List of people mentioned by name in the Quran
Prophets
• 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)
• Hud (25 times)
• Harun (20 times)
• Ibrahim (69 times)
• Ismail (12 times)
• Ilyas (6:85, 37:123 and maybe 37:130)
• Ishaq (17 times)
• Isa (25 times) 'Al-Masih'(11 times) and Ibn Maryam(23 times).
• Idris (19:56, 21:85)
• Lut (27 times)
• Musa (136 times) Moses is the name of the human person mentioned most often in the Qur'an.
• Muhammad (5 times: 3:144, 33:40, 47:2, 48:29 and Ahmed in 61:6)
• Nuh (43 times)
• Saleh (9 times)
• Shu'ayb (10 times)
• Sulayman (17 times)
• Uzayr (9:30)
• Yahya (5 times)
• Ya'qub (16 times) Isra'il is also mentioned about 43 times.
• Yusuf (27 times)
• Yunus (4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 37:139)
• Zakariyya (7 times)
Non prophets
• Azar (6:74)
• 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 (2:68, 28:8, 28:38, 29:39, 40:24, 40:36)
• Imran (3:33, 3:35, 66:12)
• Luqman (31:13)
• Maryam (34 times) as the only woman mentioned in the Qur'an by her personal name.
• Qarun (28:76, 28:79, 29:39, 40:24)
• Talut (2:247, 2:249)
• Zayd (33:37)
Angels mentioned by name
• Jibril (2:97, 2:98)
• Mikael (2:98)
• Maalik (43:77)
• Harut (2:102)
• Marut (2:102)
• Angel of Death (32:11)
• Iblis (11 times) Also 'Shaytan' or the Satan.[1]
False gods by name
• Al-Lat (53:19)
• Al-‘Uzzá (53:19)
• Manat(53:20)
• Wadd (71:23)
• Suwa' (71:23)
• Yaghuth (71:23)
• Ya'uq (71:23)
• Nasr (71:23)
• Ba'l (37:125)
Wednesday 17 July 2013
23:50:00
List of people mentioned by name in the Quran
Muhammad Sami Naeem
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