M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

Names

The following list shows the Arabic names and their English equivalents.

Arabic Names (English Equivalents)

Allah (God)
Adam (Adam)
Ayyub (Job)
Dawood (David)
Firon (Pharaoh)
Habil (Abel)
Haroun (Aaron)
Hasan (Shabur)
Husein (Shabir)
Ibrahim (Abraham)
Ilyas (Elias)
Imran (Amran)
Injeel (Gospel)
Ishaq (Isaac)
Ismail (Ismael)
Isa (Jesus)
Jalut (Goliath)
Jibreel (Gabriel)
Kabil (Cain)
Lut (Lot)
Majuj (Magog)
Marium (Mary)
Mikaeel (Michael)
Misr (Egypt)
Musa (Moses)
Nasrani (Christian)
Nuh (Noah)
Qarun (Korah)
Saba (Sheba)
Sulaiman (Solomon)
Talut (Saul)
Taurat (Torah)
Uzair (Ezra)
Yahudi (Jew)
Yahya (John)
Yajuj (Gog)
Yaqoub (Jacob)
Yunus (Jonah)
Yusuf (Joseph)
Zakariya (Zacharias)

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M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir, R. A. Juma, 1615 Pech Rd., Apt. 26C, Houston, Texas 77055. Presented by World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS), P.O. Box No. 2245, Tehran, Iran, 1974 Edition, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 26 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/m-h-shakir/1974?page=8