This is a list of things mentioned in the

Quran 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.: , s ...

. This list makes use of

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for the

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words.

Supernatural

* Allāh ("

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") ** Names and attributes of Allah found in the Quran

Angels

'' Malāʾikah'' (,

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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, 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) * 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. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

) ** '' Malakul-Mawt'' ( ar, مَلَكُ ٱلْمَوْت, Angel of Death, Azrael) * Mika'il (Michael)

Jinn

Jinn Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ...

'': * '' ʿIfrīt'' (27:39) * '' Jann'' * '' Qarīn'' (43:36–38; 50:23–27)

Devils

'' Shayāṭīn'' ( ar, شَيَاطِيْن, Demons 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 ...

) (11 times) * '' Mārid'' ("Rebellious one")

Others

* '' Ghilmān'' or ''Wildān'' - perpetually youthful attendants (genderless) * '' Ḥūr'' - pure companions with beautiful eyes

Animals

* 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 ...

) 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'' ( ar, نُوْن, fish or whale) of Jonah

Non-related

* ''ʿAnkabūt'' ( ar, عَنْكَبُوْت, Female

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) * ''Dābbat al-Arḍ'' ( ar, دَابَّة الْأَرْض, Beast of the Earth) (27:28) * ''Ḥimār'' ( ar, حِمَار,

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) * '' Naḥl'' ( ar, نَحْل,

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) * '' Qaswarah'' (' Lion', 'beast of prey' or 'hunter')

Prophets

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( ar, أَنۢبِيَاء, ''anbiyāʾ'') or Messengers (, ''rusul'') least mentioned * Adam, the first human (25 times) * Elisha ('' al-yasa'') 38:48, 6:85-87 * Job ('' 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) *

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(7 times) *

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('' 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 th ...

('' isḥāq'') (17 times) * Ishmael ('' ismāʿīl'') (12 times) ** Dhabih Ullah * Lūṭ ( Lot) (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 Je ...

( Ibrahim) *

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 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 (

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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'' Ben (Hebrew), son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria ...

) ** ''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 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

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 * 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 religiou ...

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 He who spoke to God) (136 times) * Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh ( ar, إِبْرَاهِيم خَلِيل ٱللَّٰه,

Friend of God) (69 times) * Nūḥ ( ar, نُوح, Noah) (43)

Debatable ones

* Dhūl-Qarnain * Luqmān * Ṭālūt (

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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

) ** 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,

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) **

* 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, 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 ...

of Moses' time) (74 times) * Hāmān * Jālūt (Goliath) * Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses) * As-Sāmirī (20:85, 20:87, 20:95) * Abī LahabIbn 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

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) * Companions of Noah's Ark * ''Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْكَهْف وَٱلرَّقِيْم, Companions of the Cave and Al-Raqaim? or Petra?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 second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

* ''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 ** Thamūd (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 ** 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 city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow ...

** Wife of Abu Lahab * Children of Ayyub * Sons of Adam * Wife of Nuh * Wife of Lut * ''Yaʾjūj wa Maʾjūj'' (Gog and Magog) * Son of Nuh

Implicitly mentioned

* Amalek * ''Ahl as-Suffa'' (People of the Verandah) *

Banu Nadir 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 * 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) * Muslims) 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(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 (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 (The first battle of the muslims) ** Ḥunayn ** ''Makkah'' (

) *** ''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) **** ''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'' (

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 Orth ...

) *** ''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 parad ...

, 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 ...

: ** Al-Jūdiyy *** '' Munzalanm-Mubārakan'' ("Place-of-Landing (that is) Blessed") ** ''Bābil'' ( Babylon) ** ''Qaryat Yūnus'' ( ar, قَرْيَة يُوْنُس, "Township of

," 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 Medit ...

) * ''Salsabīl'' (A river in Paradise) * Sinai Region or Tīh Desert ** ''Al- Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan'' ( ar, ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى, The Holy Valley of Tuwa)) , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zx9LDwAAQBAJ , date=2013-01-01 , isbn=978-2745151360 *** ''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 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 whi ...

* ''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, especiall ...

") ** '' 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 , location = Madinah, Saudi Arabia , geo = , religious_affiliation = Islam , region = Hejaz , province = Al Madinah , website = , architect = Abdel-Wahed ...

) *** 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'' (

) *

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 *

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , 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 the longest ...

River * Palestine River * Paradise of Shaddad

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) (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 Ta ...

) ** ''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 a ...

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 ...

, 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 ...

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 compound, inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living ...

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 w ...

) ** ''Yamm'' ( ar, يَمّ,

or 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 *

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

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-ʿ

Umrah 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 remem ...

'' ('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)

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Of Noah's people

Of Quraysh

Celestial bodies

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Events, incidents, occasions or times

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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 ...

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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 ...