Template:Characters and names in the Quran

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Characters

Non-human
life-forms

God in Islam (Allah)	Names of God found in the Quran
Angels	Israfil Izra'il/Azrael (Malak al-Mawt) Jibra'il/Gabriel (Al-Ruh al-Amin) & Holy Spirit (Al-Ruh al-Qudus) & Al-Ruh (The Spirit) Mika'il/Michael Harut and Marut
Jinns	Iblīs/Devil or Shaitan/Satan Ifrit
In Heaven (Jannah)	Ghilman & Wildan Houri

Mentioned

Implicitly mentioned

Good people
(before Islam)

Mentioned	Dhul-Qarnayn (Cyrus the Great?) Luqman Maryam/Mary (mother of Isa) Talut/Saul
Implicitly mentioned	Asiyah bint Muzahim/Bithiah (wife of Fir'aun) Asif ibn Barkhiya (vizier and successor of Sulayman) Bilquis (Queen of Saba/Sheba) Believer of Fir'aun Family (Hizbil/Hizqil ibn Sabura) Beniamin/Benjamin Habib the Carpenter (believer of Ya-Sin) Kaleb/Caleb (companion of Yusha') Khidr Magicians of Fir'aun Simon Cephas/Simon Peter

Other people
(before Islam)

Mentioned	Āzar (uncle of Ibrahim) Fir'aun/Pharaoh Haman Jalut/Goliath Qarun/Korah (cousin of Musa/Moses) Sāmiri/Zimri
Implicitly mentioned	Abrahah Bal'am/Balaam Barsisa Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Potiphar (Al-Aziz) Shaddad Simeon (son of Ya'qub) Slayers of Saleh's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif & Musda' ibn Dahr) Valid ibn Rayyan (king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf) Zuleikha (wife of al-Aziz)

Mentioned people
(after Islam)

Relatives
of prophets

Specified good relatives	Daughters of Lut/Lot (Ritha, Za'ura, et al.) Elizabeth or 'Ishā' (wife of Zakariya, mother of Yahya) Habil/Abel (son of Adam) Hawwa'/Eve (wife of Adam) Kulthum/Miriam (sister of Musa) Ṣaffurah/Zipporah (wife of Musa) & Layya (Saffura's sister) Sarah (wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isḥaq) Yukabed/Jochebed (mother of Musa)
Non-specified good relatives	Abiona/Amtelai daughter of Karnebo (mother of Ibrahim) Bathsheba (wife of Dawud, mother of Sulayman) Daughters of Muhammad Hājar/Hagar (wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isma'il) Hannah/Anne daughter of Faquz (mother of Maryam, wife of Imran) Imran/Amram (father of Musa) Lamech (father of Nuh) Rāhil/Rachel (wife of Ya'qub, mother of Yūsuf) Rahma/Dinah (wife of Ayyub) Shamkha bint Anush/Betenos (mother of Nuh) Son of Luqman Tārah/Terah (father of Ibrahim)
Other relatives	Brothers of Yūsuf Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Muhammad's wives Qabil/Cain (son of Adam) Umm Jamil (wife of Abu Lahab) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah/Waala (wife of Nuh) Walihah or Wahilah (wife of Lut) Yam or Kan'an (son of Nuh)

Tribes and groups

Mentioned	'Ād (people of Hud) Arab & Ajam Children of Israel/Israelites Companions of the Rass People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Lut (Mu'tafikat) People of Nuh People of Saba'/Sheba People of Shuaib (people of Madyan & people of Aykah/Wood) People of Tubba People of Yunus Quraysh Romans Thamud (people of Saleh, companions of Hijr) Ya'juj and Ma'juj/Gog and Magog
Implicitly mentioned	Ahl al-Bayt Amalek Banu Hashim Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty

Groups

Mentioned

Implicitly
mentioned

Religious groups

Other names

Locations

Mentioned	Ahqāf Al-Aqsa Mosque Arafat & Mash'ar al-Harām Bābil/Babylon Badr Door of Hittah Hijr/Hegra Holy Land (Palestine & Levant) Hunayn Iram Ka'bah/Kaaba (Bayt al-Harām/Sacred House, Bayt al-'Atīq/Ancient House) Madyan/Midian Madinah/Medina (formerly Yathrib) Majma' al-Bahrain Makkah/Mecca (Umm al-Qura, Balad al-Amin, Bakkah) Maqām Ibrahim Masjid al-Dirar Masjid al-Haram Mount Judi Mu'tafikat (Sodom) Rass Saba'/Sheba Safa and Marwah Tur Sinā' /Mount Sinai & Jabal al-Tur Egypt Valley of Tuwa
Implicitly mentioned	Antioch Antakya Ayla Barrier of Dhul-Qarnayn Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha Black Stone (Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) & Al-Hijr of Isma'il Canaan Cave of Hira & Ghar al-Thawr (Cave of the Bull) Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al-Nadwa Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Ma'rib Dam Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) Mesopotamia Nile River Nineveh Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Quba Mosque Sinai Desert & Tīh Desert Ta'if
Religious locations	Bay'a (Church) Mihrab Monastery Mosque Salat (Synagogue)

Non-human
physical
entities

Religious texts	Injil/Gospel (Holy Book of Isa) Quran (Holy book of Islam) Suhuf-i Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham) Tawrat/Torah, Suhuf-i-Musa (Scrolls of Moses) & Tablets of Stone Zabur (Holy Book of Dawud)
Related animals	Cow of Israelites & Golden calf Dog of Seven Sleepers Fish of Yunis Hoopoe of Sulayman She-Camel of Saleh
Related objects	Forbidden fruit of Adam Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah's Ark Staff of Musa Tabut al-Sakina (Casket of Shekhinah) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil
Mentioned idols (cult images)	Baal Lāt, 'Uzza & Manāt Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq & Nasr (Jibt & Taghut Ansāb)

Events

Note: The names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Bibilical name (title or relationship)