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The Bible and Qur'an have many characters in common.

Bible	Qur'an	Notes
Aaron	Hārūn
Abel	Hābīl	His Islamic name comes from tradition
Abraham	Ibrāhīm
Adam	Adam
Ann	Imran's wife
Bithiah	Fir'aun's wife	Not named in the Quran, but named by prophet Mohammed
Cain	Qābīl	His Islamic name comes from tradition
David	Dāwūd
The Apostles	al Hawariyyūn	The Bible names them; the Qur'an does not
Eber	Hud	This equivalence is uncertain
Elias/Elijah	Ilyās
Elisha	Alyasa'	This equivalence is uncertain
Enoch	Idrīs	This equivalence is uncertain
Ezekiel	Dhū l-Kifl	This equivalence is uncertain
Ezra	'Uzayr	This equivalence is uncertain
Gabriel	Jibrīl
Goliath	Jālūt
Haman	Haman	This equivalence is disputed[1][2]
Isaac	Isħaq
Ishmael	Ismā'īl
Jacob	Ya'qub
Jethro also called Reuel	Shu'ayb	This equivalence is uncertain
Jesus	'Īsā
Job	Ayyūb
Jochebed	Musa's mother
John the Baptist	Yaħyā
Jonah	Yūnus
Joseph	Yūsuf
Joseph's brothers	Yusuf's brothers	The Bible names them; the Qur'an does not
Korah	Qarūn
Lot	Lūt
Lot's wife	Lot's wife
Mary	Maryam
Miriam	Mūsā's sister
Michael	Mikā'īl
Moses	Mūsā
Noah	Nūħ
Pharaoh	Fir'aun
Potiphar	Al-'Azīz	Appears to be a title
Potiphar's wife	Al-'Azīz's wife	Her Islamic name comes from tradition
Queen of Sheba	Queen of Saba'	The name; Balqīs comes from ancient Arabic tradition
Sarah	Abraham's wife	The Bible names them; the Qur'an does not
Saul the King	Tālūt
Satan	Iblīs or Shaytān
Solomon	Sulayman
Terah	Azar	Some said that Terah is Azar's surname
Zechariah	Zakariyya
Zipporah	One of the two women

Eve, Sarah, Zipporah, Elizabeth, Jochebed and Noah's wife are mentioned unnamed in the Qur'an and are only mentioned as wives of prophets. Eve and Elizabeth have the names Hawwa' and Alisabath, respectively, in Islamic tradition.

[edit] See also

• List of persons mentioned by name in the Qur'an

[edit] References