This is a list of things mentioned in the
Quran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
. This list makes use of
ISO 233
The international standard ISO 233 establishes a system for romanization of Arabic script. It was supplemented by ISO 233-2 in 1993 which is specific for Arabic language.
1984 edition
The table below shows the consonants for the Arabic langua ...
for the
Romanization of Arabic
The romanization of Arabic is the systematic rendering of Modern Standard Arabic, written and varieties of Arabic, spoken Arabic language, Arabic in the Latin script. Romanized Arabic is used for various purposes, among them transcription of na ...
words.
Theological
*
Allāh
Allah ( ; , ) is an Arabic term for God, specifically the God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is principally associated with Islam (in which it is also considered the proper name), although the term was used in pre-Islamic Arabia ...
("
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
")
**
Names and attributes of
Allah
Allah ( ; , ) is an Arabic term for God, specifically the God in Abrahamic religions, God of Abraham. Outside of the Middle East, it is principally associated with God in Islam, Islam (in which it is also considered the proper name), althoug ...
found in the Quran
Angels
''
Malāʾikah'' (,
Angel
An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...
s):
* Angels of Hell
**
Mālik (Guardian)
** ''
Zabāniyah'' (Angels of punishment)
*
Bearers of the Throne
Bearers of the Throne or also known as ḥamlat al-arsh (), are a group of angels in Islam.
The Quran mentions them in and . They are mentioned in the al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, a book of prayers attributed to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin.
...
*
Harut and Marut
Harut and Marut () are a pair of angels mentioned in the Quran Surah 2:102, who teach the arts of sorcery (''siḥr'') in Babylon. According to Quranic exegesis (''tafsīr''), when Harut and Marut complained about mankinds' wickedness, they we ...
* ''Kirāman Kātibīn'' (, Honourable Scribes)
*
Isma'il, not to be confused with the Prophet
Isma'il (guardian of the first heaven)
Archangels
Archangels:
*
Jibrīl (Gabriel, chief)
** ''
Ar-Rūḥ'' (),
*** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Amīn'' (, The Trustworthy Spirit)
*** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Qudus'' (, The
Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is a concept within the Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is understood as the divine quality or force of God manifesting in the world, particularly in acts of prophecy, creati ...
)
* Angel of the Trumpet
(
Isrāfīl or
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
)
* ''
Malakul-Mawt'' (, Angel of Death)
*
Mika'il (Michael)
Jinn
''
Jinn
Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam.
Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
'':
* ''
ʿIfrīt'' (27:39)
* ''
Jann''
* ''
Qarīn'' (43:36–38;
50:23–27)
Devils
''
Shayāṭīn'' (,
Demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, occultism, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in Media (communication), media including
f ...
s or Devils):
*
Iblīs ''
ash-Shayṭān'' (the (chief)
Devil
A devil is the mythical 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 conce ...
)
(11 times)
* ''
Mārid'' ("Rebellious one")
Others
* ''
Ghilmān'' or ''Wildān''
- perpetually youthful attendants (genderless)
* ''
Ḥūr''
- pure companions with beautiful eyes
Animals
Related
* The ''
baqarah'' ('',''
cow
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are called co ...
'')'' of the
Israelites
Israelites were a Hebrew language, Hebrew-speaking ethnoreligious group, consisting of tribes that lived in Canaan during the Iron Age.
Modern scholarship describes the Israelites as emerging from indigenous Canaanites, Canaanite populations ...
* The ''
dhiʾb'' (,
wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
) that
Jacob
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...
feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance
* The ''
fīl'' (,
elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ('' Loxodonta africana''), the African forest elephant (''L. cyclotis''), and the Asian elephant ('' Elephas maximus ...
) of
Abraha
* The ''
hud-hud'' (,
hoopoe
Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "Crest (feathers), crown" of feathers which can be raised or lowered at will. Two living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many y ...
) of Solomon (27:20–28)
* The ''kalb'' (,
dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...
) of the
sleepers of the cave (18:18–22)
* The ''
namlah'' (, Female
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
) of Solomon (27:18–19)
* The ''
nāqat'' (,
she-camel
A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide ...
) of
Salih
Saleh or Salih () is a prophet mentioned in the Qur'an who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the story of the She-Camel of God, which was t ...
* The ''
nūn
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ''nūn'' 𐤍, Hebrew ''nūn'' , Aramaic ''nūn'' 𐡍, Syriac ''nūn'' ܢ, and Arabic ''nūn'' (in abjadi order). Its numerical value is 50. It is the third letter ...
'' (,
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
or
whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully Aquatic animal, aquatic placental mammal, placental marine mammals. As an informal and Colloquialism, colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea ...
) of
Jonah
Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor proph ...
* The ''
ḥūt'' (, large fish'') of
Moses
In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...
''
* ''
Dābbat al-Arḍ'' (, Beast of the Earth) (27:82)
Non-related
* ''ʿAnkabūt'' (, Female
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
)
* ''Ḥimār'' (,
Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a separate species, ''Equus asinus''. It was domes ...
)
* ''Naḥl'' (,
Honey bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the ...
)
* ''
Qaswarah'' (,
Lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
)
Prophets
Prophets (, ''anbiyāʾ'') or
Messengers (, ''rusul'')
*
Adam
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam).
According to Christianity, Adam ...
, the
first human (25 times)
*
Elisha
Elisha was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a Jewish prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, Ełishe (Yeghishe/Elisha) via Armenian or Alyasa via Arabic, a ...
(''
al-yasa'')
,
*
Job
Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...
(''
ayyūb'')
*
David
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...
(''
dāwūd'')
*
Dhūl-kifl (2 times)
*
Aaron
According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...
(''
hārūn'') (24 times)
*
Hud (7 times)
*
Enoch
Enoch ( ; ''Henṓkh'') is a biblical figure and Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared (biblical figure), Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible.
The text of t ...
(''
idrīs'')
*
Elijah
Elijah ( ) or Elias was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worsh ...
(''
ilyās
Elijah ( ) or Elias was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worsh ...
'')
*
Joachim
Joachim was, according to Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of ...
(''
ʿimrān'') (
3:33,
3:35,
66:12)
*
Isaac
Isaac ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. Isaac first appears in the Torah, in wh ...
(''
isḥāq'') (17 times)
*
Ishmael
In the Bible, biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs.
Within Isla ...
(''
ismāʿīl'')
(12 times)
**
Dhabih Ullah
*
Lūṭ (
Lot) (27 times)
*
Ṣāliḥ (9 times)
*
Shuʿayb (
Jethro, Reuel or
Hobab?) (11 times)
*
Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd (
Solomon
Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...
son of David) (17 times)
*
Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā
(
John the Baptist
John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...
the son of Zechariah) (5 times)
*
Ya‘qūb (
Jacob
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...
) (16 times)
*
Yūnus (
Jonah
Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor proph ...
)
** ''Dhūn-Nūn'' ("He of the Fish (or
Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully Aquatic animal, aquatic placental mammal, placental marine mammals. As an informal and Colloquialism, colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea ...
)" or "Owner of the Fish (or Whale)")
** ''Ṣāḥib al-Ḥūt'' (, "Companion of the Whale")
*
Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb
(
Joseph
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "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 modern-day Nordic count ...
son of Jacob) (27 times)
*
Zakariyyā (
Zechariah) (7 times)
''ʾUlu al-ʿAzm''
"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" () in reverse chronological order:
*
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
, the final seal of the prophets () (Muhammad is mentioned four times)
**
Ahmad
Ahmad () is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other English spellings of the name include Ahmed. It is also used as a surname.
Etymology
The word derives from the root ( ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from ...
** Other
names and titles of Muhammad
*
ʿĪsā ibn Maryam ()
[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 (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...
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 (
Moses
In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...
He who spoke to God)
(136 times)
*
Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh (,
Abraham
Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...
Friend of God)
(69 times)
*
Nūḥ (,
Noah
Noah (; , also Noach) appears as the last of the Antediluvian Patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9), the Quran and Baháʼí literature, ...
)
(43)
Debatable ones
*
Dhūl-Qarnain
*
Luqmān
*
Ṭālūt (
Saul
Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...
[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 is recounted in of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
Gideon was th ...
?)
*
Uzair (
Ezra
Ezra ( fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, t ...
)
*
Daniyal (
Daniel)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Irmiyā (, Jeremiah)
*
Ṣamūʾīl (,
Samuel
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venera ...
)
*
Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn (, Joshua, companion and successor of Moses)
*
Khidr
Al-Khidr (, ; also Romanized as ''al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Hidr, Khizr, Kezr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr'') is a folk figure of Islam. He is described in Surah Al-Kahf, as a righteous servant of God possessing great w ...
(), 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 su ...
, apostle of
Jesus Christ
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...
(
'Isa ibn Maryam)
*
Kalab (Caleb)
Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
''Aʿdāʾ'' (, Enemies or foes), ''aṣḥāb'' (, companions or friends), ''qurbā'' (, kin), or followers of Prophets:
Good ones
* Adam's immediate relatives
**
Martyred son
**
Wife
A wife (: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On t ...
*
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'' (,
Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim () 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 ...
**
Sister
A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to ref ...
* People of Abraham
** Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo
**
Ishmael's mother
**
Isaac's mother
* People of Jesus
** Disciples (including
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
)
**
Mary's mother
**
Zechariah's wife
* People of Joseph
** Brothers (including
Binyāmin (Benjamin)
and
Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...
)
[''Testament of Simeon'' 4]
** Egyptians
*** ''ʿAzīz'' (, "Mighty One," that is
Potiphar,
Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek language, Greek ; ; ) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its incipit, first word, (In the beginning (phrase), 'In the beginning'). Genesis purpor ...
, Qatafir or Qittin)
*** ''Malik'' (, King, that is Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd ())
*** Wife of ''ʿAzīz'' (
Zulaykhah)
**
Mother
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
* People of Solomon
**
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 ...
**
Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, also known as Bilqis in Arabic and as Makeda in Geʽez, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for Solomon, the fourth King of Israel and Judah. This a ...
**
Vizier
A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...
*
Zayd, Muhammad's adopted son
Evil ones
*
Āzar[ Stories of the Prophets, ]Ibn Kathir
Abu al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (; ), known simply as Ibn Kathir, was an Arab Islamic Exegesis, exegete, historian and scholar. An expert on (Quranic exegesis), (history) and (Islamic jurisprudence), he is considered a lea ...
, ''Abraham and his father'' (possibly
Terah
Terah or Terach ( ''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 Genesis 11:26–27, ...
)
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian captivity, Babylonian exile. It tells of the ...
, Chapter 24, Verse 2
** Father of Abraham
*
Firʿawn (
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
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 (Father of Hazrat Musa A.S)
*
Abraha
*
Bal'am or Balaam
*
Barṣīṣā
*
Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua
* Luqman's son
*
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC. Often titled Nebuchadnezzar ...
*
Nimrod
Nimrod is a Hebrew Bible, biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush (Bible), Cush and therefore the great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Sh ...
* Rahmah the wife of Ayyub
*
Shaddad
Groups
Mentioned
* ''Aṣḥāb al-Jannah'' ()
** People of Paradise
** People of the Burnt Garden
* ''Aṣḥāb as-Sabt'' (,
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, Ten Commandments, commanded by God to be kept as a Holid ...
)
*
Christian apostles
** ''Ḥawāriyyūn'' (,
Disciples of Jesus)
*
Companions of Noah's Ark
* ''Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm'' (,
Companions of the Cave and
Al-Raqaim? or
Petra
Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, P ...
? (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, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...
* ''Qawm Lūṭ'' (, Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah)
* Nation of Noah
Tribes, ethnicities or families
* ''Aʿrāb'' (,
Arab
Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
s or
Bedouin
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ...
s)
**
ʿĀd
ʿĀd (, ') was an ancient tribe in pre-Islamic Arabia. 'Ad is best known for being mentioned two dozen times in the Quran, often in conjunction with Thamud. Recently, it has been shown that 'Ad was a tribe that existed two millennia ago in the W ...
(people of Hud)
**
Companions of the Rass
** ''Qawm Tubbaʿ'' (,
People of
Tubba'
This is a list of rulers of Saba' and Himyar, ancient Arab kingdoms which are now part of present-day Yemen. The kingdom of Saba' became part of the Himyarite Kingdom in the late 3rd century CE.
The title Mukarrib (Old South Arabian: , romanize ...
)
***
People of Sabaʾ or Sheba
**
Quraysh
The Quraysh () are an Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe who controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided into ten main clans, most notably including the Banu Hashim, into which Islam's founding prophet Muhammad was born. By ...
**
Thamūd (people of
Salih
Saleh or Salih () is a prophet mentioned in the Qur'an who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the story of the She-Camel of God, which was t ...
)
*** ''Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr'' (, "Companions of the
Stoneland")
* ʿ
Ajam
(, ) is an Arabic word for a non-Arab, especially a Persian. It was historically used as a pejorative—figuratively ascribing muteness to those whose native language is not Arabic—during and after the Muslim conquest of Iran. Since the ea ...
* ''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 ()
*
People of Ilyas
*
People of Nuh ()
* People of Shuaib
** ''Ahl Madyan'' ,
People of Madyan)
** ''
Aṣ-ḥāb al-Aykah'' ("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
A total of eleven women are confirmed as having been married to Muhammad, the founder of Islam. As a sign of respect, Muslims refer to each of these wives with the title ''"Umm al-Mu'minin"'' (, ), which is derived from of the Quran.
Muhammad' ...
** Household of Salih
*
People of Fir'aun ()
*
Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad)
** ''Aṣ-ḥāb Muḥammad'' (,
Companions of Muhammad)
*** ''
Anṣār'' (Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally 'Helpers')
*** ''
Muhājirūn'' (Emigrants from Mecca to Medina)
*** ''Ḥizbullāh'' (, Party of God)
* People of
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above ...
**
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 (; ) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the enemy of the nation of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau, or anyone who lived in their territories in Canaan, or North African descend ...
* ''Ahl as-Suffa'' (People of the Verandah)
*
Banu Nadir
*
Banu Qaynuqa
*
Banu Qurayza
*
Iranian peoples
Iranian peoples, or Iranic peoples, are the collective ethnolinguistic groups who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages within the Indo-European langu ...
(or Iranic peoples)
*
Umayyad Dynasty
*
Aus &
Khazraj
* People of
Quba
Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District (Azerbaijan), Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Shahdagh, Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the ...
*
Abyssinian people
Habesha peoples (; ; ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or Panethnicity, pan-ethnic identifier that has historically been applied to Ethiopian Semitic languages, Semitic-speaking, predominantly Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oriental ...
Religious groups
* ''
Ahl al-Dhimmah''
* ''
Kāfirūn'' (, Disbelievers)
* ''Majūs'' (,
Zoroastrians)
* ''
Munāfiqūn'' (,
Hypocrites)
*
Muslim
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...
s
** Believers
** Righteous ones
* ''Ahl al-Kitāb'' (
People of the Book
People of the Book, or ''Ahl al-Kitāb'' (), is a classification in Islam for the adherents of those religions that are regarded by Muslims as having received a divine revelation from Allah, generally in the form of a holy scripture. The clas ...
)
** ''Naṣārā'' (,
Christian
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
(s)) or People of the Injil)
***
Ruhban (Christian monks)
***
Qissis (Christian priest)
** ''Yahūd'' (
Jews
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
)
***
Ahbār (Jewish scholars)
***
Rabbani/Rabbi
**
Sabians
The Sabians, sometimes also spelled Sabaeans or Sabeans, are a 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 identity, which ...
*
Polytheists
**
Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad
**
Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot
Locations
Mentioned
* ''
Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah''
("The Holy Land")
** 'Blessed' land
* In the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
Geographically, the ...
(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 (; an alternative translation is ''Iram of the tentpoles''), also called "Irum", "Irem", "Erum", or the "City of the pillars", is a lost city mentioned in the Quran.
Iram in the Quran
The Quran mentions Iram in connection wi ...
)
** ''
Al-Madīnah''
(
Yathrib)
**
ʿArafāt
** ''
Al-Ḥijr''
(Hegra)
**
Badr (The first battle of the muslims)
**
Ḥunayn
** ''Makkah''
(
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above ...
)
*** ''Al-Balad al-Amīn'' (,
the secure land)
***
Bakkah (3:96)
*** ''
Ḥaraman Āminan'' (, "Sanctuary (which is) Secure") (28:57;
29:67)
*** ''Kaʿbah''
(
Kaaba
The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and Holiest sites in Islam, holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Sa ...
)
**** ''Al-Bayt al-ʿAṭīq'' (, the Ancient House) (22:29 – 33)
**** ''Al-Bayt al-Ḥarām'' () (5:97)
the Sacred House)
*** ''
Maqām Ibrāhīm'' (Station of Abraham) (2:125)
(3:98)
***
Safa and Marwah (2:158)
*** ''Umm al-Qurā'' (,
"Mother of the Townships")
** ''
Sabaʾ'' (
Sheba
Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdoms in pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen (region), Yemen from to . Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself f ...
)
*** ''ʿArim Sabaʾ'' (,
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
* R ...
* ''Al-
Jannah
In Islam, Jannah (, ''jannāt'', ) is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. Belief in the afterlife is one of the Iman (Islam)#The Six Articles of Faith, six article ...
''
(
Paradise
In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human ...
, literally "The Garden")
* ''
Jahannam
In Islam, Jahannam () is the place of punishment for Islamic views on sin, evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. This notion is an integral part of Islamic theology,#ETISN2009, Thomassen, "Islamic Hell", ''Numen'', 56, 2009: p.401 and has occupied ...
'' (
Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history sometimes depict hells as eternal destinations, such as Christianity and I ...
)
* In
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
:
**
Al-Jūdiyy
*** ''
Munzalanm-Mubārakan'' ("Place-of-Landing (that is) Blessed")
** ''Bābil''
(
Babylon
Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...
)
** ''Qaryat Yūnus'' (,
"Township of
Jonah
Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor proph ...
," that is
Nineveh
Nineveh ( ; , ''URUNI.NU.A, Ninua''; , ''Nīnəwē''; , ''Nīnawā''; , ''Nīnwē''), was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul (itself built out of the Assyrian town of Mepsila) in northern ...
)
[Summarized from the book of story of Muhammad by ]Ibn Hisham
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham ibn Ayyub al-Himyari (; died 7 May 833), known simply as Ibn Hisham, was a 9th-century Abbasid historian and scholar. He grew up in Basra, in modern-day Iraq and later moved to Egypt.
Life
Ibn Hisham has ...
Volume 1 pg.419–421
* Door of Hittah
* ''Madyan'' (
Midian
Midian (; ; , ''Madiam''; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌 ''MDYN''; ''Mīḏyān'') is a geographical region in West Asia, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia. mentioned in the Tanakh and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was ...
)
* ''Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn'' ()
* ''Miṣr'' (Mainland
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
)
* ''Salsabīl''
(A river in Paradise)
*
Sinai Region or Tīh Desert
** ''Al-
Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan'' (,
The Holy
Valley of Tuwa)
*** ''Al-Wādil-Ayman'' (,
The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Musa (), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the Mount Sinai (Bible), biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the thre ...
)
**** ''
Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah'' (, "The Blessed Place")
**
Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Musa (), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the Mount Sinai (Bible), biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the thre ...
or
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( ; ; ), sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in Lower Galilee, Northern District (Israel), northern Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
In the Hebrew Bi ...
*** ''Al-Jabal'' (,
"The Mount")
*** ''Aṭ-Ṭūr'' (,
"The Mount")
*** ''Ṭūr Sīnāʾ'' ()
*** ''Ṭūr Sīnīn'' ()
Religious locations
* ''
Bayʿa'' (Church)
* ''
Miḥrāb
''Mihrab'' (, ', pl. ') is a Niche (architecture), 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 th ...
''
*
Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
* ''Masjid'' (
Mosque
A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard.
Originally, mosques were si ...
, literally "Place of
Prostration
Prostration is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position. Typically prostration is distinguished from the lesser acts of bowing or kneeling by involving a part of the body above the knee, especially t ...
")
** ''
Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām''
("The Sacred Grove")
** ''Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā'' (
Al-Aqsa, 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
The Quba Mosque (, , ) is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, established on th ...
)
***
The Prophet's Mosque
*
Salat (Synagogue)
Implicitly mentioned
*
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...
**
Antakya
Antakya (), Turkish form of Antioch, is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is . Prior to the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, 2023 earthquakes, its population was recorded ...
* Arabia
** ''Al-
Ḥijāz'' (literally "The Barrier")
***
Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) &
Al-Hijr of Isma'il
***
Cave of Hira
Jabal al-Nour ( 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 (), which holds tremendous significance for Muslims throughout the world, as it is here w ...
***
''Ghār ath-Thawr'' (Cave of the Bull)
***
Hudaybiyyah
***
Ta'if
Taif (, ) is a city and governorate in Mecca Province in Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarawat Mountains, Sarat Mountains, the city has a population of 563,282 pe ...
*
Ayla
* Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn
*
Bayt al-Muqaddas &
'Ariha
* ''
Bilād ar-Rāfidayn''
(
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
)
[
* ]Canaan
CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...
* Cave of the Seven Sleepers
The Seven Sleepers (; ), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, ''aṣḥāb al-kahf'', lit. Companions of the Cave), is a Late antiquity, late antique Christianity, ...
* ''Dār an-Nadwa''
* Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan (, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn''; , ''Nəhar hayYardēn''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Sharieat'' (), is a endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead ...
* Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...
River
* Palestine River
* Paradise of Shaddad
Plant matter
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
*''Baṣal'' (, Onion) (2:61)
Fruits
Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia
''Fawākih'' () or ''Thamarāt'' ():
Plants
''Shajar'' (,Lentil
The lentil (''Vicia lens'' or ''Lens culinaris'') is an annual plant, annual legume grown for its Lens (geometry), lens-shaped edible seeds or ''pulses'', also called ''lentils''. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in Legume, pods, usually w ...
) (2:61)Herb
Herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances. Culinary use typically distingu ...
) (2:61)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 Tamb ...
)
** ''Sidr'' (, Lote-tree)
* ''Līnah'' (, 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 colloquially c ...
)Date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet #Fruits, fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across North Africa, northern A ...
)
* ''Rayḥān'' (,
Holy books
Islamic holy books
Islamic holy books are certain religious scriptures that are viewed by Muslims as having valid divine significance, in that they were authored by God (Allah) through a variety of prophets and messengers, including those who predate the Quran. Amo ...
:
* ''Al-Qurʾān
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (''Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides i ...
'' (The Book of Allah)
* ''Al- Injīl'' (The Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...
of Jesus)Torah
The Torah ( , "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. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch () ...
, literally "The Law")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 ''lūḥōṯ habbǝrīṯ'' "tablets of the covenant", לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶ ...
* ''Az- Zabūr'' (The Psalms
The Book of Psalms ( , ; ; ; ; , in Islam also called Zabur, ), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called ('Writings'), and a book of the Old Testament.
The book is an anthology of B ...
of David)
Objects of people or beings
* Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles
* Noah's Ark
* Staff of Moses
The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus, the staff (, translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to produce ...
* Staff of Solomon
* '' Tābūt as-Sakīnah'' (,
Mentioned idols (
cult image
In the practice of religion, a cult image is a Cultural artifact, human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit or Daimon, daemon that it embodies or represents. In several traditions, incl ...
s)
* 'Ansāb
* ''Jibt'' () 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 competi ...
)
Of Israelites
* Baʿal
Baal (), or Baʻal, was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. Scholars previously associated the t ...
* The ''ʿijl'' (golden calf
According to the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran, the golden calf () was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai (bible), Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (). It is first mentio ...
statue) of Israelites
Of Noah's people
* Nasr
* Suwāʿ
* Wadd
Wadd () (Ancient South Arabian script: 𐩥𐩵) or Ved, if translated to English, was the national god of the Kingdom of Ma'in, inhabited by the Minaean peoples, in modern-day South Arabia.
Wadd is mentioned once in the Quran as part of a l ...
* Yaghūth
* Yaʿūq
Of Quraysh
** Al-Lāt
Al-Lat (, ), also spelled Allat, Allatu, and Alilat, is a Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, pre-Islamic Arabian List of pre-Islamic Arabian deities, goddess, at one time worshipped under various associations throughout the entire Arabian Peninsu ...
Celestial bodies
''Maṣābīḥ'' (,
Liquids
* ''Māʾ'' (,Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known liv ...
or fluid
In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that may continuously motion, move and Deformation (physics), deform (''flow'') under an applied shear stress, or external force. They have zero shear modulus, or, in simpler terms, are M ...
)
** ''Nahr'' (, River
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
)
** ''Yamm'' (,River
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
or sea
A sea is a large body of salt water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the interconnected body of seawaters that spans most of Earth. Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order section ...
)
* ''Sharāb'' (,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, smoothie ...
)
Chemical elements
* Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
* Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...
* Iron
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...
, also a name of Sura
A ''surah'' (; ; ) is an Arabic word meaning 'chapter' in the Quran. There are 114 ''suwar'' in the Quran, each divided into verses (). The ''suwar'' are of unequal length; the shortest ''surah'' ( al-Kawthar) has only three verses, while the ...
in Quran (Chapter 57, Al-Hadid
Al-Ḥadīd (; ) is the 57th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 29 verses. The chapter takes its name from that word which appears in the 25th verse. This is an Al-Musabbihat surah because it begins with the glorification of Allah.
Regarding ...
)
* Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin ) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orang ...
Events, incidents, occasions or times
* Year of the Elephant
The ʿām al-fīl (, 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 prophet Mohammad was born.Hajjah Adil, Amina, "''Prophet ...
* Incident of Ifk
* ''Laylat al-Qadr
In Islamic belief, Laylat al-Qadr () or Night of Power is an Islamic holidays, Islamic festival in memory of the night when the Quran was first sent down from Heaven in Islam, heaven to the world, the first Waḥy, revelation the Islamic proph ...
''Farewell Pilgrimage
The Farewell Pilgrimage () 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 brought about the intent to perform Hajj in Muhammad tha ...
(''Hujjal-Wadaʿ'')
* Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Treaty of al-Hudaybiya () was an event that took place during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was a pivotal treaty between Muhammad, representing the state of Medina, and the tribe of the Quraysh in Mecca in March 628 (corres ...
Battles or military expeditions
* Battle of ''al-Aḥzāb''Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr or sometimes called The Raid of Badr ( ; ''Ghazwahu Badr''), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ; ''Yawm al-Furqan'') in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the pre ...
Battle of Hunayn
The Battle of Hunayn () was a conflict between the Muslims of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tribe of Qays in the aftermath of the conquest of Mecca. The battle took place in 8 AH () in the Hunayn valley on the route from Mecca to ...
Battle of Uhud
The Battle of Uhud () was fought between the early Muslims and the Quraysh during the Muslim–Quraysh wars in a valley north of Mount Uhud near Medina on Saturday, 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal, 3 AH).
After the expulsion of Hijrah, Muslims from ...
* Conquest of Mecca
The conquest of Mecca ( , alternatively, "liberation of Mecca") was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and Companions of the Prophet, his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War. They led the early Muslims in an advance on the Quray ...
* Expedition of Tabuk
The Expedition of Tabuk (; ''Ghazwat Tabūk''), also known as the Campaign of Hardship (''Ghazwat al-ʿUsrah''), was a military campaign that was initiated by the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in October 630 CE (Raja ...
Days
* ''Al- Jumuʿah''
Months of the
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramad ...
12 months:
* Four holy months (2:189–217; 9:1–36)
** Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām (, The Sacred or Forbidden Month) (2:194–217;
Pilgrimages
* ''Al- Ḥajj'' (The Greater Pilgrimage)
** ''Ḥajj al-Bayt'' (, "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 c ...
") (2:158)Umrah
The Umrah () is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the '' Ḥajj'' (; "pilgrimage"), which has specific d ...
'' (The Lesser Pilgrimage) (2:158–196)
Times for Prayer or Remembrance
Times for '' Duʿāʾ'' ('Invocation
Invocation is the act of calling upon a deity, spirit, or supernatural force, typically through prayer, ritual, or spoken formula, to seek guidance, assistance, or presence. It is a practice found in numerous religious, spiritual, and esote ...
'), '' Ṣalāh'' and ''Dhikr
(; ; ) is a form of Islamic worship in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering God. It plays a central role in Sufism, and each Sufi order typically adopts a specific ''dhikr'', accompanied by specific ...
'' ('Remembrance', including '' Taḥmīd'' ('Praising'),
Implied
* Event of Ghadir Khumm
The Ghadīr Khumm () was a gathering of Muslims to attend a sermon delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on 16 March 632 CE. The gathering is said to have taken place by the ''ghadir'' () in the ''wadi'' () of Khumm, located near the then ...
[Tafsir ibn Abi Hatim Vol. 4 Pg. 1172 Hadith no. 6609]
Others
* Bayt (, Home or House)
** Al-Bayt al-Maʿmūr ()
* Ḥunafāʾ ()
* Ṭāhā ()
* Ṭayyibah ()
* Zīnah (), Adornment, beauty, beautiful thing or splendour)
See also
* Biblical people in Islam
* Holiest sites in Islam
The holiest sites in Islam are located in the Middle East. While the significance of most places typically varies depending on the Islamic schools and branches, Islamic sect, there is a consensus across all mainstream branches of the religion tha ...
* ''Ḥ-R-M
''ح, Ḥ-ر, R-م, M'' (Modern Hebrew, Modern ; ) is the Semitic root, triconsonantal root of many Semitic languages, Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root translates as "forbidden".
Ara ...
''
* List of biblical names
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a Books of the Bible, biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, d ...
* List of burial places of Abrahamic figures
* List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran
* List of people in both the Bible and the Quran
* Muhammad in the Quran
* Names of God in Islam
Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names.
These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...
Notes
References
Individual
Grouped
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Characters and names
Quran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
Qur'anic
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
Qur'anic names