This is a list of things mentioned in the
Quran. This list makes use of
ISO 233 for the
Romanization of Arabic words.
Supernatural
*
Allāh
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...
("
God")
**
Names and attributes of
Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...
found in the Quran
Angels
''
Malāʾikah'' (,
Angels):
* Angels of Hell
**
Mālik (Guardian)
** ''
Zabāniyah'' (Angels of punishment)
*
Bearers of the Throne
*
Harut and Marut
* ''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:
*
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
Israfil ( ar, إِسْـرَافِـيْـل}, ''ʾIsrāfīl''; or Israfel) Lewis, James R., Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, and S. Sisung Kelle, eds. 1996. ''Angels A to Z''. Visible Ink Press. . p. 224. is the angel who blows the trumpet to signal '' Qi ...
or
Raphael)
** ''
Malakul-Mawt'' ( ar, مَلَكُ ٱلْمَوْت, Angel of Death, Azrael)
*
Mika'il (Michael)
Jinn
''
Jinn'':
* ''
ʿIfrīt'' (27:39)
* ''
Jann''
* ''
Qarīn'' (43:36–38;
50:23–27)
Devils
''
Shayāṭīn
' (; ''devils'' or '' demons''), singular: (شَيْطَان) are evil spirits in Islam, inciting humans (and jinn) to sin by "whispering" (وَسْوَسَة, “waswasah”) to their hearts (قَلْب ''qalb''). Folklore suggests that they ...
'' ( 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
Iblis ( ar, إِبْلِيس, translit=Iblīs), alternatively known as Eblīs, is the leader of the devils () in Islam. According to the Quran, Iblis was thrown out of heaven, after he refused to prostrate himself before Adam. Regarding the ori ...
''
ash-Shayṭān'' (the (chief)
Devil)
(11 times)
* ''
Mārid'' ("Rebellious one")
Others
* ''
Ghilmān'' or ''Wildān''
- perpetually youthful attendants (genderless)
* ''
Ḥūr
In Islamic religious belief, houris (Pronounced ; from ar, حُـورِيَّـة ,حُورِيّ, ḥūriyy, ḥūrīya), "literally means having eyes with marked contrast of black and white", group=Note are women with beautiful eyes describe ...
''
- pure companions with beautiful eyes
Animals
Related
* The cow of Israelites (''
baqarah
Al-Baqara, alternatively transliterated Al-Baqarah ( ar, الْبَقَرَة, ; "The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter (''surah'') of the Quran. It consists of 286 verses ('' āyāt'') which begin with the " mysterio ...
)''
* The ''
dhiʾb''
(wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph
* The ''
fīl''
(
elephant) of the Abyssinians)
* ''Ḥimār'' ( ar, حِمَار, domesticated donkey)).
* The ''
hud-hud'' (
hoopoe) 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)
* ''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)
* ''
Naḥl'' ( ar, نَحْل,
)
* ''
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
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
', 'beast of prey' or 'hunter')
Prophets
Prophets ( 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
Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eli ...
(''
al-yasa
Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eli ...
'')
,
*
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 (''
dāwūd
romanized: Dāwīḏ syr, ܕܘܝܕ, Dawīd Koine el, Δαυίδ, Dauíd
, image = Prophet Dawood Name.svg
, image size = 150px
, caption = David's name in Islamic calligraphy
, birth_date = 10th cent ...
'')
*
dhūl-kifl
Dhu al-Kifl ( ar, ذُو ٱلْكِفْل, ''ḏū ʾl-kīfl'', literally "Possessor of the ; also spelled Dhu l-Kifl, Dhul-Kifl, Zu al-Kifl, or Zu l-Kifl) is an Islamic prophet. Although his identity is unknown, his identity has been theorise ...
(2 times)
*
Aaron
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...
(''
hārūn'') (24 times)
*
Hud (7 times)
*
Enoch (''
idrīs'')
*
Elijah (''
ilyās'')
*
Joachim
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
(''
ʿimrān
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
'') (
3:33,
3:35,
66:12)
*
Isaac (''
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 (
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 (9 times)
*
Shuʿayb (
Jethro
Jethro is a male given name meaning "overflow". It is derived from the Hebrew word ''Yithrô''.
People named Jethro
* Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), mandolin player in satirical country music duo Homer and Jethro
* Jethro Franklin ...
, 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 (
Ezra?)(
9:30)
*
Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā
(
John the Baptist the son of Zechariah) (5 times)
*
Ya‘qūb (
Jacob) (16 times)
*
Yūnus (
Jonah)
** ''Dhūn-Nūn'' ("He of the Fish (or
Whale)" or "Owner of the Fish (or Whale)")
** ''Ṣāḥib al-Ḥūt'' ( ar, صَاحِب ٱلْحُوْت, "Companion of the Whale")
*
Yūsuf
Yusuf ( ar, يوسف, ; Arabic synonym of "Joseph") is the 12th chapter (Surah) of the Quran and has 111 Ayahs (verses). It is preceded by sūrah Hud and followed by Ar-Ra’d (The thunder).
Regarding the timing and contextual background of ...
ibn Yaʿqūb
(
Joseph son of Jacob) (27 times)
*
Zakariyyā
Zechariah ( he, זְכַרְיָה ''Zəḵaryāh'', "remember Yah"; el, Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya ( ar, زكـريـا, Zakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a figure in the New Testam ...
(
Zechariah
Zechariah most often refers to:
* Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah
* Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist
Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to:
People
*Zechariah ...
) (7 times)
''ʾUlu al-ʿAzm''
"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" ( ar, أُولُو ٱلْعَزْم, ʾUlu al-ʿAzm) in reverse chronological order:
*
Muhammad 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 son of Mary)
** ''Al-Masīḥ''
(The
Messiah)
[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 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
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
)
(43)
Debatable ones
*
Dhūl-Qarnain
*
Luqmān
*
Ṭālūt (
Saul[Leaman, Oliver, ''The Quran, An Encyclopedia'', 2006, p.638.] or
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiez ...
?)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Irmiyā ( ar, إِرْمِيَا, Jeremiah)
*
Ṣamūʾīl ( ar, صَمُوْئِيْل,
Samuel
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
)
*
Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn ( ar, يُوْشَع ابْن نُوْن, Joshua, companion and successor of Moses)
*
Khidr ( ar, ٱلْخَضِر), described but not mentioned by name in the Quran (
18:65–82)
*
Shamʿūn (Arabic: شَمْعُون ٱبْن حَمُّون,
Peter, apostle of
Jesus Christ (
'Isa ibn Maryam)
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
*
Believer of Ya-Sin
* Family of Noah
** Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos
* People of Aaron and Moses
** Egyptians
*** Believer (
Asif ibn Barkhiya
Asif ( ar, آصف) is an Arabic masculine given name. In Persian and Urdu it is often pronounced as 'Asif' or 'Asef' though the original form is 'Asaf'. This name referred to Solomon's vizier in the Islamic tradition, and by extension to a wise, pr ...
)
*** ''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
**
Sister
* People of Abraham
** Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo
**
Ishmael's mother
**
Isaac's mother
* People of Jesus
** Disciples (including
Peter)
**
Mary's mother
**
Zechariah's wife
* People of Joseph
** Brothers (including
Binyāmin (Benjamin)
and
Simeon)
[''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, ] Qatafir or Qittin)
*** ''Malik'' ( ar, مَلِك, King, that is Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd ( ar, ٱلرَّيَّان ابْن ٱلْوَلِيْد))
*** Wife of ''ʿAzīz'' (
Zulaykhah)
**
Mother
* People of Solomon
**
Mother
**
Queen of Sheba
**
Vizier
*
Zayd
Zaid (also transliterated as Zayd, ar, زيد) is an Arabic given name and surname.
Zaid
*Zaid Abbas Jordanian basketball player
* Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946), American basketball player
* Zaid Al-Harb (1887–1972), Kuwaiti poet
*Zaid al-Rifai ...
, Muhammad's adopted son
Evil ones
*
Āzar[ Stories of the Prophets, ]Ibn Kathir
Abū al-Fiḍā’ ‘Imād ad-Dīn Ismā‘īl ibn ‘Umar ibn Kathīr al-Qurashī al-Damishqī (Arabic: إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي الدمشقي أبو الفداء عماد; – 1373), known as Ibn Kathīr (, was ...
, ''Abraham and his father'' (possibly
Terah)
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 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
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
(Amram the father Mary)
*
Abraha
*
Bal'am or Balaam
*
Barṣīṣā
*
Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua
* Luqman's son
*
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...
*
Nimrod
* 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
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as G ...
)
*
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
* ''Qawm Lūṭ'' ( ar, قَوْم لُوْط, Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah)
* Nation of Noah
Tribes, ethnicities or families
* ''Aʿrāb'' ( ar, أَعْرَاب,
s or
Bedouin
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and A ...
s)
**
ʿĀd (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')
***
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)
*** ''Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْحِجْر, "Companions of the
Stoneland")
* ʿ
Ajam
''Ajam'' ( ar, عجم, ʿajam) is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic. During the Arab conquest of Persia, the term became a racial pejorative. In many languages, including Persian, Tur ...
* ''Ar-
Rūm'' ( "The
Romans")
* ''
Banī Isrāʾīl'' (Children of Israel)
* ''
Muʾtafikāt'' (The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah) (9:70 and 69:9)
*
People of Ibrahim ( 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 Ara ...
'' ("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
****
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)
*** ''
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
**
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
*
Banu Qaynuqa
*
Banu Qurayza
*
Iranian people
Iranians or Iranian people may refer to:
* Iranian peoples, Indo-European ethno-linguistic group living predominantly in Iran and other parts of the Middle East and the Caucasus, as well as parts of Central Asia and South Asia
** Persians, Irania ...
*
Umayyad Dynasty
*
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
*
Abyssinian people
am, ሐበሻ, አበሻ, translit=Häbäša, 'äbäša ti, ሓበሻ, translit=Ḥabäša
, regions =
, languages = Ethiopian Semitic languages
, religions = Predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christianity (Orthodox Tew ...
Religious groups
* ''
Ahl al-Dhimmah''
* ''
Kāfirūn'' ( ar, كَافِرُوْن, Disbelievers)
* ''Majūs'' ( ar, مَجُوْس,
Zoroastrians)
* ''
Munāfiqūn
In Islam, the ''munafiqun'' ('hypocrites', ar, منافقون, singular ''munāfiq'') or false Muslims or false believers are a group decried in the Quran as outward Muslims who were inwardly concealing disbelief (“kufr”) and actively s ...
'' ( ar, مُنَافِقُوْن,
Hypocrites
Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the ...
)
*
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)
***
Ahbār (Jewish scholars)
***
Rabbani/Rabbi
**
Sabians
*
Polytheists) 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; Arabic: or is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. The term "Holy ...
''
("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)
** ''
Al-Madīnah''
(
Yathrib
**
ʿArafāt
Mount Arafat ( ar, جَبَل عَرَفَات, translit=Jabal ʿArafāt), and by its other Arabic name, (), is a granodiorite hill about southeast of Mecca, in the province of the same name in Saudi Arabia. The mountain is approximatel ...
** ''
Al-Ḥijr''
(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)
*** ''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 wo ...
(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 (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)
*** ''ʿArim Sabaʾ'' ( ar, عَرِم سَبَأ,
Dam of Sheba)
**
Rass
* ''Al-
Jannah''
(
Paradise, literally "The Garden")
* ''
Jahannam'' (
Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...
)
* In
Mesopotamia:
**
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," that is
Nineveh
Nineveh (; akk, ; Biblical Hebrew: '; ar, نَيْنَوَىٰ '; syr, ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern ban ...
)
[Summarized from the book of story of Muhammad by ]Ibn Hisham
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām ibn Ayyūb al-Ḥimyarī al-Muʿāfirī al-Baṣrī ( ar, أبو محمد عبدالملك بن هشام ابن أيوب الحميري المعافري البصري; died 7 May 833), or Ibn Hisham, e ...
Volume 1 pg.419–421
* Door of Hittah
* ''Madyan'' (
Midian)
* ''Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn'' ( ar, مَجْمَع ٱلْبَحْرَيْن)
* ''Miṣr'' (Mainland
Egypt)
* ''Salsabīl''
(A river in Paradise)
*
Sinai Region or Tīh Desert
** ''Al-
Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan'' ( ar, ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى,
The Holy
Valley of Tuwa
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 ...
)
[) , 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)
**** ''
Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah'' ( ar, ٱلْبُقْعَة ٱلْمُبَارَكَة, "The Blessed Place")
**
Mount Sinai or
Mount Tabor
*** ''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''
*
Monastery
* ''Masjid'' (
Mosque, literally "Place of
Prostration")
** ''
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 situa ...
, literally "The Farthest Place-of-Prostration")
** ''Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām'' (The
Sacred Mosque
, native_name_lang = ar
, religious_affiliation = Islam
, image = Al-Haram mosque - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
, image_upright = 1.25
, caption = Aerial view of the Great Mosque of Mecca
, map ...
of Mecca)
**
Masjid Al-Dirar
** A Mosque in the area of Medina,
possibly:
*** ''Masjid Qubāʾ'' (
Quba Mosque)
***
The Prophet's Mosque
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (), known in English as the Prophet's Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province of Saudi Arabia. It was the second mosque built by Muhammad in Medina, after Qu ...
*
Salat (Synagogue)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Antioch
**
Antakya
* Arabia
** ''Al-
Ḥijāz
The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as ...
'' (literally "The Barrier")
***
Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) &
Al-Hijr of Isma'il
***
Cave of Hira
***
''Ghār ath-Thawr'' (Cave of the Bull)
***
Hudaybiyyah
***
Ta'if
*
Ayla
* Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn
*
Bayt al-Muqaddas &
'Ariha
* ''
Bilād ar-Rāfidayn''
(
Mesopotamia)
[
* Canaan
* Cave of the Seven Sleepers
* ''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 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)
Fruits
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
''Fawākih'' ( ar, فَوَاكِه)).
Plants
''Shajar'' ( ar, شَجَر,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)Date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle Eas ...
)
* ''Rayḥān'' ( ar, رَيْحَان,
Holy books
Islamic holy books
Islamic holy books are the texts which Muslims believe were authored by Allah through various prophets throughout humanity's history. All these books, in Muslim belief, promulgated the code and laws that God ordained for people.
Muslims belie ...
:
* ''Al- Injīl'' (The Gospel of Jesus)
Objects of people or beings
* Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles
* Noah's Ark
* Staff of Moses
* Staff of Solomon
* '' Tābūt as-Sakīnah'' ( ar, تَابُوْت ٱلسَّكِيْنَة,
Mentioned idols (
cult image
In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents. In several traditions, including the ancient religions of Egypt, Greece and Rome ...
s)
* 'Ansāb
* ''Jibt'' ( ar, جِبْت) and '' Ṭāghūt''
Of Israelites
* Baʿal
* The ''ʿijl'' (golden calf
According to the Bible, the golden calf (עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב '' ‘ēgel hazzāhāv'') was an idol (a cult image) made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as ''ḥēṭə’ hā‘ēgel'' ...
statue) of Israelites
Of Noah's people
* Nasr
* Suwāʿ
* Wadd
* Yaghūth
Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) was a deity referred to in the Quran (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah:
And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsake Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23)
...
* Yaʿūq
Of Quraysh
** Al-LātManāt
( ar, مناة pausa, or Old Arabic manawat; also transliterated as ') was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess worshiped in the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. She was among Mec ...
Celestial bodies
''Maṣābīḥ'' ( ar, مَصَابِيْح,
Liquids
* ''Māʾ'' ( ar, مَاء,fluid
In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that continuously deforms (''flows'') under an applied shear stress, or external force. They have zero shear modulus, or, in simpler terms, are substances which cannot resist any shear ...
)
** ''Nahr'' ( ar, نَهْر, River)
** ''Yamm'' ( ar, يَمّ,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
A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies a ...
)
Events, incidents, occasions or times
* Year of the Elephant
* Incident of Ifk
* '' Laylat al-Qadr''Mubahala
The Event of Mubahala () was a meeting between the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a Christian delegation from Najran (present-day Saudi Arabia), in the month of Dhu'l-Hijja, 10 AH (October 631, October 631–32, October 632–33), where Muhamm ...
h
* '' Sayl al-ʿArim'' (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib
Marib ( ar, مَأْرِب, Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 ''Mryb/Mrb'') is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ''Sabaʾ'' ( ar, سَبَأ), which some scholars ...
in Sheba)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''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 Khaybar
The Battle of Khaybar ( ar, غَزْوَة خَيْبَر, label=Classical Arabic, Arabic) was fought in 628 Common Era, CE between the early Muslims led by Muhammad and Jews living in Khaybar, an oasis located 150 km from Medina in the n ...
* Battle of Uhud
The Battle of Uhud ( ar, غَزْوَة أُحُد, ) was fought on Saturday, 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal, 3 AH), in the valley north of Mount Uhud.Watt (1974) p. 136. The Qurayshi Meccans, led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, commanded an army of 3,000 m ...
* Conquest of Mecca
The Conquest of Mecca ( ar, فتح مكة , translit=Fatḥ Makkah) was the capture of the town of Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD ( Julian), 10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH. The conquest marked t ...
* 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 p ...
Days
* ''Al- Jumuʿah''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
12 months:
* Four holy months (2:189–217; 9:1–36), The Sacred or Forbidden Months) (9:5)Ramaḍān
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( ar, رَمَضَان) (2:183–187)
Pilgrimages
* ''Al-Ḥajj
The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...
'' (The Greater Pilgrimage)
** ''Ḥajj al-Bayt'' ( ar, حَجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
") (2:158)
Times for Prayer or Remembrance
Times for '' Duʿāʾ'' (' Invocation'), '' Ṣalāh'' and '' Dhikr'' ('Remembrance', including '' Taḥmīd'' ('Praising'),Takbīr
The Takbir ( ar, تَكْبِير, , "magnification f God) is the name for the Arabic phrase ' (, ), meaning "God is the greatest".
It is a common Arabic expression, used in various contexts by Muslims and Arabs around the world: in formal Salah ...
'' and '' Tasbīḥ''):
* ''Al-ʿAshiyy'' ( ar, ٱلْعَشِيّ, The Afternoon or the Night) (30:17–18)
Implied
* Event of Ghadir Khumm[Tafsir ibn Abi Hatim Vol. 4 Pg. 1172 Hadith no. 6609]The first pilgrimage
The first pilgrimage or Umrah of Dhu'l-Qada (Pilgrimage of the 11th month) was the first pilgrimage that the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the Muslims made after the Migration to Medina. It took place on the morning of the fourth day of Dhu al- ...
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
There are many Biblical figures which the Qur'an names. Some, however, go unnamed in the Qur'an, but are referenced or referred to in the hadiths, tafsirs, literature or seerah. Other figures are mentioned elsewhere in tradition and in the sunna ...
* Holiest sites in Islam
* ''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".
Arabic
Names
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* List of biblical names
* List of burial places of Abrahamic figures
The following is a list of burial places attributed to Abrahamic Religion, Abrahamic figures according to various religious and local traditions. The locations listed are not based on factual evidence, but rather locations mentioned in the text of ...
* 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
The Bible and Quran have many characters in common, many of which are mentioned by name, whereas others are merely referred to. This article is a list of people named or referred to in both in the Bible and the Quran.
Identified by name in the Q ...
* 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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