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 .
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) Moses
Muhammad (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)
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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^ 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 ('Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will')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 Joseph People of Aaron and Moses
Evil ones Implied or not specified
Groups
Mentioned Tribes, ethnicities or families
Implicitly mentioned Religious groups
Locations
Mentioned
Implied
Events, incidents, occasions or times
Battles or military expeditions 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 or remembrance 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 of people or beings Mentioned idols (cult images) Of Israelites Of Noah's people Of Quraysh
Celestial bodies 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 or plants
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
Quran