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 |