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Quranic Account

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Miriam is mentioned but not named in the Qur'an, and as in the Hebrew Bible, she obeys her mother's request to follow the baby Moses as he floats down the river in a basket, their mother having set him afloat so he would not be killed by the Pharaoh's servants and soldiers (28:11). Later on, Asiya, wife of the Pharaoh, finds Moses at the river and adopts him as her own, but Moses refuses to be suckled by her. Miriam asks the Pharaoh's wife and her handmaidens to have his own mother act as nursemaid to Moses, the mother's identity not being known to the Pharaoh's wife (28:12–13).

People in the Quran

Individuals	Aaron Abel Abraham Abu Bakr Abū Lahab Adam Amram Anne Asiya Azar Azrael Believer of Ya-Sin Benjamin Cain Caleb David Dābba Devil Dhul-Kifl Dhul-Qarnayn Cyrus the Great Alexander the Great Elijah Elisha Elizabeth Eve Ezra Gabriel Gog Goliath Haman Harut Hud Idris Isaac Ishmael Israfil Jacob Jesus Joachim Job Jochebed John the Baptist Jonah Joseph Joshua Khidr King of Abraham's time Korah Lot Luqman Luqman's son Maalik Magog Mary Marut Michael Miriam Moses Muhammad Noah Pharaoh of Joseph's time Pharaoh of the Exodus Potiphar Queen of Sheba Saleh Samiri Samuel Sarah Saul Shuayb (Jethro) Solomon Solomon's vizier Umm Jamil Wicked man, Parable Wondering man, Parable Zachariah Zaid Zipporah Zulaikha

General groups	Apostles Christians Hypocrites Jews Magians Martyrs Pagans Prophets Sabians

Specific Groups	Disciples of Jesus Jinns of Solomon Muhammad's wives Scribes of the Quran People of the Cave Pharaoh's sorcerers Twelve Tribes of Israel

Communities	ʿĀd Companions of the Elephant Companions of the Rass Egypt Israelites Mesopotamia Midian Nineveh Sodom and Gomorrah Thamud People of Tubba People of the Wood People of Ya-Sin Quraysh Romans

Lifeforms	Angels Humans Jinn

Note: Italics denote that the name of the figure is not mentioned in the Quran, but is taken from other sources of Islamic literature.

Prophets in the Hebrew Bible

Pre-Patriarchs (Bible)	Abel Kenan Enoch Noah Eber

Patriarchs and Matriarchs	Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah

Israelite prophets in the Torah	Moses Aaron Miriam Eldad & Medad Phinehas

Prophets mentioned in the Former Prophets	Joshua Deborah Gideon Eli Elkanah Hannah Abigail Samuel Gad Nathan David Solomon Jeduthun Ahijah Elijah Elisha Shemaiah Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Jahaziel Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Huldah

Major Prophets	Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel

Minor Prophets	Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Noahide prophets	Beor Balaam Job

Other prophets	Amoz Beeri Baruch Agur Uriah Buzi Mordecai Esther Oded Azariah

Italics denote that the status as a prophet is not universally accepted. rl are articles dealing with the prophet within Rabbinic Literature.

Important Women in Islam

Generations of Adam	Eve

Generations of Abraham and his sons	Sarah Hāgar Rebecca Rachel

Generation of Moses	Asiya Jochebed Miriam Zipporah

Reign of Kings	Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba

House of Amram	Anne Mary Elizabeth

Time of Muhammad	Aminah Mothers of the Believers Fatimah Ruqayyah Zaynab bint Ali Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Early Sufism	Rabia of Basra

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