List of people mentioned by name in the Quran

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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.

General list

Prophets

• Al-Yasa' (2 times - 6:86 and 38:48)
• Ayub (Q 4:163, 6:84, 21:83, 38:41)
• Dawud (16 times)
• Dhul-Kifl (Q 21:85, 38:48)
• Hud (25 times)
• Harun (19 times if the mention below is considered another Harun or 20
• Ibrahim (69 times)
• Ismail (12 times)
• Ilyas (2 times)See 37:130 however
• Ishaq (17 times)
• Isa (25 times) 'Al-Masih'(11 times) and Ibn Maryam(23 times).
• Idris (2 times)
• Lut (27 times)
• Musa (136 times)Moses is the name of the human person mentioned most often in the Qur'an.
• Muhammad (5 times: Q 3:144, 33:40, 47:2, 48:29) and Ahmed (Q 61:6)
• Nuh (43 times)
• Saleh (9 times)
• Shu'ayb (10 times)
• Sulayman (17 times)
• Uzayr (Q 9:30)
• Yahya (5 times)
• Ya'qub (16 times) Isra'il is also mentioned about 43 times.
• Yusuf (27 times)
• Yunus (Q 4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 37:139)
• Zakariyya (7 times)

Non prophets

• Azar (Q 6:74)
• Al-Samiri (Q 20:85, 20:87, 20:95)
• Abu Lahab (Q 111:1)
• Dhul-Qarnayn (3 times)
• Fir'aun (74 times)
• Haman (Q 2:68, 28:8, 28:38, 29:39, 40:24, 40:36)
• Imran (Q 3:33, 3:35, 66:12)
• Luqman (Q 31:13)
• Maryam (34 times) as the only woman mentioned in the Qur'an by her personal name.
• Qarun (Q 28:76, 28:79, 29:39, 40:24)
• Talut (Q 2:247, 2:249)
• Zayd (Q 33:37)

Angels mentioned by name

• Jibril (Q 2:97, 2:98)
• Mikael (Q 2:98)
• Maalik (Q 43:77)
• Harut (Q 2:102)
• Marut (Q 2:102)
• Angel of Death (Q 32:11)
• Iblis (11 times) Also Shaytan or the Satan.(correction: Ibis is not angel He is a member of the Jinn Race)“Behold! We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” they bowed down except Iblis He was one of the Jinns.” [Al-Quran 18:50]

False gods by name

• Al-Lat (Q 53:19)
• Al-'Uzzā (Q 53:19)
• Manat(Q 53:20)
• Wadd (Q 71:23)
• Suwa' (Q 71:23)
• Yaghuth (Q 71:23)
• Ya'uq (Q 71:23)
• Nasr (Q 71:23)
• Ba'l (Q 37:125)

See also

• Qur'an
• List of persons in both the Bible and the Qur'an
• Female figures in the Qur'an
• List of Biblical names