This is a list of things mentioned in the
Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
. This list makes use of
ISO 233
The international standard ISO 233 establishes a system for romanization of Arabic and Syriac. It was supplemented by ISO 233-2 in 1993.
1984 edition
The table below shows the consonants for the Arabic language.
ISO 233-2:1993
ISO 233-2 ...
for the
Romanization of Arabic
The romanization of Arabic is the systematic rendering of written and spoken Arabic in the Latin script. Romanized Arabic is used for various purposes, among them transcription of names and titles, cataloging Arabic language works, language ed ...
words.
Supernatural
*
Allāh ("
God
In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', Oxford University Press, 1995. God is typically ...
")
**
Names and attributes of
Allah found in the Quran
Angels
''
Malāʾikah'' (,
Angel
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
s):
* Angels of Hell
**
Mālik (Guardian)
** ''
Zabāniyah'' (Angels of punishment)
*
Bearers of the Throne
Bearers of the Throne or ḥamlat al-arsh (حملة العرش) are a group of angels in Islam. The Quran mentions them in and .
Description
In Islamic traditions, they are often portrayed in zoomorphic forms. They are described as resembling ...
*
Harut and Marut
Harut and Marut ( ar, هَارُوْت وَمَارُوْت, Hārūt wa-Mārūt) are two angels mentioned in Quran 2:102, who are said to have been located in Babylon. According to some narratives, those two angels were in the time of Idris. Th ...
* ''Kirāman Kātibīn'' ( ar, كِرَامًا كَاتِبِيْن, Honourable Scribes)
** Atid
** Raqib
*
Munkar and Nakir
Munkar and Nakir ( ar, منكر ونكير) (English translation: "The Denied and The Denier") in Islamic eschatology, are angels who test the faith of the dead in their graves.
Description
These angels are described as having solid black eyes ...
, who question the dead in the grave.
Archangels
Archangels
Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the hierarchy of angels. The word ''archangel'' itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of other relig ...
:
*
Jibrīl (Gabriel, chief)
** ''
Ar-Rūḥ'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح, lit=The Spirit),
*** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Amīn'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح الْأَمِيْن, The Trustworthy Spirit)
*** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Qudus'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح ٱلْقُدُس, The
Holy Spirit
In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the Universe or over his creatures. In Nicene Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the third person of the Trinity. In Islam, the Holy Spirit acts as ...
)
* Angel of the Trumpet
(
Isrāfīl or
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...
)
** ''
Malakul-Mawt'' ( ar, مَلَكُ ٱلْمَوْت, Angel of Death, Azrael)
*
Mika'il (Michael)
Jinn
''
Jinn
Jinn ( ar, , ') – also Romanization of Arabic, romanized as djinn or Anglicization, anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources)
– are Invisibility, invisible creatures in early Arabian mytho ...
'':
* ''
ʿIfrīt'' (27:39)
* ''
Jann''
* ''
Qarīn'' (43:36–38;
50:23–27)
Devils
''
Shayāṭīn'' ( ar, شَيَاطِيْن,
Demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...
s or Devils):
*
Iblīs ''
ash-Shayṭān'' (the (chief)
Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of t ...
)
(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
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...
) of the Abyssinians)
* ''Ḥimār'' ( ar, حِمَار, domesticated donkey)).
* The ''
hud-hud'' (
hoopoe
Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
) of Solomon (27:20–28)
* The ''kalb'' ( ar, كَلْب, 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
Nun is the fourteenth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician Nūn , Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew Nun , Aramaic alphabet, Aramaic Nun , Syriac alphabet, Syriac Nūn ܢܢ, and Arabic alphabet, Arabic N ...
'' ( ar, نُوْن,
fish or whale) of Jonah
Non-related
* ''ʿAnkabūt'' ( ar, عَنْكَبُوْت,
Female
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
)
* ''Dābbat al-Arḍ'' ( ar, دَابَّة الْأَرْض,
Beast of the Earth
Beast of the Earth (), sometimes called The Dabba/Dabbah in Islamic eschatology, will be one of the signs of the coming of the Last Day or Judgement Day. It will appear before or after the sun rises in the west, where the Beast will be sighted f ...
) (27:28)
* ''Ḥimār'' ( ar, حِمَار,
Wild ass The wild asses (''Asinus'') are a subgenus of single toed grazing ungulates. Its species are:
*African wild ass ''Equus africanus''
**Nubian wild ass ''Equus africanus africanus'' (likely ancestor of the domestic donkey)
**Somali wild ass ''Equus a ...
)
* ''
Naḥl'' ( ar, نَحْل,
Honey bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current co ...
)
* ''
Qaswarah
The Covered ( ar, ٱلْمُدَّثِّر, ''al-muddaththir'', meaning "the Cloaked One" or "the Man Wearing a Cloak") is the 74th chapter (''sūrah'') of the Qur'an, with 56 verses ('' āyāt'').
Summary
:1-7 Muhammad commanded to rise and p ...
'' ('
Lion', 'beast of prey' or 'hunter')
Prophets
Prophets
In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...
( ar, أَنۢبِيَاء, ''anbiyāʾ'') or
Messengers (, ''rusul'')
least mentioned
*
Adam
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
, the
first human (25 times)
*
Elisha (''
al-yasa'')
38:48,
6:85-87
*
Job
Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...
(''
ayyūb'')
*
David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
(''
dāwūd'')
*
dhūl-kifl (2 times)
*
Aaron (''
hārūn'') (24 times)
*
Hud
Hud or HUD may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Hud'' (1963 film), a 1963 film starring Paul Newman
* ''Hud'' (1986 film), a 1986 Norwegian film
* ''HUD'' (TV program), or ''Heads Up Daily'', a Canadian e-sports television program
Places
* Hud, Fa ...
(7 times)
*
Enoch
Enoch () ''Henṓkh''; ar, أَخْنُوخ ', Qur'ān.html"_;"title="ommonly_in_Qur'ān">ommonly_in_Qur'ānic_literature__'_is_a_biblical_figure_and_Patriarchs_(Bible).html" "title="Qur'ānic_literature.html" ;"title="Qur'ān.html" ;"title="o ...
(''
idrīs'')
*
Elijah
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My El (deity), God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic language, Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) w ...
(''
ilyās
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...
'')
*
Joachim (''
ʿimrān'') (
3:33,
3:35,
66:12)
*
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 ...
(''
isḥāq'') (17 times)
*
Ishmael
Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...
(''
ismāʿīl'')
(12 times)
**
Dhabih Ullah
*
Lūṭ (
Lot
Lot or LOT or The Lot or ''similar'' may refer to:
Common meanings Areas
* Land lot, an area of land
* Parking lot, for automobiles
*Backlot, in movie production
Sets of items
*Lot number, in batch production
*Lot, a set of goods for sale togethe ...
) (27 times)
*
Abraham
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...
(
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 ...
)
*
Ṣāliḥ
Saleh or Salih ( ar, صالح, or ) is an Arabic masculine given name which means "Pious".
Given name
* Salih, Arabian prophet
* Salih ibn Ali (711–769 CE), was the Abbasid general and governor in Syria and Egypt.
* ''Salih ibn Harun al-Rash ...
(9 times)
*
Shuʿayb (
Jethro, Reuel or
Hobab?) (11 times)
*
Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd (
Solomon
Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...
son of David) (17 times)
* ʿ
Uzair
Uzair ( ar, عزير, ') is a figure who is mentioned in the Quran, Surah At-Tawbah, At-Tawba, verse , which states that he was revered by the Jews as "the son of God". Uzair is most often identified with the biblical Ezra. Modern historians hav ...
(
Ezra
Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest (''kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρα ...
?)(
9:30)
*
Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā
(
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
the son of Zechariah) (5 times)
*
Ya‘qūb (
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...
) (16 times)
*
Yūnus (
Jonah
Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...
)
** ''Dhūn-Nūn'' ("He of the Fish (or
Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and ...
)" or "Owner of the Fish (or Whale)")
** ''Ṣāḥib al-Ḥūt'' ( ar, صَاحِب ٱلْحُوْت, "Companion of the Whale")
*
Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb
(
Joseph
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
son of Jacob) (27 times)
*
Zakariyyā (
Zechariah) (7 times)
''ʾUlu al-ʿAzm''
"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" ( ar, أُولُو ٱلْعَزْم, ʾUlu al-ʿAzm) in reverse chronological order:
*
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 ...
the final seal of the prophets( ar, مُحَمَّد خَاتَم ٱلْأَنْبِیَاء) (Muhammad is mentioned four times)
**
Ahmad
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
** Other
names and titles of Muhammad
The names and titles of Muhammad, names and attributes of Muhammad, Names of Muhammad ( ar, أسماء النبي, Asmā’u ’n-Nabiyy) are the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and used by Muslims, where 88 of them are commonly known, but a ...
*
ʿĪsā ibn Maryam ( ar, عِيسَىٰ ٱبْن مَرْيَم)
[2:87, 2:136, 2:253, 3:45, 3:52, 3:55, 3:59, 3:84, 4:157, 4:163, 4:171, 5:46, 5:78, 5:110, 5:112, 5:114, 5:116, 6:85, 19:34, 33:7, 42:13, 43:63, 57:27, 61:6, 61:14] (
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
son of Mary)
** ''Al-Masīḥ''
(The
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
)
[3:45, 4:171, 4:172, 5:17, 5:72(2), 5:75, 9:30, 9:31]
** ''Ibn Maryam'' (
Son of Mary)
[2:87, 2:253, 3:45, 4:157, 4:171, 5:17, 5:46, 5:72, 5:75, 5:78, 5:110, 5:112, 5:114, 5:116, 9:31, 19:34, 23:50, 33:7, 43:57, 57:27, 61:6, 61:14]
** Child / Pure boy (9 times)
[19:19, 19:20, 19:21, 19:29, 19:35, 19:88, 19:91, 19:92, 21:91]
** Guidance
[3:39, 3:45, 3:48, 4:171, 5:46, 5:110] possibly 22 times)
** Messenger / Prophet (5 times)
[3:49, 4:157, 4:171, 19:30, 61:6]
** other terms and titles (14 times)
*** Sign (4 times)
[19:21, 21:91, 23:50, 43:61]
*** The Gift (1 time)
[19:19]
*** Mercy from God (1 time)
[19:21]
*** Servant (1 time)
[19:30]
*** Blessed (1 time)
[19:31]
*** (1 time)
[19:34]
*** Amazing thing / Thing unheard of (1 time)
[19:27]
*** Example (1 time)
[43:57]
*** Straight Path / Right Way (1 time)
[43:61]
*** Witness (1 time)
[4:159]
*** His Name (1 time)
[3:45]
** 3rd person "He / Him / Thee" (48 times)
[2:87, 2:253, 3:46(2), 3:48, 3:52, 3:55(4), 4:157(3), 4.159(3), 5:110(11), 5:46(3), 5:75(2), 19:21, 19:22(2), 19:27(2), 19:29, 23:50, 43:58(2), 43:59(3), 43:63, 57:27(2), 61:6.]
** 1st person "I / Me" (35 times)
[3:49(6), 3:50, 3:52, 5:116(3), 5:72, 5:116(3), 19:19, 19:30(3), 19:31(4), 19:32(2), 19:33(4), 19:33, 43:61, 43:63(2), 61:6(2), 61:14.]
*
Mūsā Kalīm Allāh ( ar, مُوْسَىٰ كَلِيمُ ٱللَّٰه
Moses
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
He who spoke to God)
(136 times)
*
Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh ( ar, إِبْرَاهِيم خَلِيل ٱللَّٰه,
Abraham
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...
Friend of God)
(69 times)
*
Nūḥ
Nūḥ ( ar, نوح, “Noah”) is the seventy-first chapter (''surah'') of the Quran with 28 verses ('' ayat''). It is about the Islamic prophet Nūḥ and his complaint about his people rejecting all warnings Allah gave them through Nuh. N ...
( ar, نُوح,
Noah)
(43)
Debatable ones
*
Dhūl-Qarnain
*
Luqmān
*
Ṭālūt (
Saul
Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered t ...
[Leaman, Oliver, ''The Quran, An Encyclopedia'', 2006, p.638.] or
Gideon?)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Irmiyā ( ar, إِرْمِيَا, Jeremiah)
*
Ṣamūʾīl ( ar, صَمُوْئِيْل,
Samuel)
*
Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn ( ar, يُوْشَع ابْن نُوْن, Joshua, companion and successor of Moses)
*
Khidr
Al-Khidr () ( ar, ٱلْخَضِر, al-Khaḍir), also transcribed as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Khizr, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, is a figure described but not mentioned by name in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing g ...
( ar, ٱلْخَضِر), described but not mentioned by name in the Quran (
18:65–82)
*
Shamʿūn (Arabic: شَمْعُون ٱبْن حَمُّون,
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
, apostle of
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
(
'Isa ibn Maryam)
Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
''Aʿdāʾ'' ( ar, أَعْدَاء, Enemies or foes), ''aṣḥāb'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب, companions or friends), ''qurbā'' ( ar, قُرْبَى, kin), or followers) or ''Tabiʿūn'' ( ar, تَابِعُوْن). of Prophets:
Good ones
* Adam's immediate relatives
**
Martyred son
**
Wife
A wife (plural, : wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally Dissolution (law), dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, ...
*
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'' ( ar, امْرَأَت فِرْعَوْن,
Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim ( ar, آسِيَا بِنْت مُزَاحِم) or
Wife of Pharaoh, who adopted Moses)
***
Magicians of the Pharaoh
**
Wise, pious man
**
Moses' wife
**
Moses' sister-in-law
**
Mother
]
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
**
Miriam#Quranic account, Sister
* People of Abraham
** Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo
**
Ishmael's mother
**
Isaac's mother
* People of Jesus
** Disciples (including
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
)
**
Mary's mother
**
Zechariah's wife
* People of Joseph
** Brothers (including
Binyāmin (Benjamin)
and
Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.
Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, so ...
)
[''Testament of Simeon'' 4]
** Egyptians
*** ''ʿAzīz'' ( ar, عَزيْز, "Mighty One," that is
Potiphar
Potiphar ( ; Egyptian origin: ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom Ra gave") is a figure in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Potiphar is possibly the same name as Potiphera () from Late Egyptian ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom Ra has given."
Potiphar ...
,
Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning") ...
, Qatafir or Qittin)
*** ''Malik'' ( ar, مَلِك, King, that is Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd ( ar, ٱلرَّيَّان ابْن ٱلْوَلِيْد))
*** Wife of ''ʿAzīz'' (
Zulaykhah)
**
Mother
]
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
* People of Solomon
**
Bathsheba#Islam, Mother
**
Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she bring ...
**
Vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
*
Zayd, Muhammad's adopted son
Evil ones
*
Āzar[ Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, ''Abraham and his father''] (possibly
Terah
Terah or Terach ( he, תֶּרַח ''Teraḥ'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis. He is listed as the son of Nahor and father of the patriarch Abraham. As such, he is a descendant of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in Gen ...
)
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua ( he, סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ', Tiberian: ''Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ'') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Isra ...
, Chapter 24, Verse 2
** Father of Abraham
*
Firʿawn (
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...
of Moses' time) (74 times)
*
Hāmān
*
Jālūt (Goliath)
*
Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses)
*
As-Sāmirī (20:85, 20:87, 20:95)
*
Abī Lahab[Ibn Hisham note 97. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad'' p. 707. Oxford: Oxford University Press.]
* Slayers of Salih's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda' ibn Dahr)
Implicitly or non-specifically mentioned
*
ʿImrān (Amram the father Mary)
*
Abraha
Abraha ( Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died after CE 570;Stuart Munro-Hay (2003) "Abraha" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. r. 525–at least 553S. C. Munro-Hay (1991) ''Aksum ...
*
Bal'am or Balaam
*
Barṣīṣā
*
Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua
* Luqman's son
*
Nebuchadnezzar II
*
Nimrod
Nimrod (; ; arc, ܢܡܪܘܕ; ar, نُمْرُود, Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of ...
* Rahmah the wife of Ayyub
*
Shaddad
Shaddād ( ar, شدّاد), also known as Shaddād bin ʽĀd (), was believed to be the king of the lost Arabian city of Iram of the Pillars, an account of which is mentioned in Sura 89 of the Qur'an. Various sources suggest Shaddad was the son ...
Groups
Mentioned
* ''Aṣḥāb al-Jannah'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْجَنَّة)
** People of Paradise
** People of the Burnt Garden
* ''Aṣḥāb as-Sabt'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلسَّبْت,
Companions of the
Sabbath)
*
Christian apostles
** ''Ḥawāriyyūn'' ( ar, حَوَارِيُّوْن,
Disciples of Jesus
In Christianity, disciple primarily refers to a dedicated follower of Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Gospels and Acts. In the ancient world, a disciple is a follower or adherent of a teacher. Discipleship is not the ...
)
*
Companions of Noah's Ark
* ''Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْكَهْف وَٱلرَّقِيْم,
Companions of the Cave
In the Islamic and Christian traditions, the Seven Sleepers, otherwise known as the Sleepers of Ephesus and Companions of the Cave, is a medieval legend about a group of youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus (modern-day S ...
and
Al-Raqaim? or
Petra
Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...
?
[Shaddel, Mehdy (2017-10-01). "Studia Onomastica Coranica: AL-Raqīm, Caput Nabataeae*". Journal of Semitic Studies. 62 (2): 303–318.] (18:9–22)
*
Companions of the Elephant
*
People of al-Ukhdūd
*
People of a township in Surah Ya-Sin
*
People of Yathrib or
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
* ''Qawm Lūṭ'' ( ar, قَوْم لُوْط, Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah)
* Nation of Noah
Tribes, ethnicities or families
* ''Aʿrāb'' ( ar, أَعْرَاب,
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
s or
Bedouins)
**
ʿĀd
ʿĀd ( ar, عَادٌ, ') is an ancient tribe mentioned frequently in the Qurʾān.
The tribe's members, referred to as ʿĀdites, formed a prosperous nation until they were destroyed in a violent storm. According to Islamic tradition, the st ...
(people of Hud)
**
Companions of the Rass The Companions of the Rass, also known as the People of the Well or the People of Ar-Rass, were an ancient community, who are mentioned in the Qur'an. The Qur'an provides little information concerning them other than to list them with other communit ...
** ''Qawm Tubbaʿ'' ( ar, قَوْم تُبَّع,
People of
Tubba'
This is a list of rulers of Saba and Himyar.
Mukarrib (Mukrab, Karab), a religious title that means "near to God", was used by rulers of Saba' until Karib'il Watar changed his title to ''Malik'' at the time of the kingdom of Saba' and Dhu Rayda ...
)
***
People of Sabaʾ or Sheba
**
Quraysh
The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qur ...
**
Thamūd
The Thamud ( ar, ثَمُوْد, translit=Ṯamūd) were an ancient Arabian tribe or tribal confederation that occupied the northwestern Arabian peninsula between the late-eighth century BCE, when they are attested in Assyrian sources, and the ...
(people of
Salih
Salih (; ar, صَالِحٌ, Ṣāliḥ, lit=Pious), also spelled Saleh (), is an Arab prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the ...
)
*** ''Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْحِجْر, "Companions of the
Stoneland")
* ʿ
Ajam
* ''Ar-
Rūm
Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') ...
'' ( "The
Romans
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
")
* ''
Banī Isrāʾīl'' (Children of Israel)
* ''
Muʾtafikāt'' (The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah) (9:70 and 69:9)
*
People of Ibrahim ( ar, قَوْم إِبْرَاهِيْم)
*
People of Ilyas
*
People of Nuh ( ar, قَوْم نُوْح)
* People of Shuaib
** ''Ahl Madyan'' ar, أَهْل مَدْيَن,
People of Madyan)
** ''
Aṣ-ḥāb al-Aykah
Midian (; he, מִדְיָן ''Mīḏyān'' ; ar, مَدْيَن, Madyan; grc-gre, Μαδιάμ, ''Madiam'') is a geographical place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest Ar ...
'' ("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
Thirteen women were married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims use the term ''Umm al-Mu'minin'' ( ar, أم ٱلْمُؤْمِنِين; meaning 'Mother of the Believers') prominently before or after referring to them as a sign of respec ...
** Household of Salih
*
People of Fir'aun ( ar, قوم فِرعَون)
*
Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad)
** ''Aṣ-ḥāb Muḥammad'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب مُحَمَّد,
Companions of Muhammad
Companion may refer to:
Relationships Currently
* Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance
* A domestic partner, akin to a spouse
* Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
* Companion (caregiving), a caregive ...
)
*** ''
Anṣār'' (Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally 'Helpers')
*** ''
Muhājirūn'' (Emigrants from Mecca to Medina)
*** ''Ḥizbullāh'' ( ar, حِزْبُ ٱلله, Party of God)
* People of
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...
**
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
Amalek (; he, עֲמָלֵק, , ar, عماليق ) was a nation described in the Hebrew Bible as a staunch enemy of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the nation's founder, a grandson of Esau; his descendants, the Amalekites; or the ...
* ''Ahl as-Suffa'' (People of the Verandah)
*
Banu Nadir
The Banu Nadir ( ar, بَنُو ٱلنَّضِير, he, בני נצ'יר) were a Jewish Arab tribe which lived in northern Arabia at the oasis of Medina until the 7th century. The tribe refused to convert to Islam as Muhammad had ordered it to ...
*
Banu Qaynuqa
The Banu Qaynuqa ( ar, بنو قينقاع; he, בני קינוקאע; also spelled Banu Kainuka, Banu Kaynuka, Banu Qainuqa, Banu Qaynuqa) was one of the three main Jewish tribes living in the 7th century of Medina, now in Saudi Arabia. The grea ...
*
Banu Qurayza
The Banu Qurayza ( ar, بنو قريظة, he, בני קוריט'ה; alternate spellings include Quraiza, Qurayzah, Quraytha, and the archaic Koreiza) were a Jewish tribe which lived in northern Arabia, at the oasis of Yathrib (now known as ...
*
Iranian people
*
Umayyad Dynasty
Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In t ...
*
Aus &
Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...
* People of
Quba
Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...
*
Abyssinian people
Religious groups
* ''
Ahl al-Dhimmah''
* ''
Kāfirūn'' ( ar, كَافِرُوْن, Disbelievers)
* ''Majūs'' ( ar, مَجُوْس,
Zoroastrians)
* ''
Munāfiqūn'' ( ar, مُنَافِقُوْن,
Hypocrites)
*
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s) or ''Muslimūn'' ( ar, مُسْلِمُوْن),
* Feminine: ''Muslimāt'' ( ar, مُسْلِمَات),
* Singular: masculine: ''Muslim'' ( ar, مُسْلِم), feminine: ''Muslimah'' ( ar, مُسْلِمَة).
** Believers) or ''Muʾminūn'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنُوْن),
* Feminine: ''Muʾmināt'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنَات),
* Singular: masculine: ''Mu’min'' ( ar, مُؤْمِن), feminine: ''Muʾminah'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنَة).
** Righteous ones) or ''Ṣāliḥūn'' ( ar, صَالِحُوْن),
* Feminine: ''Ṣāliḥāt'' ( ar, صَالِحَات),
* Singular: masculine: ''Ṣāliḥ'' ( ar, صَالِح), feminine: ''Ṣāliḥah'' ( ar, صَالِحَة).
* ''Ahl al-Kitāb'' (
People of the Book
People of the Book or Ahl al-kitāb ( ar, أهل الكتاب) is an Islamic term referring to those religions which Muslims regard as having been guided by previous revelations, generally in the form of a scripture. In the Quran they are ident ...
)
** ''Naṣārā'' ( ar, نَصَارَی,
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
(s)) or People of the Injil)
***
Ruhban (Christian monks)
***
Qissis (Christian priest)
** ''Yahūd'' (
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
)
***
Ahbār (Jewish scholars)
***
Rabbani/Rabbi
**
Sabians
The Sabians, sometimes also spelled Sabaeans or Sabeans, are a mysterious religious group mentioned three times in the Quran (as , in later sources ), where it is implied that they belonged to the 'People of the Book' (). Their original ident ...
*
Polytheists
Polytheism is the belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals. Polytheism is a type of theism. Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the ...
) or ''Mushrikūn'' ( ar, مُشْرِكُوْن), literally "Those who associate",
* Feminine: ''Mushrikāt'' ( ar, مُشْرِكَات), literally "Females who associate",
* Singular: masculine: ''Mushrik'' ( ar, مُشْرِك), literally "He who associates," feminine: ''Mushrikah'' ( ar, مُشْرِكَة), literally "She who associates".
**
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
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
(excluding Madyan):
** ''
Al-Aḥqāf''
("The Sandy Plains," or "the Wind-curved Sand-hills")
*** ''Iram dhāt al-ʿImād''
(
Iram of the Pillars
Iram of the Pillars ( ar, إرَم ذَات ٱلْعِمَاد, ; an alternative translation is ''Iram of the tentpoles''), also called "Irum", "Irem", "Erum", "Ubar", or the "City of the pillars", is considered a lost city, region or tribe men ...
)
** ''
Al-Madīnah''
(
Yathrib
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
**
ʿArafāt
** ''
Al-Ḥijr
Al-Ḥijr ( ar, الحِجْرْ, lit=The Stoneland) is the 15th Quranic chapter (''sūrah''). It has 99 verses ( āyāt).
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (''asbāb al-nuzūl''), it is an earlier Meccan sura ...
''
(Hegra)
**
Badr Badr (Arabic: بدر) as a given name below is an Arabic masculine and feminine name given to the "full moon on its fourteenth night" or the ecclesiastical full moon.
Badr may refer to: .and it is also one of the oldest and rarest names in the Arabi ...
(The first battle of the muslims)
**
Ḥunayn
** ''Makkah''
(
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...
)
*** ''Al-Balad al-Amīn'' ( ar, ٱلبَلَد الْأَمِيْن,
the secure land)
***
Bakkah
Bakkah ( ar, بَكَّةُ ), is a place mentioned in '' sura'' 3 ( 'Āl 'Imrān), '' ayah'' 96 of the Qur'an, a verse sometimes translated as: " Verily the first House set apart unto mankind was that at Bakkah, blest, and a guidance unto the w ...
(3:96)
*** ''
Ḥaraman Āminan'' ( ar, حَرَمًا آمِنًا, "Sanctuary (which is) Secure") (28:57;
29:67)
*** ''Kaʿbah''
(
Kaaba
The Kaaba (, ), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah ( ar, ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit=Honored Ka'bah, links=no, translit=al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah), is a building at the c ...
)
**** ''Al-Bayt al-ʿAṭīq'' ( ar, ٱلْبَيْت ٱلْعَتِيْق, the Ancient House) (22:29 – 33)
**** ''Al-Bayt al-Ḥarām'' ( ar, ٱلْبَيْت ٱلْحَرَام) (5:97)
the Sacred House)
*** ''
Maqām Ibrāhīm'' (Station of Abraham) (2:125)
(3:98)
***
Safa and Marwah
Safa and Marwa ( ar, ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة, Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah) are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains, respectively, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of the Masjid al-Haram. Mus ...
(2:158)
*** ''Umm al-Qurā'' ( ar, أًمّ ٱلْقُرَى,
"Mother of the Townships")
** ''
Sabaʾ
The Sabaeans or Sabeans ( Sabaean:, ; ar, ٱلسَّبَئِيُّوْن, ''as-Sabaʾiyyūn''; he, סְבָאִים, Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke the Sabaean language, one of the Old South Arabian langua ...
'' (
Sheba
Sheba (; he, ''Šəḇāʾ''; ar, سبأ ''Sabaʾ''; Ge'ez: ሳባ ''Saba'') is a kingdom mentioned in the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament) and the Quran. Sheba features in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions, particularly the Ethiopian Ort ...
)
*** ''ʿArim Sabaʾ'' ( ar, عَرِم سَبَأ,
Dam of Sheba)
**
Rass
Rass or RASS may refer to:
Places
* Ar Rass a city in central Saudi Arabia
* Rass, Bareq, a neighborhood in southwestern Saudi Arabia
:''See also Ar Rass (disambiguation) and Ras (disambiguation)#Places for similarly named places''
People
* ...
* ''Al-
Jannah
In Islam, Jannah ( ar, جَنّة, janna, pl. ''jannāt'',lit. "paradise, garden", is the final abode of the righteous. According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Quran. Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of f ...
''
(
Paradise
In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...
, literally "The Garden")
* ''
Jahannam
In Islam, the place of punishment for unbelievers and other evildoers in the afterlife, or hell, is an "integral part of Islamic theology", Thomassen, "Islamic Hell", Numen, 56, 2009: p.401 and has "occupied an important place in the Muslim imagi ...
'' (
Hell)
* In
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
:
**
Al-Jūdiyy
*** ''
Munzalanm-Mubārakan'' ("Place-of-Landing (that is) Blessed")
** ''Bābil''
(
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
)
** ''Qaryat Yūnus'' ( ar, قَرْيَة يُوْنُس,
"Township of
Jonah
Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...
," that is
Nineveh)
[Summarized from the book of story of Muhammad by Ibn Hisham Volume 1 pg.419–421]
* Door of Hittah
* ''Madyan'' (
Midian
Midian (; he, מִדְיָן ''Mīḏyān'' ; ar, مَدْيَن, Madyan; grc-gre, Μαδιάμ, ''Madiam'') is a geographical place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest Ar ...
)
* ''Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn'' ( ar, مَجْمَع ٱلْبَحْرَيْن)
* ''Miṣr'' (Mainland
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
)
* ''Salsabīl''
(A river in Paradise)
*
Sinai Region or Tīh Desert
** ''Al-
Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan'' ( ar, ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى,
The Holy
Valley of Tuwa
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)
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*** ''Al-Wādil-Ayman'' ( ar, ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَیْمَن,
The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...
)
**** ''
Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah'' ( ar, ٱلْبُقْعَة ٱلْمُبَارَكَة, "The Blessed Place")
**
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...
or
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges), Mount Tabor is the site of the Battle of Mount Tabo ...
*** ''Al-Jabal'' ( ar, ٱلْجَبَل,
"The Mount")
*** ''Aṭ-Ṭūr'' ( ar, ٱلطُّوْر,
"The Mount")
*** ''Ṭūr Sīnāʾ'' ( ar, طُوْر سِيْنَاء)
*** ''Ṭūr Sīnīn'' ( ar, طُوْر سِيْنِيْن)
Religious locations
* ''
Bayʿa'' (Church)
* ''
Miḥrāb
Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...
''
*
Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
* ''Masjid'' (
Mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
, literally "Place of
Prostration
Prostration is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position. Typically prostration is distinguished from the lesser acts of bowing or kneeling by involving a part of the body above the knee, especially t ...
")
** ''
Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām''
("The Sacred Grove")
** ''Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā'' (
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situate ...
, 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
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)
***
The Prophet's Mosque
*
Salat (Synagogue)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
**
Antakya
Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes Rive ...
* Arabia
** ''Al-
Ḥijāz'' (literally "The Barrier")
***
Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) &
Al-Hijr of Isma'il
***
Cave of Hira
Jabal an-Nour ( ar, جَبَل ٱلنُّوْر, Jabal an-Nūr, lit=Mountain of the Light or 'Hill of the Illumination') is a mountain near Mecca in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. The mountain houses the grotto or cave of Hira' ( ar, غَار ...
***
''Ghār ath-Thawr'' (Cave of the Bull)
***
Hudaybiyyah
***
Ta'if
Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...
*
Ayla
* Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn
*
Bayt al-Muqaddas
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
&
'Ariha
* ''
Bilād ar-Rāfidayn''
(
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
)
[
* ]Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
* Cave of the Seven Sleepers
In the Islamic and Christian traditions, the Seven Sleepers, otherwise known as the Sleepers of Ephesus and Companions of the Cave, is a medieval legend about a group of youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus (modern-day S ...
* ''Dār an-Nadwa''
* Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...
* Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
River
* Palestine River
* Paradise of Shaddad
Shaddād ( ar, شدّاد), also known as Shaddād bin ʽĀd (), was believed to be the king of the lost Arabian city of Iram of the Pillars, an account of which is mentioned in Sura 89 of the Qur'an. Various sources suggest Shaddad was the son ...
Plant matter
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
*''Baṣal'' ( ar, بَصَل, Onion) (2:61)
*''Thum'' (ثوم, Garlic or wheat) (2:61)
*''Shaṭʾ'' ( ar, شَطْء, Shoot) (48:29)
*''Sūq'' ( ar, سُوْق, Plant stem) (48:29)
*''Zarʿ'' ( ar, زَرْع, Seed) (48:29))
Fruits
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
''Fawākih'' ( ar, فَوَاكِه)). or ''Thamarāt'' ( ar, ثَمَرَات):).
* ''ʿAnib'' ( ar, عَنِب, Grape) (17:91)): 2:266.
* ''Ḥabb dhul-ʿaṣf'' ( ar, حَبّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْف, Corn of the husk)
* ''Qith-thāʾ'' ( ar, قِثَّاء, Cucumber) (2:61)
* ''Rummān'' ( ar, رُمَّان, Pomegranate)
* ''Tīn'' ( ar, تِيْن, Fig)
* ''Ukul khamṭ'' ( ar, أُكُل خَمْط, Bitter fruit or food of Sheba)
* ''Zaytūn'' ( ar, زَيْتُوْن, Olive)
* In Paradise
** Forbidden fruit#Islamic tradition, Forbidden fruit of Adam
Plants
''Shajar'' ( ar, شَجَر, Bushes, trees or plants):).
* ''ʿAdas'' ( ar, عَدَس, Lentil
The lentil (''Lens culinaris'' or ''Lens esculenta'') is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. As a food crop, the largest pro ...
) (2:61)
* ''Baql'' ( ar, بَقْل, Herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
) (2:61)
* Plants of Sheba
** ''Athl'' ( ar, أَثْل, Tamarisk
The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tam ...
)
** ''Sidr'' ( ar, سِدْر, Lote-tree)
* ''Līnah'' ( ar, لِيْنَة, Tender Palm tree
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm ...
)
* ''Nakhl'' ( ar, نَخْل, Date palm)
* ''Rayḥān'' ( ar, رَيْحَان, Rosemary, Scented plant)
* Sidrat al-Muntahā ( ar, سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَى)
* Zaqqūm ( ar, زَقُّوْم, A tree in Hell)
Holy books
Islamic holy books:
* ''Al- Injīl'' (The Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
of Jesus)
* ''Al-Qurʾān
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God in Islam, God. It is organized in 114 surah, cha ...
'' (The Book of Muhammad)
* '' Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm'' (Scroll(s) of Abraham)
* ''At- Tawrāt'' (The Torah
The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the s ...
, literally "The Law")
** '' Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā'' (Scroll(s) of Moses)
** Tablets of Stone
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tablets of the Law (also Tablets of Stone, Stone Tablets, or Tablets of Testimony; Biblical Hebrew: לוּחֹת הַבְּרִית ''lûḥōt habbǝrît'' "tablets of the covenant", לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן ' ...
* ''Az- Zabūr'' (The Psalms
The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...
of David)
* '' Umm al-Kitāb'' ( "Mother of the Book(s)")
Objects of people or beings
* Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles
* Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in t ...
* Staff of Moses
The Staff of Moses, also known as the Staff of God is a staff mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus, the staff ( ''matteh'', translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to produ ...
* Staff of Solomon
* '' Tābūt as-Sakīnah'' ( ar, تَابُوْت ٱلسَّكِيْنَة, Casket of Shekhinah)
* Throne of the Queen of Sheba
* Trumpet of Israfil
Mentioned
idol
Idol or Idols may refer to:
Religion and philosophy
* Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
* Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ...
s ( cult images)
* 'Ansāb
* ''Jibt'' ( ar, جِبْت) and '' Ṭāghūt'' (False god
The phrase ''false god'' is a derogatory term used in Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) to indicate cult images or deities of non-Abrahamic Pagan religions, as well as other competin ...
)
Of Israelites
* Baʿal
Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", " lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied ...
* The ''ʿijl'' ( golden calf statue) of Israelites
Of Noah's people
* Nasr
* Suwāʿ
* Wadd
Wadd ( ar, وَدّ) (Ancient South Arabian script: 𐩥𐩵) is a pre-Islamic Arabian god. He was the national god of the Minaeans of South Arabia, and the snake was associated with him. It is also called Waddum and Wadd'ab.
In Islamic tr ...
* Yaghūth
* Yaʿūq
Of Quraysh
** Al-Lāt
Al-Lat ( ar, اللات, translit=Al-Lāt, ), also spelled Allat, Allatu and Alilat, is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess worshipped under various associations throughout the entire Arabian Peninsula, including Mecca where she was worshipped alongs ...
** Al-ʿUzzā
** Manāt
Celestial bodies
''Maṣābīḥ'' ( ar, مَصَابِيْح, literally 'lamps'):
* ''Al-Qamar'' ( ar, ٱلْقَمَر, The Moon)
* ''Kawākib'' ( ar, كَوَاكِب, Planets).
** ''Al-Arḍ'' ( ar, ٱلْأَرْض, The Earth)
* ''Nujūm'' ( ar, نُجُوْم, Stars)).
** ''Ash-Shams'' ( ar, ٱلشَّمْس, The Sun)
** ''Ash-Shiʿrā'' ( ar, ٱلشِّعْرَى, Sirius)
Liquids
* ''Māʾ'' ( ar, مَاء, Water
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...
or fluid)
** ''Nahr'' ( ar, نَهْر, River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
)
** ''Yamm'' ( ar, يَمّ, River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
or sea
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...
)
* ''Sharāb'' ( ar, شَرَاب, Drink)
Events, incidents, occasions or times
* Year of the Elephant
The ʿām al-fīl ( ar, عام الفيل, Year of the Elephant) is the name in Islamic history for the year approximately equating to 570–571 CE. According to Islamic resources, it was in this year that Muhammad was born.Hajjah Adil, Amina, ...
* Incident of Ifk
* ''Laylat al-Qadr
The Qadr Night or Laylat al-Qadr ( ar, لیلة القدر), variously rendered in English as the Night of Decree, Night of Power, Night of Value, Night of Destiny, or Night of Measures, is, in Islamic belief, the night when the Quran was firs ...
'' (Night of the Power or Decree)
** ''Laylatinm-Mubārakatin'' ( ar, لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ, lit=Blessed Night) ( 44:3)
* Mubahalah
* '' Sayl al-ʿArim'' (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in Sheba)
* The Farewell Pilgrimage
The Farewell Pilgrimage ( ar, حِجَّة ٱلْوَدَاع, Ḥijjatu Al-Wadāʿ) refers to the one Hajj pilgrimage that Muhammad performed in the Islamic year 10 AH, following the Conquest of Mecca. Muslims believe that verse 22:27 of the Quran ...
(''Hujjal-Wadaʿ'')
* Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ( ar, صُلح ٱلْحُدَيْبِيَّة, Ṣulḥ Al-Ḥudaybiyyah) was an event that took place during the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was a pivotal treaty between Muhammad, representing the state of ...
Battles or military expeditions
* Battle of ''al-Aḥzāb'' ("the Confederates")
* Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr ( ar, غَزْوَةُ بَدِرْ ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ) in the Quran, Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan (calendar month), Ramadan, 2 Anno Hegirae, AH), near the ...
* Battle of Hunayn
:''This is a sub-article to Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca.''
The Battle of Hunayn ( ar, غَزْوَة حُنَيْن, Ghazwat Hunayn) was between the Muslims of Muhammad and the Bedouins of the Qays, including its clans of Hawazi ...
* Battle of Khaybar
* Battle of Uhud
* Conquest of Mecca
* Expedition of Tabuk
The Expedition of Tabuk, also known as the Expedition of Usra, was a military expedition that was initiated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in October 630 CE (AH 9). He led a force of as many as 30,000 north to Tabuk, near the Gulf of Aqaba, in pr ...
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'' ( ar, أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُوْدَاتٍ, lit=Appointed Days) (2:203)
** ''Yawm al-Ḥajj al-Akbar'' ( ar, يَوْم ٱلْحَجّ ٱلْأَكْبَر, lit=Day of the Greatest Pilgrimage) (9:2)
* Doomsday
Doomsday may refer to:
* Eschatology, a time period described in the eschatological writings in Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios of non-Abrahamic religions.
* Global catastrophic risk, a hypothetical event explored in science and fict ...
Months of the
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar ( ar, ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, translit=al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 ...
12 months:
* Four holy months (2:189–217; 9:1–36), The Sacred or Forbidden Months) (9:5)
* Arbaʿah ḥurum ( ar, أَرْبَعَة حُرُم, Four (months which are) Sacred) (9:36)
* Ash-hur maʿlūmāt ( ar, أَشْهُر مَعْلُوْمَات, Months (which are) well-known (for the Hajj)) (2:197)
** Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām ( ar, ٱلشَّهْر ٱلْحَرَام, The Sacred or Forbidden Month) (2:194–217; 5:97)
** Ramaḍān ( ar, رَمَضَان) (2:183–187)
Pilgrimages
* ''Al- Ḥajj'' (The Greater Pilgrimage)
** ''Ḥajj al-Bayt'' ( ar, حَجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House") (2:158)
** ''Ḥijj al-Bayt'' ( ar, حِجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House") (3:97)
* ''Al-ʿUmrah
The ʿUmrah ( ar, عُمْرَة, lit=to visit a populated place) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia) that can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to t ...
'' (The Lesser Pilgrimage) (2:158–196)
Times for Prayer or Remembrance
Times for '' Duʿāʾ'' ('Invocation
An invocation (from the Latin verb ''invocare'' "to call on, invoke, to give") may take the form of:
*Supplication, prayer or spell.
*A form of possession.
*Command or conjuration.
* Self-identification with certain spirits.
These forms ...
'), '' Ṣalāh'' and ''Dhikr
''Dhikr'' ( ar, ذِكْر}, , also spelled ''Zikr'', ''Thikr'', ''Zekr'', or ''Zikar'', literally meaning "remembrance, reminder" or "mention") is a form of Islamic meditation in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly chanted in order to reme ...
'' ('Remembrance', including '' Taḥmīd'' ('Praising'), '' Takbīr'' and '' Tasbīḥ''):
* ''Al-ʿAshiyy'' ( ar, ٱلْعَشِيّ, The Afternoon or the Night) (30:17–18)
* ''Al-Ghuduww'' ( ar, ٱلْغُدُوّ, lit=The Mornings) (7:205–206)
** ''Al-Bukrah'' ( ar, ٱلْبُكْرَة, lit=The Morning) (48:9)
** ''Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ'' ( ar, ٱلصَّبَاح, lit=The Morning) (30:17–18)
* ''Al-Layl'' ( ar, ٱللَّيْل, lit=The Night) (17:78–81; 50:39–40)
** ''Al- ʿIshāʾ'' ( ar, ٱلْعِشَاء, lit=The Late-Night) (24:58)
* ''Aẓ- Ẓuhr'' ( ar, ٱلظُّهْر, lit=The Noon) (30:17–18)
** ''Aẓ-Ẓahīrah'' ( ar, ٱلظَّهِيْرَة) (24:58)
* ''Dulūk ash-Shams'' ( ar, دُلُوْك ٱلشَّمْس, lit=Decline of the Sun) (17:78–81)
** ''Al- Masāʾ'' ( ar, ٱلْمَسَاء, lit=The Evening) (30:17–18)
** ''Qabl al- Ghurūb'' ( ar, قَبْل ٱلْغُرُوْب, lit=Before the Setting (of the Sun)) (50:39–40)
*** ''Al-Aṣīl'' ( ar, ٱلْأٓصِيْل, lit=The Afternoon) (33:42; 48:9; 76:25–26)) (7:205–206).
*** ''Al- ʿAṣr'' ( ar, ٱلْعَصْر, lit=The Afternoon) (103:1–3)
* ''Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams'' ( ar, قَبْل طُلُوْع ٱلشَّمْس, lit=Before the rising of the Sun) (50:39–40)
** ''Al- Fajr'' ( ar, ٱلْفَجْر, lit=The Dawn) (17:78–81; 24:58)
Implied
* Event of Ghadir Khumm
The Ghadīr Khumm ( ar, غَدِير خُم) refers to a gathering of Muslims to attend a sermon delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on 16 March 632 CE (18 Dhu al-Hijjah 10 AH). The gathering is said to have taken place at the Ghadir K ...
[Tafsir ibn Abi Hatim Vol. 4 Pg. 1172 Hadith no. 6609] ( 5:67)
* ''Laylat al-Mabit
Laylat al-Mabit ( ar, لَـیْـلَـة ٱلْـمَـبِـیْـت, lit=the overnight stay) refers to the night in 622 CE in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad left Mecca for Yathrib, a city that was later renamed Medina in his honor. Laylat ...
'' (2:207)
* The first pilgrimage (48:27)
Others
* Bayt ( ar, بًيْت, Home or House)
** Al-Bayt al-Maʿmūr ( ar, ٱلْبَيْت ٱلْمَعْمُوْر)
* Ḥunafāʾ ( ar, حُنَفَاء)
* Ṭāhā ( ar, طـٰهٰ)
* Ṭayyibah ( ar, طَيِّبَة)
* Zīnah ( ar, زِيْنَة), Adornment, beauty, beautiful thing or splendour)
See also
* Biblical people in Islam
* Holiest sites in Islam
The holiest sites in Islam are predominantly located in Western Asia. While the significance of most places typically varies depending on the Islamic sect, there is a consensus across all mainstream branches of the religion that affirms three c ...
* ''Ḥ-R-M '' Ḥ- R- M'' (Modern he, ח–ר–מ; ar, ح–ر–م) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".
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Names
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* List of biblical names
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations ...
* List of burial places of Abrahamic figures
* List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran
The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even her ...
* List of people in both the Bible and the Quran
* Muhammad in the Quran
The Quran enumerates little about the early life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or other biographic details, but it talks about his prophetic mission, his moral excellence, and theological issues regarding him. According to the Quran, Muhammad i ...
* Names of God in Islam
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
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Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
Qur'anic
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing. ...
Qur'anic names