The following table lists many of the names and terms used on this website. The table includes both traditional English forms and the versions derived from Arabic in use by many Muslims even when otherwise speaking in English.
Traditional term | Arabicized equivalent |
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 | Zaqaria |
John the Baptist | Yahya |
Ezra | Uzair |
Job | Ayub |
Ezekiel | Dhul-kifl (or Zul-kifl), Hezqil |
Mary, Miriam | Maryam |
Jesus Christ | ‘Isa al-Masih |
Antichrist | Dajjal |
Law (of Moses), Pentateuch, Torah | Taurat, or Law of Musa (context decides) |
Psalms | Zabur |
Gospel | Injil, or good news (context) |
the Scripture | Al-Kitab |
God | Allah |
the devil | Iblis |
Peace be with you | Salam alaikum |
If the Lord wills | Insh’ Allah |
son of | Ibn |