List Of Characters In The Quran

Characters mentioned by name in the Quran.

A

• Aad , the people of Prophet Hud
• Adam
• Abu Lahab , an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and also one of its sworn enemies
• Ahlu-l-Aika
• Ahlu-l-Kahf (in) , people of the Cave
• Ahlu-l-Kitab , people of the Book (ie Jews and Christians)
• Al-`Aziz (Potiphar), a governor of Egypt at the time of Yusuf
• Al-Khidr , who received secret information from Allah and Musa accompanied some time
• Al-Yas `aa (Elisha)
• Allah , the God unique in the Islam as to the Lord in Judaism
• Ar-Raqim , identified the "Seven Sleepers of Ephesus"
• Assiya
• Ayyub (Job)

B

• Banu Israil , the children of Israel, that is to say children of Ya `Quba (Jacob)

C

• Shu `aybah (sometimes identified with Jethro )

D

• Dawood (David), the father of Prophet Solomon
• Dhu-l-Kifl (Ezekiel)
• Dhu-l-Qarnayn , often identified with Alexander the Great
• Jinn

H

• Habil (Abel), a son of Adam
• Hajar , the mother of Isma `it
• Haman , but this is not the same Haman in the Bible
• Haroun (Aaron)
• Harut
• Hawa ' (Eve)
• Hud , the prophet of the `Ad, identified Eber

I

• Iblis ( Satan )
• Ibrhm (Abraham)
• Idris ( Enoch ), prophet and inventor of writing and sewing
• Ilyas (Elijah)
• Imran (Amram), the family and also Maryam Musa and Harun
• Isa ( Jesus of Nazareth ), the son of Maryam or al-Masih (Messiah)
• Ishaq (Isaac)
• Isma `He (Ishmael)
• Israfil , the angel instructed to "blow the Horn" 3 times the day of reckoning

J

• Jibril (Gabriel)
• Jalut (Goliath)

L

• Lut ( Lot ), whose people and his wife were murdered
• Luqman

M

• Midian the people of Chu `ayb
• Muhammad , the prophet of Islam
• Malik , the guardian angel of Jahannam (from Gehenna or Hell )
• Malik al-Mawt (Azrael), the Angel of Death
• Malika Saba `as-is (Queen of Sheba)
• Marut
• Maryam the mother of Jesus
• Masih Ad-Dajjal (the Antichrist, the False Messiah)
• Mikal Michael the archangel in the Bible.
• Moss ( Moses )

N

• Nuh (Noah)

P

• Phir `awn , Pharaoh of the Exodus

Q

• Qabil (Cain), a son of Adam
• Quraysh , an Arab tribe in Mecca
• Karun (Korah or Kore)

S

• Salih (identified Shelah ), the prophet of Thamud
• Sulayman (Solomon) the son of Dawood
• Sarah wife of Abraham and mother of Ishaq
• Shu `ayb , identified as Jethro, father-Moussa

T

• Thamud , people of Prophet Salih
• Talut identified with Saul

U

• `Uzair (Ezra)

Y

• Ya'jj wa Ma'jooj (Gog and Magog)
• Ya `Quba (Jacob son of Isaac)
• Yahya (John Baptist)
• Yunus (Jonah)
• Yusuf (Joseph) son of Ya `Quba

Z

• Zakariya (Zechariah)
• Zulaikha

See also

• Prophets of Islam
• List of characters in the Bible

• Islam Portal

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