List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran

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This is a list of things mentioned in the Quran. This list makes use of ISO 233 for the Romanization of Arabic words.[1]

Theological

Angels

Malāʾikah (مَلَائِكَة, Angels):


Archangels

Archangels:

Jinn

Jinn:

Devils

Shayāṭīn (Arabic: شَيَاطِيْن, Demons or Devils):

Others

Animals

Related

Non-related

Prophets

Prophets (Arabic: أَنۢبِيَاء, anbiyāʾ)[c] or Messengers (رُسُل, rusul)[d]

ʾUlu al-ʿAzm

"Those of the Perseverance and Strong Will" (Arabic: أُولُو ٱلْعَزْم, romanizedʾUlu al-ʿAzm)[h] in reverse chronological order:

Debatable ones

Implicitly mentioned

Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets

Aʿdāʾ (Arabic: أَعْدَاء, Enemies or foes), aṣḥāb (Arabic: أَصْحَاب, companions or friends), qurbā (Arabic: قُرْبَى, kin), or followers[j] of Prophets:

Good ones

Evil ones

Implicitly or non-specifically mentioned

Groups

Mentioned

Tribes, ethnicities or families

Implicitly mentioned

Religious groups

Locations

Mentioned

Religious locations

Implicitly mentioned

Plant matter

Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia

  • Baṣal (Arabic: بَصَل, Onion) (2:61)[3]
  • Thum (ثوم, Garlic) (2:61)[3]
  • Shaṭʾ (Arabic: شَطْء, Shoot) (48:29)[54]
  • Sūq (Arabic: سُوْق, Plant stem) (48:29)[54]
  • Zarʿ (Arabic: زَرْع, Seed)[t]

Fruits

Ajwa (عجوة) is a soft dry variety of date fruit from Saudi Arabia

Fawākih (Arabic: فَوَاكِه)[u] or Thamarāt (Arabic: ثَمَرَات):[104][v]

Plants

Shajar (Arabic: شَجَر,[20] Bushes, trees or plants):[x]

Holy books

Islamic holy books:

Objects of people or beings

Mentioned idols (cult images)

Of Israelites

Of Noah's people

Of Quraysh

Celestial bodies

Maṣābīḥ (Arabic: مَصَابِيْح,[108][109] literally 'lamps'):

Liquids

Events, incidents, occasions or times

Battles or military expeditions

Days

  • Al-Jumuʿah[114] (The Friday)
  • As-Sabt[3][78] (The Sabbath or Saturday)
  • Days of battles or military expeditions (see the above section)
  • Days of Hajj
    • Ayyāminm-Maʿdūdatin (Arabic: أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُوْدَاتٍ, lit.'Appointed Days') (2:203)[3]
    • Yawm al-Ḥajj al-Akbar (Arabic: يَوْم ٱلْحَجّ ٱلْأَكْبَر, lit.'Day of the Greatest Pilgrimage') (9:2)[73]
  • Doomsday

Months of the Islamic calendar

12 months:

Pilgrimages

  • Al-Ḥajj (The Greater Pilgrimage)
    • Ḥajj al-Bayt (Arabic: حَجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House") (2:158)[3]
    • Ḥijj al-Bayt (Arabic: حِجّ ٱلْبَيْت, "Pilgrimage of the House") (3:97)[46]
  • Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage) (2:158–196)[3]

Times for Prayer or Remembrance

Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'),[115][116] Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):

Implied

Others

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

See also

Notes

References

Individual

Grouped