Ishak, Ishaq, Isak, Isaque, Isaac, Isaak, Isaach or Eshaq (; ) is a masculine given name (first name), the Arabic form of

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 ...

. Ishak (

) was the son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and

Sarah Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woma ...

, patriarchs in the Bible and the Quran. The name Ishak means ‘One who laughs’ because Sarah laughed when the angel told them that they would have a child (since she was very old).

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Sheikh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

Ishaaq bin Ahmed Ishaaq bin Ahmad bin Muhammad , more commonly known as Sheikh Ishaaq or Sheikh Isaaq (, ) is a prominent figure in the oral traditions of the Somali Isaaq clan-family. According to these traditions, which were also preserved in several Arabic Ha ...

, an Sharif Islamic scholar and was the forefather and common ancestor of the

Isaaq The Isaaq (, , ''Banu Ishaq'') is a major Somali clans, Somali clan. It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend ...

tribe in the

Horn of Africa The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...

* İshak Alaton (1927-2016), Turkish businessman * Ishak Assia (born 1995), Swedish/Syriac media businessman * Ishak Belfodil (born 1992), Algerian footballer * Ishaq Bux (1917-2000), Indian actor *

Ishaq Dar Muhammad Ishaq Dar (born 13 May 1950) is a Pakistani accountant and politician who currently serves as the 6th deputy prime minister and 38th foreign minister of Pakistan since 2024. A close aide of the Sharif family, Dar is affiliated with ...

(born 1950), Pakistani politician * Ishaq Darwish (1896–1974), Palestinian politician * Ishak Efendi (1774-1835), Ottoman engineer and translator * Ishak Haleva (1940–2025), Turkish Chief Rabbi * Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957), Iranian politician * Ishak Ali Moussa (born 1970), Algerian footballer * Ishak Haji Muhammad (1909-1991), Malaysian writer * Ishaq Shahryar (1936-2009), Afghan politician ;Early Islamic era * Ishaq ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi, was the Abbasid governor and official. *

Ishaq al-Mawsili Ishaq al-Mawsili (; 767/772 – March 850) was an Arab musician of Persian origin active as a composer, singer and music theorist. The leading musician of his time in the Abbasid Caliphate, he served under six successive Abbasid caliphs: Haru ...

, (767–850) was an Arab musician of Persian origin * Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi, Abbasid governor of Yemen. * Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, (778–852) was an early Islamic scholar. * Ishaq Ibn Imran, (died 903) was an Arab physician during Abbasid era. * Ishaq Al-Ruhawi 9th-century Arab physician and the author of the medical ethics book in Arabic medicine. * Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, (died July 850) was the chief of security ( Shurtah) in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. * Ishaq ibn Kundaj (died 891), Abbasid general and governor * Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir, (died 988) was an Abbasid prince and father of caliph

Al-Qadir Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ishaq (; 28 September 947 – 29 November 1031), better known by his regnal name al-Qadir (, , ), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 991 to 1031. Born as an Abbasid prince outside the main line of succession, al-Qad ...

(r. 991–1031)

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;Early Islamic era * Ibn Abi Ishaq (died 735), first grammarian of the Arabic language *

Ibn Ishaq Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...

(or Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār) (704-767), Arab Muslim historian who wrote a biography of

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 ...

Muhammad ibn Ishaq Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...

, (850–851) was the chief of security ( Shurtah) in Baghdad during Abbasid era. *

Hunayn ibn Ishaq Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (808–873; also Hunain or Hunein; ; ; known in Latin as Johannitius) was an influential Arab Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked w ...

, (809–873) was Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group of translators. * Baba Ishak (died 1241), 13th century Turkish rebel and false Prophet. ;Modern times * Awang Faroek Ishak (1948-2024), Indonesian politician, eleventh governor of East Kalimantan (2008–2018) * Aziz Ishak (1915-1999), Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist * Mikael Ishak (born 1993), Swedish footballer * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki (born 1967), Algerian cosmologist * Mohammad Ishaq (born 1963), Pakistani cricketer * Samar Ishaq (born 1986), Pakistani footballer * Sara Ishaq (born 1982), a Scottish-Yemeni film maker * Shahril Ishak (born 1984), Singaporean footballer * Yahya Al-e Eshaq (born 1949), Iranian politician *

Yusof bin Ishak Yusof bin Ishak Al-Haj ( ; 12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the head of state of Singapore from 1959 to 1970. He initially served as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore be ...

(1910-1970), Singaporean politician * Zunera Ishaq (born 1986), Canadian woman in niqab controversy

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