List of people mentioned by name in the Quran
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This article lists Islam's belief of prophets and individuals as mentioned in the Quran, including the names of angels and idols. Islamic names or titles of God are found at Names of God in Islam.
Contents
General list
Prophets
- Adam (25 times)
- Ayyub (Job) (4:163, 6:84, 21:83, 38:41)
- Dawud (David) (16 times)
- Dhul-Kifl (21:85, 38:48)
- Harun (Aaron) (24 times)
- Hud (25 times)
- Ibrahim (Abraham) (69 times)
- Idris (Enoch) (19:56, 21:85)
- Ilyas (6:85, 37:123)
- Al Yasa (2 times: 38:48, 6: 85-87)
- Isa (Jesus) (187 times), Isa[note 1] 25 times,[1] titles[note 2] 79 times,[2][3][4] 3rd person[note 3] 48 times,[5] 1st person[note 4] 35 times.[6]
- Ishaq (Isaac) (17 times)
- Ismail (Ishmael) (12 times)
- Lut (Lot) (27 times)
- Muhammad (5 times: 3:144, 33:40, 47:2, 48:29, 61:6 (Muhammad and Ahmad are interpreted as the same)[7])
- Musa (Moses) (136 times) Moses
- Nuh (Noah) (43 times)
- Saleh (9 times)
- Shu'ayb (10 times)
- Sulayman (Solomon) (17 times)
- Yahya (John) (5 times)
- Yusuf (Joseph) (27 times)
- Ya'qub (Jacob) (16 times)
- Yunus (Jonah) (4 times: 4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 37:139)
- Zakariyya (Zakariyya) (7 times)
Probable prophets
- Dhul-Qarnayn (18:83, 18:86, 18:94)
- Luqman (31:12-19)
- Uzayr (9:30)
Non prophets
- Azar (6:74)
- Aziz (12:30, 12:51)
- Al-Samiri (20:85, 20:87, 20:95)
- Abu Lahab (111:1)
- Fir'aun (Pharaoh of Moses) (74 times.)
- Haman (28:6, 28:8, 28:38, 29:39, 40:24, 40:36)
- Imran (Joachim) (3:33, 3:35, 66:12)
- Jalut (Goliath) (2:249, 2:250, 2:251)
- Maryam (Mary) (34 times) only woman mentioned by name in the Qur'an.[8][9]
- Qarun (Korah) (28:76, 28:79, 29:39, 40:24)
- Talut (Saul) (2:247, 2:249)
- Iblis (Lucifer) (11 times) Also 'Shaytan' or the Satan.[10][better source needed]
- Zayd ibn Harithah (33:37)
See also
- Qur'an
- List of persons in both the Bible and the Qur'an
- List of Quranic names
- Female figures in the Qur'an
- List of Biblical names
Notes
- ↑ Isa (25 times): 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.
- ↑ Son of Mary / Ibn Maryam (23 times): 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; Messiah / Al Masih (11 times): 3:45, 4:171, 4:172, 5:17, 5:72(2), 5:75, 9:30, 9:31; Spirit (of God) / rwh (11 times): 2:87, 2:253, 4:171, 5:110, 12:87, 15.29, 17:85(2), 19:17, 21:91, 58:22; child / pure boy (9 times): 19:19, 19:20, 19:21, 19:29, 19:35, 19:88, 19:91, 19:92, 21:91; Word (of God) / kalima (6 times): 3:39, 3:45, 3:48, 4:171, 5:46, 5:110; Messenger / Apostle / Prophet (5 times): 3:49, 4:157, 4:171, 19:30, 61:6; Sign (4 times): 19:21, 21:91, 23:50, 43:61; The Gift (1 time): 19:19; Mercy from Us (1 time): 19:21; Servant (1 time): 19:30; Blessed (1 time): 19:31; Word of Truth ~ Statement of Truth (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" etc. (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.
References
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- ↑ Parrinder 1965.
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- ↑ McDowell 2002.
- ↑ A. Guthrie and E. F. F. Bishop., The Paraclete, Almunhamanna and Ahmad. Muslim World XLI (October, 1951), p.254-255.
- ↑ A few scholars (such as Ibn Hazm) see Maryam (Mary) as a Prophet, since God sent her a message via an angel.
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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
