List of people mentioned by name in the Quran
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This article lists prophets mentioned in the Quran including the names of angels and Idols as well. Prophets Islamic names are left to article Names of God in Islam.
General list
Prophets
- 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)
Non Prophets
- 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
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
- ↑ 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
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