This article lists persons mentioned in the Quran including the names of angels and Idols as well. God's Islamic names are left to article Names of God in Islam .
General list
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Prophets
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Adam (25 times)Al-Yasa' (6:86 and 38:48)Ayub (4:163, 6:84, 21:83, 38:41)Dawud (16 times)Dhul-Kifl (21:85, 38:48)Harun (24 times)Hud (25 times)Ibrahim (69 times)Ismail (12 times)Ilyas (6:85, 37:123 and maybe 37:130)Ishaq (17 times)Isa (59 times total) as Isa (25 times), 'Al-Masih' (11 times) and Ibn Maryam (23 times)Idris (19:56, 21:85)Lut (27 times)Musa (136 times) MosesMuhammad (4 times: 3:144, 33:40, 47:2, 48:29)Ahmad (61:6) (Muhammad and Ahmad are the same)Nuh (43 times)Saleh (9 times)Shu'ayb (10 times)Sulayman (17 times)Yahya (5 times)Ya'qub (16 times)Isra'il (43 times) Ya'qub and Isra'il are the same.Yusuf (27 times)Yunus (4 times: 4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 37:139)Zakariyya (7 times)Non Prophets
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Azar (6:74)Aziz (12:30, 12:51)
Al-Samiri (20:85, 20:87, 20:95)Abu Lahab (111:1)Dhul-Qarnayn (18:83, 18:86, 18:94)Fir'aun (74 times.)Haman (28:6, 28:8, 28:38, 29:39, 40:24, 40:36)Imran (3:33, 3:35, 66:12)Jalut (2:249, 2:250, 2:251)Maryam (34 times) as the only woman mentioned in the Qur'an by her personal name. (A few scholars (such as Ibn Hazm)[109] see Maryam (Mary) as a Prophet, since God sent her a message via an angel)Luqman (31:12, 31:13, 31:16)Qarun (28:76, 28:79, 29:39, 40:24)Talut (2:247, 2:249)Iblis (11 times) Also 'Shaytan' or the Satan.[1] Uzayr (9:30)Zayd ibn Harithah (33:37)Abdullah Angels mentioned with name
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See also
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^ Some interpreters consider Ibis a member of Jinn and not an angel. "Behold! We said to the angels: Bow down to Adam. They bowed down except Iblis He was one of the Jinns." Qur'an 18:50
People and things in the
Quran
Mentioned Ulul-ʿAzm Debatable ones
Implied
People of Prophets
Good ones
Adam's immediate relatives
Believer of Ya-Sin Family of Noah
Luqman's son
People of Abraham
People of Jesus
People of Solomon
Zayd (Muhammad's adopted son) People of People of
Evil ones Implied or
Groups
Mentioned Tribes,
Implicitly Religious
Locations
Mentioned
Implied
Events, incidents, occasions or times
Battles or Days
Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday)As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday)Days of battles
Days of Hajj
Doomsday Months of theIslamic calendar
12 months: Four holy months
Pilgrimages
Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage) Times for prayer Times for
Duʿāʾ ('
Invocation '),
Ṣalāh and
Dhikr ('Remembrance', including
Taḥmīd ('Praising'),
Takbīr and
Tasbīḥ ):
Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night)Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings')
Al-Bukrah ('The Morning')Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning')Al-Layl ('The Night')
Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon')Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun')
Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening')Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)')
Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon')Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon')Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun')
Implied
Other
Holy books Objects Mentioned idols Of Israelites Of Noah's people Of Quraysh
Celestial Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):
Al-Qamar (The Moon)Kawākib (Planets)
Nujūm (Stars)
Plant matter
Baṣal (Onion)Fūm (Garlic or wheat)Shaṭʾ (Shoot)Sūq (Plant stem)Zarʿ (Seed)Fruits Bushes, trees
Liquids
Māʾ (Water or fluid)
Nahr (River)Yamm (River or sea)Sharāb (Drink)
Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship)
Persons mentioned by name in the Qur'an
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