The Bible and the Quran have many characters in common, many of which are mentioned by name, whereas others are merely referred to. This article is a list of people named or referred to in both the Bible and the Quran.
Identified by name in the Quran Image Bible (English) Quran (Arabic) Rabbinic (Hebrew) Notes Bible Verse Quaranic Verse Aaron Hārūn/Haarūn Aharon Quran 19:28Qu'ran 19:28 Abraham Ibrāhīm/Ebraheem/Ebraahym/Ibrāheem Avraham Quran 2:124 Adam Ādam Adam Quran 3:59 Amram ʿImrān/'Emrān Amram Islamic tradition holds both Amram and Joachim are named the same. Although Islamic studies of the beginning of the 20th century tended to note genealogical discrepancies, in more recent Islamic Studies of the 21st century the general consensus is that the Quran does not make a genealogical error but instead makes use of typology. This is supported by the figurative speech of the Quran and the Islamic tradition, as words like "sister" and "daughter" can indicate extended kinship, descendance or spiritual affinity. Quran 3:33 King David Dāwūd/Dā'ūd Dawid Quran 2:251 The Apostles al-Hawariyyūn Quran 61:14Quran 61:14 Elijah (Elias) Ilyās/Elyās Eliyyahu Quran 37:123 Elisha al-Yasaʿ Elishaʿ Also can be pronounced Alīsaʿ Quran 6:86 Enoch Idrīs Chanokh Idris is not universally identified with Enoch, many Muslim scholars of the classical and medieval periods also held that Idris and Hermes Trismegistus were the same person.W.F. Albright, Review of Th. Boylan, The hermes of Egypt, in Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society 2 (1922), 190-8H. T. Halman, "Idris," in Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2004), p. 388 Quran 19:56 Ezekiel Ḥizkīl "Dhul-Kifl" Yechezkel Quran 38:48 Ezra/Esdras Uzair or Idris Ezra Quran 9:30 Gabriel Jibrīl Gavri'el Quran 2:97 Gog and Magog Ya'juj wa-Ma'juj Gog U-Magog Quran 21:96 Goliath Jālūṭ Golyat Quran 2:251 Isaac Isħāq Yitzhak Quran 19:49 Ishmael Ismāʿīl Yishmaʿel Quran 38:48 Jacob Yaʿkūb Yaʿkov Quran 19:49 Jethro Shoʿeib Yitro Quran 26:177 Jesus ʿĪsā Yeshua Matthew 1:16 Quran 3:59 Joachim or Heli ʿImrān Yehoyaqim Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron,Clooney S.J., Francis X., "What Islam really teaches about the Virgin Mary", America, December 18, 2015 Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two prophetic households in spirit. This question was actually reported to have been put across to Muhammad to which he replied: "The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them".60 hadith found in 'The Book on General Behaviour (Kitab Al-Adab)' of Sahih Muslim. Job ʾAyyūb Iyyov Quran 6:84 John the Baptist Yaḥyā Yohanan Yaḥyā means 'living' as opposed to ('graceful'), which comes from Hebrew . Quran 19:7 Jonah Yūnas/Yūnes/Yūnus/Yūnis "Dhun-Nun" Yonah Possibly derived from Greek Quran 37:139 Joseph Yūsif Yosef Quran 6:84 Lot Lūṭ Lot Quran 66:10 Lot's wife Lūṭ's wife She is nameless both in the Bible and in the Quran. Quran 26:170 Mary Maryam Mariam Matthew 1:16 Quran 19:34 Miriam Mūsā's sister Miriam Quran 28:11 Michael Mīkāīl Mikhael Quran 02:98 Moses Mūsā Moshe Quran 33:7 Noah Nūḥ Nōaḥ Quran 33:7 Pharaoh Firʿawn Paroh Quran 20:60 Queen of Sheba Queen of Sabaʾ; Bilqīs Malkat Saba She is nameless both in the Bible and in the Quran, but the name or comes from Islamic tradition. Quran 27:29 Saul the King Ṭālūt Sha'ul Literally 'Tall'; Meant to rhyme with or . Quran 2:247 Devil or Satan Shaitān / Iblīs HaSatan Iblīs, literally 'despaired'; Possibly derived from Greek . Quran 7:11 Solomon Sulaymān Shlomoh Quran 34:12 Zechariah Zakariyyā Zekaryah Quran 19:7 Zimri (prince) As-Samiriyy Zimri ben Salu Al-Samīri is arguably derived from Eastern Syriac , which is derived from Hebrew . Quran 20:85
Not identified by name in the Quran Sarah, Hagar, Zipporah, Elizabeth, Raphael, Cain and Abel, Korah, Joseph's brothers, Potiphar and his wife, Eve, Jochebed, Samuel, Noah's sons, and Noah's wife are mentioned, but unnamed in the Quran.
In Islamic tradition, these people are given the following names: Image Bible (English) ArabicNotes Abel HabilBenjaminBinyamīn Cain QabilCanaanKan'anIt is not clear if Canaan and Kan'an are the same person, as he is Nuh's son rather than his grandson. Elizabeth ʾIlīṣābāt or Elīsābāt Eve Hawah Hagar HajarHamHamJaphethYafesJochebedYūkābid Joshua Yusha-bin-NoonKorahQārūnPotipharAzeezRaphaelIsrāfīlSamuelSamu'il Sarah SaraShemSam
See also Biblical and Quranic narratives Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions Biblical names and their Arabic equivalent
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