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Template:Characters and names in the Quran

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| name = Characters and names in the Quran

| title = People and things in the Quran

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| listclass = wraplinks

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| name =

| title = Characters

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| title = Non-humans

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| group1 = Animals

| list1 =

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| group1 = Related

| list1 =

| group2 = Non-related

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| group2 = Malāʾikah (Angels)

| list2 =

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| group1 = Muqarrabun

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| group3 = Jinn (Genies)

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| group4 = Shayāṭīn (Demons)

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| group5 = Others

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| title = Prophets

| list1 =

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| group1 = Mentioned

| list1 =

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| group1 = Ulul-ʿAzm
('Those of the
Perseverance
and Strong Will')

| list1 =

| group2 = Debatable ones

| list2 =

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| group2 = Implied

| list2 =

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|list3=

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| title = People of Prophets

| list1 =

{{navbox|subgroup

| group1 = Good ones

| list1 =

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| group1 = People of
Joseph

| list1 =

| group2 = People of
Aaron and Moses

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| group2 = Evil ones

| list2 =

| group3 = Implied or
not specified

| list3 =

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| title = Groups

| list1 =

{{navbox|subgroup

| group1 = Mentioned

| list1 =

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| group1 = Tribes,
ethnicities
or families

| list1 =

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| list1 =

| group2 = Aʿrāb (Arabs
or Bedouins)

| list2 =

| group3 = Ahl al-Bayt
('People of the
Household')

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}}

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| group2 = Implicitly
mentioned

| list2 =

| group3 = Religious
groups

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| list2 =

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| name =

| title = Locations

| group1 = Mentioned

| list1 =

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| group1 = In the
Arabian Peninsula
(excluding Madyan)

| list1 =

| group2 = Sinai Region
or Tīh Desert

| list2 =

| group3 = In Mesopotamia

| list3 =

| group4 = Religious
locations

| list4 =

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| group2 = Implied

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|list3=

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| name =

| title = Events, incidents, occasions or times

| list1 =

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| group1 = Battles or
military expeditions

| list1 =

| group2 = Days

| list2 =

| group3 = Months of the
Islamic calendar

| list3 =

| group4 = Pilgrimages

| list4 =

  • Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage)
  • Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage)

| group5 = Times for prayer
or remembrance

| list5 = Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ):

  • Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night)
  • Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings')
  • Al-Bukrah ('The Morning')
  • Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning')
  • Al-Layl ('The Night')
  • Al-ʿIshāʾ ('The Late-Night')
  • Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon')
  • Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun')
  • Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening')
  • Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)')
  • Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon')
  • Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon')
  • Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun')
  • Al-Fajr ('The Dawn')

| group6 = Implied

| list6 =

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|list4=

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| name =

| title = Other

| group1 = Holy books

| list1 =

| group2 = Objects
of people
or beings

| list2 =

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| group1 = Mentioned idols
(cult images)

| list1 =

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| group1 = Of Israelites

| list1 =

| group2 = Of Noah's people

| list2 =

| group3 = Of Quraysh

| list3 =

}}

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| group3 = Celestial
bodies

| list3 = Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'):

  • Al-Qamar (The Moon)
  • Kawākib (Planets)
  • Al-Arḍ (The Earth)
  • Nujūm (Stars)
  • Ash-Shams (The Sun)

| group4 = Plant matter

| list4 =

  • Baṣal (Onion)
  • Fūm (Garlic or wheat)
  • Shaṭʾ (Shoot)
  • Sūq (Plant stem)
  • Zarʿ (Seed)

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| group1 = Fruits

| list1 =

| group2 = Bushes, trees
or plants

| list2 =

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| group5 = Liquids

| list5 =

  • Māʾ (Water or fluid)
  • Nahr (River)
  • Yamm (River or sea)
  • Sharāb (Drink)

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| below = Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship)

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