List of names in the Quran
The list of names in the Koran contains proper names of persons or characters from the Koran . It does not claim to be complete.
| Name (german) | Spelling in the Koran (Arabic) | DMG romanization | Sura , verse | Meaning in Islam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham | إِبْرَٰهِيم | Ibrāhīm | 2.124-136; 3.65-68; 4.53-54; 6.74-84; 9.70; 11.69-76; 12.6; 14.35-41; 15.51-56; 16,120-123; 19.41-49; 21.51-72; 22.26; 26.69-102; 29.16-19.24-27; 33.7; 37.83-113; 38.45-47; 42.13; 43.26-28; 51.24-37; 53.37; 5.26; 60.4-5; 87.19 | Prophet and founder of the monotheistic cult on the Kaaba in Mecca |
| Adam | ءَادَم | Adam | 2.30-37; 3.33-34.59; 4.1; 5.27; 7.19-27; 15.28-30; 17.61-62; 18.50; 18.58; 20,115-123; 36.60; 38.71-76 | Father of humanity and prophet |
| Ayyub | أَيُّوب | Ayyūb | 4.163; 6.84; 21.83-84; 38.41-44 | prophet |
| Daoud | دَاوُۥد | Dāwūd | 2,249-251; 4.163; 5.78; 6.84; 17.55; 21.78-80; 27.15-16; 34.10-11; 38.17-26 | prophet |
| Dhu l-Kifl | ذُو ٱلۡكِفۡل in the Koran only in the accusative ذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ Ḏā l-Kifl | Ḏū l-Kifl | 21, 85 | Koranic figure who Islamic exegesis identifies as either the middle name of Ḥizqīl or the son of أيوب . |
| Elisha | اَلۡيَسَع | al-Yasa | 6, 86 | a prophet |
| Gabriel | جِبۡرِيل | Ǧibrīl | 2.97-98; 16.102; 26,193; 53.5-9, 13-17; 66.4; 81.19-25 | Archangel, Bringer of Revelation to Mohammed |
| Harun | هَٰرُون | Harun | 2.248; 4.163; 5.23; 6.84; 7,122, 150-151; 10.87-89; 19,28,53; 20.30-35, 42-50; 92-94; 21.48; 23.45-48; 25.35-36; 26.15-16; 28.34-35; 37.114-122 | Brother Moses', Prophet |
| Harut | هَٰرُوت | Harut | 2, 102 | an angel |
| Hūd | هُود | Hūd | 7, 65 | The earliest of the five Arabic prophets in the Quran |
| Iblis | إِبۡلِيس | Iblīs | 18, 50 | The supreme devil |
| Idris | إِدۡرِيس | Idrīs | 19.56; 21.85-86 | prophet |
| Ilyas | إِلۡيَاس | Ilyās | 6.85; 37.123-132 | prophet |
| Imran | عِمۡرَٰن | ʿImrān | 66.12 | Father of Maryam, who is both sister Moses and mother of Jesus in the Koran |
| Ishaq | إِسۡحَٰق | Isḥāq | 2.133; 3.84; 4.163; 6.84; 11.71; 12.6; 14.39; 19.49; 21.72; 29.27; 37.112-113; 38.45-47 | Son of Ibrahim and Sarah, prophet |
| Ishmael | إِسۡمَٰعِيل | Ismāʿīl | 2.124-125; 3.84; 4.163; 6.86; 13.37; 19.54-55; 21.85-86; 31.101-106; 38.48; 90.3 | Son of Ibrahim and Hagar, prophet |
| Jacob | يَعۡقُوب | Yaʿqūb | 2,132-133; 3.84; 4.163; 6.84; 11.71; 12.8-9, 80-87, 93-99; 19.49; 21.72; 38.45-47 | Son of Ishaq and Prophet |
| Jesus | عِيسَى | ʿĪsā | 2.73; 3.45-63; 4,157-159,171-172; 5.46-47.72-78.110-119; 6.85; 9.30-31; 19: 16-37; 21.91; 23.50; 33.7; 42.13; 43.57-65; 56.27; 61.6 | Messenger of God , prophet and word of God |
| Jonah | يُونُس | Yūnus | 4.163; 6.86; 10.98; 21.87-88; 37.139-148; 68.48-50 | prophet |
| Joseph | يُوسُف | Yūsuf | 6.84; 12.4-101 | Son of Yaʿqūb and prophet |
| Lot | لُوط | Lūṭ | 29, 32 | Messenger who stands up against the sins of his people |
| Maryam | مَرۡيَم | Maryam and Mirjam | 2,87,251; 3.33-47; 4.156-157; 5,17,46,116; 19: 16-34; 21.91; 23.50; 57.27; 61.6; 66.12 | Mother of Jesus and sister of Moses (Musa) and Aaron (Harun) |
| Marut | مَٰرُوت | Mārūt | 2, 102 | an angel |
| Michael | مِيكَىٰل | Mīkāl | 2.98 | archangel |
| Mohammed | مُحَمَّد | Muḥammad | passim | Messenger of God and last prophet |
| Moses | مُوسَى | Mūsā | 2.47-57, 63-73; 3.84; 4.153-155; 5.20-26; 6.84; 7.103-156; 10.75-92; 11.96-99; 14.5-8; 17.101-104; 18.60-82; 19.51-53; 20.9-98; 21.48; 23.45-49; 25.35; 26.10-58; 61-65; 27.7-12; 28.3-44; 29.39; 32.23; 33.7; 37.114-122; 40.23-46; 41.45; 42.13; 43.46-56; 44.17-33; 46.30; 51.38-40; 53.36; 61.5; 73.15-16; 79.15-20; 87.10 | Messenger of God and prophet |
| Noah | نُوح | Nūḥ | 3.33; 4.163; 6.84; 7.59-64; 9.70; 10.71-73; 11.25-48; 14.9; 13.3; 19.58; 21.76-77; 22.42; 23.23-29; 25.37; 26.105-122; 29.14-15; 33.7; 37.75-83; 38.12; 40.5-6, 42.13; 50.12; 51.46; 53.52; 54.9-16; 57.26; 66.10; 71.1-27 | Messenger of God and prophet |
| Salih | صَٰلِح | Ṣāliḥ | 7, 73 | Prophet sent to the Thamūd people |
| Shu'aib | شُعَيۡب | Shuʿayb (Shu'aib) | 7.85-93; 11.84-85; 26,176-191; 29.36-37 | Prophet of the Madyan people |
| Suleiman | سُلَيۡمَٰن | Sulaimān | 2,102; 4.163; 6.84; 21.81-82; 27.15-44; 34.12-14; 38.30-40 | Son of Dawud , prophet |
| Yahya | يَحۡيَى | Yaḥyā | 3.38-41; 19.10-13 | Son of Zakariah , prophet |
| Zacharias | زَكَرِيَّا | Zakariyyā | 3, 38 | Father of john |
| Zaid | زَيۡد | Zaid | 33, 37 | Contemporary and former slave of Mohammed |
Individual evidence
literature
- Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran. Translated and commented by Adel Theodor Khoury. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-08023-9 , pp. 597-608.
- Rudi Paret : The Koran, Commentary and Concordance . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1971 (2005 7 ). ISBN 3-17-018990-5 .
- Eric Geoffroy and Néfissa Geoffroy: Le grand livre des prénoms arabes. Plus de 5500 prénoms classés par thèmes avec leurs correspondances en français . Albin Michel, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-226-18299-9 .