Glossary of Terms

Terms not listed here may either be relatively unknown to most people, or have a similar pronunciation to the English rendering.

English Name Arabic Name
Eve Hawa
Abel and Cain Habil and Qabil
Enoch Idris
Noah Nuh
Lot Lut
Abraham Ibrahim
Ishmael Ismail
Isaac Ishaq
Jacob Yaqub
Joseph Yusuf
Jethro Shuaib
children of Israel Bani-Israel
Amram Imran
Moses Musa
Aaron Harun
Pharaoh Firaun
Midian Madyan
(King) Saul Talut
Goliath Jalut
David Dawud
Solomon Sulayman
Elijah Ilyas
Elisha Al-Yasa
Jonah Yunus
Zechariah Zakariyya
John the Baptist Yahya
Ezra Uzair
Job Ayub
Ezekiel Dhul-kifl (or Zul-kifl)
Mary Maryam
Jesus Christ 'Isa al-Masih
Antichrist Dajjal
Law (of Moses), Pentateuch, Torah Taurat
Psalms Zabur
Gospel, New Testament Injil
the Scripture Al-Kitab
God Allah
Isaiah Shaya
the devil Iblis