموصلي; 767/772 – March 850) was an Arab musician of Persian origin active as a composer, singer, music theorist and writer on music. The leading musician of his time in the Abbasid Caliphate, he served ...

, (767–850) was an Arab musician of Persian origin * Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, (778–852) was an early Islamic scholar. * Ishaq Ibn Imran, (died 903) was an Arab physician during Abbasid era. * Ishaq Al-Ruhawi 9th-century Arab physician and the author of the medical ethics book in Arabic medicine. * Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, (died July 850) was the chief of security (

Shurta ''Shurṭa'' ( ar, شرطة) is the common Arabic term for police, although its precise meaning is that of a "picked" or elite force. Bodies termed ''shurṭa'' were established in the early days of the Caliphate, perhaps as early as the caliphate ...

h) in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. *

Ishaq ibn Kundaj Ishaq ibn Kundaj () or Kundajiq, was a Turkic military leader who played a prominent role in the turbulent politics of the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century. Initially active in lower Iraq in the early 870s, he came to be appointed gover ...

, Abbasid general and governor * Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir, (died March 988) was an Abbasid prince and father of caliph

Al-Qadir Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ishaq ( ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن إسحاق, Abu'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq; 947/8 – 29 November 1031), better known by his regnal name al-Qadir ( ar, القادر بالله, al-Qādir bi’llāh, Made po ...

(r. 991–1031) * Ishaq ibn al-Muttaqi, was an Abbasid prince and son of caliph of Baghdad

Al-Muttaqi Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Jaʿfar al-Muqtadir ( ar, أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن جعفر المقتدر) better known by his regnal title Al-Muttaqi (908 – July 968, ar, المتقي) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 940 to 944. Hi ...

, who ruled from 940 to 944.

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;Early Islamic era *

Ibn Abi Ishaq ʿAbd-Allāh ibn Abī Isḥāq al-Ḥaḍramī (Arabic, عَبْدُ اللّهِ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ), (died AD 735 / AH 117)Kees Versteegh, ''Arabic Grammar and Qur'anic Exegesis in Early Islam' ...

, first grammarian of the Arabic language *

Ibn Ishaq Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار بن خيار, or simply ibn Isḥaq, , meaning "the son of Isaac"; died 767) was an 8 ...

(or Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār), Arab Muslim historian who wrote a biography of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

Muhammad ibn Ishaq Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار بن خيار, or simply ibn Isḥaq, , meaning "the son of Isaac"; died 767) was an 8 ...

, (850–851) was the chief of security (

h) in Baghdad during Abbasid era. *

Hunayn ibn Ishaq Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (also Hunain or Hunein) ( ar, أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي; (809–873) was an influential Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic ...

, (809–873) was Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group of translators. * Baba Ishak, 13th century Turkish rebel and false Prophet. ;Modern times *

Aziz Ishak Abdul Aziz bin Ishak (1914–1999) was a Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. Aziz was, in fact, the only member of the pre-war Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) to have served in the 1955 and post-Merdeka Cabinets under Tunku Abdu ...

, Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist *

Mikael Ishak Mikael Ishak (born 31 March 1993) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer of Assyrian people, Assyrian descent who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Beginning his car ...

, Swedish footballer *

Mustapha Ishak Boushaki Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist and professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is known for his contributions to the studies of cosmic acceleration and dark energy, gravitational lensing, and testing al ...

, Algerian cosmologist * Mohammad Ishaq, Pakistani cricketer *

Samar Ishaq Samar Ishaq (born January 1, 1986) is a Pakistani former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current defending coach of his life-long club Khan Research Laboratories. Club career Panther Club Ishaq made his professiona ...

, Pakistani footballer *

Sara Ishaq Sara Ishaq is a Yemeni-Scottish film director. Ishaq directed and produced the critically acclaimed film '' Karama Has No Walls'' (2012). The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and BAFTA Scotland Ne ...

, a Scottish-Yemeni

film maker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...

Shahril Ishak Shahril Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean football player who last played for Hougang United in the Singapore Premier League. He is a natural central midfielder who can also play as a striker or winger. A former captain of the Si ...

, Singaporean footballer *

Yusof bin Ishak Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and journalist who served as the first president of Singapore from 1965 until his death in 1970. Prior to becoming head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalis ...

, Singaporean politician * Zunera Ishaq, Canadian woman in niqab controversy

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