Islam, Christianity and Judaism
It may be surprising for some Christians and jews to know that there are many Biblical figures which the Qur'an names. Those biblical figures that go unnamed in the Qur'an are referenced or referred to in the hadiths, tafsirs, literature or sira.
Biblical figures in Islam
| Bible |
Qur'an pronunciation |
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|---|
| Aaron |
Hārūn |
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| Abel |
Hābīl |
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| Abraham |
Ibrāhīm |
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| Adam |
Ādam |
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| Amram |
‘Imrān |
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| Cain |
Qābīl |
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| David |
Dāwūd |
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| The Apostles |
al-Ḥawariyyūn |
|
| Eber |
Hūd |
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| Elijah (Elias) |
Ilyās |
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| Elisha |
al-Yasa‘ |
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| Enoch |
Idrīs |
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| Ezekiel |
Dhū l-Kifl |
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| Ezra |
‘Uzayr |
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| Gabriel |
Jibrīl |
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| Goliath |
Jālūt |
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| Haman |
Hāmān |
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| Isaac |
Isḥāq |
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| Ishmael |
Ismā‘īl |
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| Jacob |
Ya‘qūb |
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| Jethro also called Reuel |
Shu‘ayb |
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| Jesus |
‘Īsā |
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| Joachim |
‘Imrān |
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| Job |
Ayyūb |
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| John the Baptist |
Yaḥyā |
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| Jonah |
Yūnus |
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| Joseph |
Yūsuf |
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| Joseph's brothers |
Yūsuf's brothers |
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| Korah |
Qārūn |
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| Lot |
Lūṭ |
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| Lot's wife |
Lūṭ's wife |
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| Mary |
Maryam |
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| Miriam |
Mūsā's sister |
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| Michael |
Mīkāl (in the Qur’an); Mikā’īl (elsewhere) |
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| Moses |
Mūsā |
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| Noah |
Nūḥ |
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| Pharaoh |
Fir‘awn |
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| Potiphar |
al-‘Azīz |
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| Potiphar's wife |
al-‘Azīz's wife; Zulaykhā |
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| Queen of Sheba |
Queen of Saba’; Bilqīs |
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| Samuel |
Ṣamū‘īl |
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| Saul the King |
Ţālūt |
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| Satan or Devil |
Iblīs or Shayṭān |
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| Shem, Ham, and Japheth |
Nūḥ's sons |
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| Solomon |
Sulaymān |
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| Terah |
Āzar |
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| Zechariah |
Zakariyyā |
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