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إِسْماعِيل

is'māʿīla

Ishmael

ইসমাঈলকে

Appears 12 times in the Qur'an#709 most frequentProper nounMasculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 71

About this word

Proper nounMasculine (mudhakkar)

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ12 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَand Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīla · 8 times
  • إِسْمَـٰعِيلَIshmaelis'māʿīla · 2 times
  • وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُand Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīlu · 1 times
  • إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ ۚIshmaelis'māʿīla · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

Surah 21:85 — Read full ayah

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.

Surah 6:86 — Read full ayah

And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.

Surah 38:48 — Read full ayah