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Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...
. This list makes use of
ISO 233 The international standard ISO 233 establishes a system for romanization of Arabic and Syriac. It was supplemented by ISO 233-2 in 1993. 1984 edition The table below shows the consonants for the Arabic language. ISO 233-2:1993 ISO 233-2 ...
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.


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 ...
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God In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', Oxford University Press, 1995. God is typically ...
") ** 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", ...
found in the Quran


Angels

'' Malāʾikah'' (,
Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inc ...
s): * 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 eye ...
, who question the dead in the grave.


Archangels

Archangels Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the hierarchy of angels. The word ''archangel'' itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of other relig ...
: * Jibrīl (Gabriel, chief) ** '' Ar-Rūḥ'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح, lit=The Spirit), *** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Amīn'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح الْأَمِيْن, The Trustworthy Spirit) *** ''Ar-Rūḥ al-Qudus'' ( ar, ٱلرُّوْح ٱلْقُدُس, The
Holy Spirit 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 ...
) * 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 Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...
) ** '' Malakul-Mawt'' ( ar, مَلَكُ ٱلْمَوْت, Angel of Death, Azrael) * Mika'il (Michael)


Jinn

''
Jinn Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic my ...
'': * '' 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, Demons 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 A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...
) (11 times) * '' Mārid'' ("Rebellious one")


Others

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


Animals


Related

* The cow of Israelites ('' baqarah)'' * The '' dhiʾb'' (wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph * The '' fīl'' (
elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
) of the Abyssinians) * ''Ḥimār'' ( ar, حِمَار, domesticated donkey)). * The '' hud-hud'' ( hoopoe) of Solomon (27:20–28) * The ''kalb'' ( ar, كَلْب, dog) of the sleepers of the cave (18:18–22) * The '' namlah'' (female ant) of Solomon (27:18–19) * The '' nāqat'' (she-camel) of Salih * The '' nūn'' ( ar, نُوْن, fish or whale) of Jonah


Non-related

* ''ʿAnkabūt'' ( ar, عَنْكَبُوْت, Female
spider Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...
) * ''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,
Honey bee A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmop ...
) * ''
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'') 38:48, 6:85-87 * Job ('' ayyūb'') *
David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
('' dāwūd'') *
dhūl-kifl 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 ...
('' hārūn'') (24 times) * Hud (7 times) * Enoch ('' idrīs'') *
Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/ YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books ...
('' 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 Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
('' 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) (27 times) *
Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...
( Ibrahim) * 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 son of David) (17 times) * ʿ Uzair (
Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe ('' sofer'') and priest ('' kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρ� ...
?)( 9:30) * Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā (
John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
the son of Zechariah) (5 times) * Ya‘qūb (
Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ...
) (16 times) * Yūnus (
Jonah Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spo ...
) ** ''Dhūn-Nūn'' ("He of the Fish (or
Whale Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and ...
)" or "Owner of the Fish (or Whale)") ** ''Ṣāḥib al-Ḥūt'' ( ar, صَاحِب ٱلْحُوْت, "Companion of the Whale") * Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb (
Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the m ...
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 Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
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 v ...
** 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 Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
son of Mary) ** ''Al-Masīḥ'' (The
Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
)3:45, 4:171, 4:172, 5:17, 5:72(2), 5:75, 9:30, 9:31 ** ''Ibn Maryam'' (
Son of Mary A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some curr ...
) 2:87, 2:253, 3:45, 4:157, 4:171, 5:17, 5:46, 5:72, 5:75, 5:78, 5:110, 5:112, 5:114, 5:116, 9:31, 19:34, 23:50, 33:7, 43:57, 57:27, 61:6, 61:14 ** Child / Pure boy (9 times) 19:19, 19:20, 19:21, 19:29, 19:35, 19:88, 19:91, 19:92, 21:91 ** Guidance 3:39, 3:45, 3:48, 4:171, 5:46, 5:110 possibly 22 times) ** Messenger / Prophet (5 times) 3:49, 4:157, 4:171, 19:30, 61:6 ** other terms and titles (14 times) *** Sign (4 times) 19:21, 21:91, 23:50, 43:61 *** The Gift (1 time) 19:19 *** Mercy from God (1 time) 19:21 *** Servant (1 time) 19:30 *** Blessed (1 time) 19:31 *** (1 time)19:34 *** Amazing thing / Thing unheard of (1 time) 19:27 *** Example (1 time) 43:57 *** Straight Path / Right Way (1 time) 43:61 *** Witness (1 time) 4:159 *** His Name (1 time) 3:45 ** 3rd person "He / Him / Thee" (48 times) 2:87, 2:253, 3:46(2), 3:48, 3:52, 3:55(4), 4:157(3), 4.159(3), 5:110(11), 5:46(3), 5:75(2), 19:21, 19:22(2), 19:27(2), 19:29, 23:50, 43:58(2), 43:59(3), 43:63, 57:27(2), 61:6. ** 1st person "I / Me" (35 times) 3:49(6), 3:50, 3:52, 5:116(3), 5:72, 5:116(3), 19:19, 19:30(3), 19:31(4), 19:32(2), 19:33(4), 19:33, 43:61, 43:63(2), 61:6(2), 61:14. * Mūsā Kalīm Allāh ( ar, مُوْسَىٰ كَلِيمُ ٱللَّٰه Moses He who spoke to God) (136 times) * Ibrāhīm Khalīl Allāh ( ar, إِبْرَاهِيم خَلِيل ٱللَّٰه,
Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...
Friend of God) (69 times) * Nūḥ ( 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 Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered t ...
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 Ab ...
?)


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 bi ...
) * 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 Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
( 'Isa ibn Maryam)


Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets

''Aʿdāʾ'' ( ar, أَعْدَاء, Enemies or foes), ''aṣḥāb'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب, companions or friends), ''qurbā'' ( ar, قُرْبَى, kin), or followers) or ''Tabiʿūn'' ( ar, تَابِعُوْن). of Prophets:


Good ones

* Adam's immediate relatives ** Martyred son **
Wife A wife ( : wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as ...
* 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 ] 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 ge ...
** Miriam#Quranic account, Sister * People of Abraham ** Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo ** Ishmael's mother ** Isaac's mother * People of Jesus ** Disciples (including Peter) ** Mary's mother ** Zechariah's wife * People of Joseph ** Brothers (including Binyāmin (Benjamin) and
Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew ( Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. Meaning The name is derived from Simeon, s ...
)''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." Potip ...
,
Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, ( "In the beginning" ...
,
Qatafir or Qittin) *** ''Malik'' ( ar, مَلِك, King, that is Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd ( ar, ٱلرَّيَّان ابْن ٱلْوَلِيْد)) *** Wife of ''ʿAzīz'' ( Zulaykhah) **
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 ge ...
* People of Solomon ** Bathsheba#Islam, Mother **
Queen of Sheba The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא‎, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she bring ...
**
Vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
* Zayd, Muhammad's adopted son


Evil ones

* Āzar Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, ''Abraham and his father'' (possibly
Terah Terah or Terach ( he, תֶּרַח ''Teraḥ'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis. He is listed as the son of Nahor and father of the patriarch Abraham. As such, he is a descendant of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in Gene ...
)
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 Isr ...
, Chapter 24, Verse 2
** Father of Abraham * Firʿawn (
Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...
of Moses' time) (74 times) * Hāmān * Jālūt (Goliath) * Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses) * As-Sāmirī (20:85, 20:87, 20:95) * Abī LahabIbn Hisham note 97. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad'' p. 707. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * Slayers of Salih's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda' ibn Dahr)


Implicitly or non-specifically mentioned

*
ʿImrān 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, ruli ...
*
Nimrod Nimrod (; ; arc, ܢܡܪܘܕ; ar, نُمْرُود, Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of ...
* Rahmah the wife of Ayyub *
Shaddad Shaddād ( ar, شدّاد), also known as Shaddād bin ʽĀd (), was believed to be the king of the lost Arabian The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , ...


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 t ...
) * 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 Sel ...
and Al-Raqaim? or
Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...
?Shaddel, Mehdy (2017-10-01). "Studia Onomastica Coranica: AL-Raqīm, Caput Nabataeae*". Journal of Semitic Studies. 62 (2): 303–318. (18:9–22) * Companions of the Elephant * People of al-Ukhdūd * People of a township in Surah Ya-Sin * People of Yathrib or
Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
* ''Qawm Lūṭ'' ( ar, قَوْم لُوْط, Folk of Lot, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah) * Nation of Noah


Tribes, ethnicities or families

* ''Aʿrāb'' ( ar, أَعْرَاب,
Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...
s or Bedouins) ** 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 Q ...
**
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 th ...
(people of Salih) *** ''Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr'' ( ar, أَصْحَاب ٱلْحِجْر, "Companions of the Stoneland") * ʿ Ajam * ''Ar-
Rūm Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') te ...
'' ( "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'' ("Companions of the Wood") * ''Qawm Yūnus'' (People of Jonah) * ''Ahl al-Bayt'' ("People of the Household") ** Household of Abraham *** Brothers of Yūsuf *** Daughters of Abraham's nephew Lot *** Progeny of Imran *** Household of Moses *** Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim **** Daughters of Muhammad ****
Wives of Muhammad 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 respe ...
** 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 Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
** 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 Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In the ...
* 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 Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a p ...
* Abyssinian people


Religious groups

* '' Ahl al-Dhimmah'' * '' Kāfirūn'' ( ar, كَافِرُوْن, Disbelievers) * ''Majūs'' ( ar, مَجُوْس, Zoroastrians) * '' Munāfiqūn'' ( 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 ...
) * Muslims) or ''Muslimūn'' ( ar, مُسْلِمُوْن), * Feminine: ''Muslimāt'' ( ar, مُسْلِمَات), * Singular: masculine: ''Muslim'' ( ar, مُسْلِم), feminine: ''Muslimah'' ( ar, مُسْلِمَة). ** Believers) or ''Muʾminūn'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنُوْن), * Feminine: ''Muʾmināt'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنَات), * Singular: masculine: ''Mu’min'' ( ar, مُؤْمِن), feminine: ''Muʾminah'' ( ar, مُؤْمِنَة). ** Righteous ones) or ''Ṣāliḥūn'' ( ar, صَالِحُوْن), * Feminine: ''Ṣāliḥāt'' ( ar, صَالِحَات), * Singular: masculine: ''Ṣāliḥ'' ( ar, صَالِح), feminine: ''Ṣāliḥah'' ( ar, صَالِحَة). * ''Ahl al-Kitāb'' ( People of the Book) ** ''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'' (Χρ ...
(s)) or People of the Injil) *** Ruhban (Christian monks) *** Qissis (Christian priest) ** ''Yahūd'' (
Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""T ...
) *** Ahbār (Jewish scholars) *** Rabbani/Rabbi **
Sabians The Sabians, sometimes also spelled Sabaeans or Sabeans, are a mysterious religious group mentioned three times in the Quran (as , in later sources ), where it is implied that they belonged to the ' People of the Book' (). Their original iden ...
*
Polytheists Polytheism is the belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religious sects and rituals. Polytheism is a type of theism. Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, ...
) 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 (excluding Madyan): ** '' Al-Aḥqāf'' ("The Sandy Plains," or "the Wind-curved Sand-hills") *** ''Iram dhāt al-ʿImād'' ( Iram of the Pillars) ** '' Al-Madīnah'' (
Yathrib Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
**
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 (The first battle of the muslims) ** Ḥunayn ** ''Makkah'' (
Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
) *** ''Al-Balad al-Amīn'' ( ar, ٱلبَلَد الْأَمِيْن, the secure land) *** Bakkah (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 Safa and Marwa ( ar, ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة, Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah) are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains, respectively, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of the Masjid al-Haram. Mu ...
(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 Sheba (; he, ''Šəḇāʾ''; ar, سبأ ''Sabaʾ''; Ge'ez: ሳባ ''Saba'') is a kingdom mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the Quran. Sheba features in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions, particularly the Ethiopian Or ...
) *** ''ʿArim Sabaʾ'' ( ar, عَرِم سَبَأ, Dam of Sheba) ** Rass * ''Al-
Jannah In Islam, Jannah ( ar, جَنّة, janna, pl. ''jannāt'',lit. "paradise, garden", is the final abode of the righteous. According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Quran. Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of ...
'' (
Paradise In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...
, literally "The Garden") * '' Jahannam'' ( Hell) * In
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
: ** Al-Jūdiyy *** '' Munzalanm-Mubārakan'' ("Place-of-Landing (that is) Blessed") ** ''Bābil'' ( Babylon) ** ''Qaryat Yūnus'' ( ar, قَرْيَة يُوْنُس, "Township of
Jonah Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spo ...
," 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 b ...
)Summarized from the book of story of Muhammad by Ibn Hisham Volume 1 pg.419–421 * Door of Hittah * ''Madyan'' (
Midian Midian (; he, מִדְיָן ''Mīḏyān'' ; ar, مَدْيَن, Madyan; grc-gre, Μαδιάμ, ''Madiam'') is a geographical place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was in the "northwest A ...
) * ''Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn'' ( ar, مَجْمَع ٱلْبَحْرَيْن) * ''Miṣr'' (Mainland
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
) * ''Salsabīl'' (A river in Paradise) * Sinai Region or Tīh Desert ** ''Al- Wād Al-Muqaddasi Ṭuwan'' ( ar, ٱلْوَاد ٱلْمُقَـدَّس طُوًى, The Holy Valley of Tuwa)) , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zx9LDwAAQBAJ , date=2013-01-01 , isbn=978-2745151360 *** ''Al-Wādil-Ayman'' ( ar, ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَیْمَن, The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and
Mount Sinai Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...
) **** '' Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah'' ( ar, ٱلْبُقْعَة ٱلْمُبَارَكَة, "The Blessed Place") **
Mount Sinai Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...
or
Mount Tabor Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee. In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua, Judges), Mount Tabor is the site of the Battle of Mount T ...
*** ''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 A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...
* ''Masjid'' (
Mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a Place of worship, place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) ...
, 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 Mosque, 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 Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...
**
Antakya Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes River, ...
* 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 The Treaty of al-Hudaybiya ( ar, صُلح الْحُدَيْبِيَة, translit=Ṣulḥ al-Ḥudaybiya) was an event that took place during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Mohammad in Islam, Muhammad. It was a pivotal treaty between Muhamm ...
*** Ta'if *
Ayla Ayla may refer to: * Ayla (name) Ayla is a common feminine Turkish given name. Turkish In Turkish the name Ayla is commonly said to mean " halo of light around the moon". Ayla is usually used as synonymous with "moonlight", although it coul ...
* Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn * Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha * '' Bilād ar-Rāfidayn'' (
Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
) *
Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
* Cave of the Seven Sleepers * ''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 The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
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 The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , ...


Plant matter

Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia *''Baṣal'' ( ar, بَصَل, Onion) (2:61) *''Thum'' (ثوم, Garlic or wheat) (2:61) *''Shaṭʾ'' ( ar, شَطْء, Shoot) (48:29) *''Sūq'' ( ar, سُوْق, Plant stem) (48:29) *''Zarʿ'' ( ar, زَرْع, Seed) (48:29))


Fruits

Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia ''Fawākih'' ( ar, فَوَاكِه)). or ''Thamarāt'' ( ar, ثَمَرَات):). * ''ʿAnib'' ( ar, عَنِب, Grape) (17:91)): 2:266. * ''Ḥabb dhul-ʿaṣf'' ( ar, حَبّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْف, Corn of the husk) * ''Qith-thāʾ'' ( ar, قِثَّاء, Cucumber) (2:61) * ''Rummān'' ( ar, رُمَّان, Pomegranate) * ''Tīn'' ( ar, تِيْن, Fig) * ''Ukul khamṭ'' ( ar, أُكُل خَمْط, Bitter fruit or food of Sheba) * ''Zaytūn'' ( ar, زَيْتُوْن, Olive) * In Paradise ** Forbidden fruit#Islamic tradition, Forbidden fruit of Adam


Plants

''Shajar'' ( ar, شَجَر, Bushes, trees or plants):). * ''ʿAdas'' ( ar, عَدَس,
Lentil The lentil (''Lens culinaris'' or ''Lens esculenta'') is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. As a food crop, the largest pro ...
) (2:61) * ''Baql'' ( ar, بَقْل,
Herb 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 medicina ...
) (2:61) * Plants of Sheba ** ''Athl'' ( ar, أَثْل,
Tamarisk The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Ta ...
) ** ''Sidr'' ( ar, سِدْر, Lote-tree) * ''Līnah'' ( ar, لِيْنَة, Tender
Palm tree The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm tre ...
) * ''Nakhl'' ( ar, نَخْل,
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 Ea ...
) * ''Rayḥān'' ( ar, رَيْحَان, Rosemary, Scented plant) * Sidrat al-Muntahā ( ar, سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَى) * Zaqqūm ( ar, زَقُّوْم, A tree in Hell)


Holy books

Islamic holy books: * ''Al- Injīl'' (The
Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...
of Jesus) * ''Al- Qurʾān'' (The Book of Muhammad) * '' Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm'' (Scroll(s) of Abraham) * ''At- Tawrāt'' (The
Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the s ...
, literally "The Law") ** '' Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā'' (Scroll(s) of Moses) ** Tablets of Stone * ''Az- Zabūr'' (The
Psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived f ...
of David) * '' Umm al-Kitāb'' ( "Mother of the Book(s)")


Objects of people or beings

* Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles *
Noah's Ark Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in ...
*
Staff of Moses The Staff of Moses, also known as the Staff of God is a staff mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus, the staff ( ''matteh'', translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to pr ...
* Staff of Solomon * '' Tābūt as-Sakīnah'' ( ar, تَابُوْت ٱلسَّكِيْنَة, Casket of Shekhinah) * Throne of the Queen of Sheba * Trumpet of Israfil


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 R ...
s)

* 'Ansāb * ''Jibt'' ( ar, جِبْت) and '' Ṭāghūt'' (
False god The phrase ''false god'' is a derogatory term used in Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) to indicate cult images or deities of non-Abrahamic Pagan religions, as well as other comp ...
)


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 * Yaʿūq


Of Quraysh

** Al-Lāt ** Al-ʿUzzā ** Manāt


Celestial bodies

''Maṣābīḥ'' ( ar, مَصَابِيْح, literally 'lamps'): * ''Al-Qamar'' ( ar, ٱلْقَمَر, The Moon) * ''Kawākib'' ( ar, كَوَاكِب, Planets). ** ''Al-Arḍ'' ( ar, ٱلْأَرْض, The Earth) * ''Nujūm'' ( ar, نُجُوْم, Stars)). ** ''Ash-Shams'' ( ar, ٱلشَّمْس, The Sun) ** ''Ash-Shiʿrā'' ( ar, ٱلشِّعْرَى, Sirius)


Liquids

* ''Māʾ'' ( ar, مَاء,
Water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as ...
or
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 shea ...
) ** ''Nahr'' ( ar, نَهْر,
River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...
) ** ''Yamm'' ( ar, يَمّ,
River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...
or 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 ...
)


Events, incidents, occasions or times

* Year of the Elephant * Incident of Ifk * '' Laylat al-Qadr'' (Night of the Power or Decree) ** ''Laylatinm-Mubārakatin'' ( ar, لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ, lit=Blessed Night) ( 44:3) *
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 scholar ...
in Sheba) * The Farewell Pilgrimage (''Hujjal-Wadaʿ'') *
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ( ar, صُلح ٱلْحُدَيْبِيَّة, Ṣulḥ Al-Ḥudaybiyyah) was an event that took place during the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was a pivotal treaty between Muhammad, representing the state o ...


Battles or military expeditions

* Battle of ''al-Aḥzāb'' ("the Confederates") * Battle of Badr *
Battle of Hunayn :''This is a sub-article to Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca.'' The Battle of Hunayn ( ar, غَزْوَة حُنَيْن, Ghazwat Hunayn) was between the Muslims of Muhammad and the Bedouins of the Qays, including its clans of Haw ...
* Battle of Khaybar * Battle of Uhud * Conquest of Mecca *
Expedition of Tabuk The Expedition of Tabuk, also known as the Expedition of Usra, was a military expedition that was initiated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in October 630 CE (AH 9). He led a force of as many as 30,000 north to Tabuk, near the Gulf of Aqaba, in p ...


Days

* ''Al- Jumuʿah'' (The Friday) * ''As- Sabt'' (The Sabbath or Saturday) * Days of battles or military expeditions (see the above section) * Days of Hajj ** ''Ayyāminm-Maʿdūdatin'' ( ar, أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُوْدَاتٍ, lit=Appointed Days) (2:203) ** ''Yawm al-Ḥajj al-Akbar'' ( ar, يَوْم ٱلْحَجّ ٱلْأَكْبَر, lit=Day of the Greatest Pilgrimage) (9:2) *
Doomsday 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 The Hijri calendar ( ar, ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, translit=al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 ...

12 months: * Four holy months (2:189–217; 9:1–36), The Sacred or Forbidden Months) (9:5) * Arbaʿah ḥurum ( ar, أَرْبَعَة حُرُم, Four (months which are) Sacred) (9:36) * Ash-hur maʿlūmāt ( ar, أَشْهُر مَعْلُوْمَات, Months (which are) well-known (for the Hajj)) (2:197) ** Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām ( ar, ٱلشَّهْر ٱلْحَرَام, The Sacred or Forbidden Month) (2:194–217; 5:97) **
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( ar, رَمَضَان) (2:183–187)


Pilgrimages

* ''Al- Ḥajj'' (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 ...
") (2:158) ** ''Ḥijj al-Bayt'' ( ar, حِجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House") (3:97) * ''Al-ʿ
Umrah The ʿUmrah ( ar, عُمْرَة, lit=to visit a populated place) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia) that can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to ...
'' (The Lesser Pilgrimage) (2:158–196)


Times for Prayer or Remembrance

Times for '' Duʿāʾ'' ('
Invocation An invocation (from the Latin verb ''invocare'' "to call on, invoke, to give") may take the form of: *Supplication, prayer or spell. *A form of possession. * Command or conjuration. * Self-identification with certain spirits. These forms a ...
'), '' Ṣalāh'' and ''
Dhikr ''Dhikr'' ( ar, ذِكْر}, , also spelled ''Zikr'', ''Thikr'', ''Zekr'', or ''Zikar'', literally meaning "remembrance, reminder" or "mention") is a form of Islamic meditation in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly chanted in order to remem ...
'' ('Remembrance', including '' Taḥmīd'' ('Praising'), ''
Takbīr 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) * ''Al-Ghuduww'' ( ar, ٱلْغُدُوّ, lit=The Mornings) (7:205–206) ** ''Al-Bukrah'' ( ar, ٱلْبُكْرَة, lit=The Morning) (48:9) ** ''Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ'' ( ar, ٱلصَّبَاح, lit=The Morning) (30:17–18) * ''Al-Layl'' ( ar, ٱللَّيْل, lit=The Night) (17:78–81; 50:39–40) ** ''Al- ʿIshāʾ'' ( ar, ٱلْعِشَاء, lit=The Late-Night) (24:58) * ''Aẓ- Ẓuhr'' ( ar, ٱلظُّهْر, lit=The Noon) (30:17–18) ** ''Aẓ-Ẓahīrah'' ( ar, ٱلظَّهِيْرَة) (24:58) * ''Dulūk ash-Shams'' ( ar, دُلُوْك ٱلشَّمْس, lit=Decline of the Sun) (17:78–81) ** ''Al- Masāʾ'' ( ar, ٱلْمَسَاء, lit=The Evening) (30:17–18) ** ''Qabl al- Ghurūb'' ( ar, قَبْل ٱلْغُرُوْب, lit=Before the Setting (of the Sun)) (50:39–40) *** ''Al-Aṣīl'' ( ar, ٱلْأٓصِيْل, lit=The Afternoon) (33:42; 48:9; 76:25–26)) (7:205–206). *** ''Al- ʿAṣr'' ( ar, ٱلْعَصْر, lit=The Afternoon) (103:1–3) * ''Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams'' ( ar, قَبْل طُلُوْع ٱلشَّمْس, lit=Before the rising of the Sun) (50:39–40) ** ''Al- Fajr'' ( ar, ٱلْفَجْر, lit=The Dawn) (17:78–81; 24:58)


Implied

* Event of Ghadir KhummTafsir ibn Abi Hatim Vol. 4 Pg. 1172 Hadith no. 6609 ( 5:67) * '' Laylat al-Mabit'' (2:207) *
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- ...
(48:27)


Others

* Bayt ( ar, بًيْت, Home or House) ** Al-Bayt al-Maʿmūr ( ar, ٱلْبَيْت ٱلْمَعْمُوْر) * Ḥunafāʾ ( ar, حُنَفَاء) * Ṭāhā ( ar, طـٰهٰ) * Ṭayyibah ( ar, طَيِّبَة) * Zīnah ( ar, زِيْنَة), Adornment, beauty, beautiful thing or splendour)


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'' * 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 * Muhammad in the Quran *
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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Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...
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