Ismail (name)
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Ismail is the Arabic name of the English name Ishmael
Ishmael (disambiguation)
Ishmael refers to the son of Abraham, in the context of Abrahamic religions.Ishmael may also refer to:People:* Ishmael son of Nataniah, the murderer of Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar II:s governor of the Yehud province, erected on the ruins of Kingdom of Judah, immediately after its fall.* Ishmael , a...

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Etymology and meaning

The literal translation of the name Ismail is heard by Allah or God has heard and it refers to the yearning of Ibrahim
Abraham
Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

 and his wife, Sarah
Sarah
Sarah or Sara was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai...

, to have a child. Ismail's mother, Hagar
Hagar (Bible)
Hagar , according to the Abrahamic faiths, was the second wife of Abraham, and the mother of his first son, Ishmael. Her story is recorded in the Book of Genesis, mentioned in Hadith, and alluded to in the Qur'an...

 was the handmaiden of the Princess. Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

, a descendant of Ismail who was sent the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

 by Allah
Allah
Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...

, became the final messenger, and so the name Ismail is often taken to mean the fulfillment of a divine promise resulting from prayer being heard.

Given name

  • Ismail, an Islamic prophet, son of Ibrahim
  • Ismail (mangonel expert)
    Ismail (mangonel expert)
    Ismail was a Muslim Iraqi mangonel expert who served in Kublai Khan’s army in the conquest of the Southern Song Dynasty.In 1271 Kublai Khan dispatched envoys to obtain persons skilled in the management of mangonels from his kinsman Abaqa, the Ilkhan in Persia...

     (died 1330), Iraqi mangonel expert
  • Esmail (Afghan leader), Afghan leader
  • Ismail I
    Ismail I
    Ismail I , known in Persian as Shāh Ismāʿil , was a Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736. Isma'il started his campaign in Azerbaijan in 1500 as the leader of the Safaviyya, an extremist heterodox Twelver Shi'i militant religious order and unified all of Iran...

    , the founder of the Safavid dynasty
  • Isma'il Beg
    Isma'il Beg
    Isma'il Beg , was a uighur who dislodged Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim troops from Aksu on May 31, 1933. He was then appointed Tao-yin of Aksu. He was a supporter of the Khotan Emirs Abdullah Bughra and his brothers.-References:...

    , Uyghur rebel leader
  • İsmail Acar
    Ismail Acar
    İsmail Acar is a Turkish painter. He graduated with honors in 1991 from Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1993, Acar received his Master of Arts degree in "Technology and Art", as well as in "Postmodernism"....

    , Turkish painter
  • Ismail Akbay
    Ismail Akbay
    Ismail Akbay was the first Turk who worked for NASA. He was born in Mudanya near Bursa, Turkey on October 17, 1930. Early on, Akbay was recognized as a gifted child with exceptional mental aptitude. He graduated from Bursa Erkek Lisesi and Haydarpaşa Lisesi before choosing to move to the United...

    , Turkish scientist
  • Esmail Babolian
    Esmail Babolian
    Esmail Babolian is an Iranian numerical analyst, best known as the pioneer professor of numerical analysis in Iran, which is an important branch in applied mathematics. He has published over 60 international papers up to date in different subjects of numerical analysis.-References:...

    , Iranian numerical analyst
  • Ismail Balkhi
    Ismail Balkhi
    Sayed Ismail Balkhi was one of the most prominent reformist leaders in 20th century Afghanistan. An innovative poet and well-known mystic, charismatic political leader and untiring reformist; Balkhi is undoubtedly the figurehead of modern Hazara history....

    , Afghan politician
  • İsmail Beşikçi
    Ismail Besikçi
    İsmail Beşikçi is a Turkish scholar. He is a PEN Honorary Member. He has served 17 years in prison on propaganda charges stemming from his writings about the Kurdish population in Turkey....

    , Turkish scholar
  • Esmail Davarfar
    Esmail Davarfar
    Esmail Davarfar was an Iranian actor, born in March 1933 in Tehran, Iran and died on 4 May 2008. He graduated from the faculty of Dramatic Arts at Tehran University. Later he traveled to the United States to pursue his professional career....

    , Iranian actor
  • Ismail Enver
    Ismail Enver
    Enver Pasha or Ismail Enver Pasha , title was changed with his military ranks such as Enver Efendi , Enver Bey , Enver Pasha, higher than Mirliva) was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution...

    , Turkish military officer
  • Ismail Fahmi
    Ismail Fahmi
    Ismail Fahmi was an Egyptian diplomat and politician. He served as an Egyptian ambassador to Austria - 1968-1971, Egyptian tourism minister - 1973, Egyptian foreign minister - 1973-1977, deputy prime minister of Egypt - 1975-1977. He was awarded to professorship. He resigned from the government in...

    , Egyptian diplomat
  • İsmail Güldüren
    Ismail Güldüren
    İsmail Güldüren is a Turkish footballer.-Career:Güldüren currently plays for Giresunspor as a secondary captain next to Emrah Eren. He previously played for Gençlerbirliği, Ankaraspor, Fenerbahçe, Bursaspor and Konyaspor. He plays left back and full back...

    , Turkish footballer
  • Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi is a footballer from the United Arab Emirates . He currently plays for Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai.-International goals:-External links:*...

    , Emirati footballer
  • Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian politician
  • Ismail Kadare
    Ismail Kadare
    Ismail Kadare is an Albanian writer. He is known for his novels, although he was first noticed for his poetry collections. In the 1960s he focused on short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army. In 1996 he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral...

    , Albanian novelist
  • İsmail Kartal
    Ismail Kartal
    İsmail Kartal is a former Turkish footballer and current assistant manager of Fenerbahçe where he played 10 seasons in the Turkish Super Lig.-International career:...

    , Turkish footballer
  • İsmail Köybaşı
    İsmail Köybaşı
    İsmail Köybaşı is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a left wingback for Beşiktaş in the Süper Lig.-Early life and club career:...

    , Turkish footballer
  • Esmail Koushan
    Esmail Koushan
    Esmail Koushan or Kooshan is a one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. He has been called "the father of the Iranian film industry" by Georges Sadoul....

    , Iranian film director
  • Isma'il ibn Jafar, Imam of Ismaili Shia's
  • Ismail Necmi
    Ismail Necmi
    Ismail Necmi is a Turkish independent photographer and filmmaker.-Career:Born in Turkey, Ismail Necmi works as an independent filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. After graduating in Law from Istanbul University, he collaborated on a number of movies, shorts and documentaries...

    , Turkish photographer
  • İsmail Ogan
    Ismail Ogan
    İsmail Ogan , is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Welterweight class and a trainer...

    , Turkish sport wrestler
  • Isma'il Pasha
    Isma'il Pasha
    Isma'il Pasha , known as Ismail the Magnificent , was the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of the United Kingdom...

     (1830–1895), Wali and khedive of Egypt
  • Ismail Patel
    Ismail Patel
    Ismail Patel is a British optician, and founder of Friends of Al-Aqsa, in Leicester, about 1995.He is an advisory board member of the Conflicts Forum, director of IslamExpo, and a member of the Special Advisory Board of Clear Conscience....

    , British optician
  • Ismail Samani, Amir of the Samanids
  • Ismail Ibn Sharif
    Ismail Ibn Sharif
    Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif was the second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty. Like others of the dynasty, Ismaïl claimed to be a descendant of Muhammad through his roots to Hassan ibn Ali...

    , Moroccan sultan
  • Esmail Shooshtari
    Esmail Shooshtari
    Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari was the Minister of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran for 1997-2005.He used to be in the Majles of Iran....

    , Iranian politician
  • İsmail Türüt
    Ismail Türüt
    İsmail Türüt is a Turkish folk singer from the Black Sea Region.-Albums:*Laz Uşağı* Komşu Kızı Lazmısın Çerkezmisin*Ondan Kaynana Olmaz*Çay Güzeli* Güzellere Bayram Var Hamsi*Kara Sevdalı Fatma*Zorla Güzellik Olmaz...

    , Turkish singer
  • Ismail Qemali
    Ismail Qemali
    Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora or commonly Ismail Qemali and in Turkish İsmail Kemal Bey or İsmail Kemal Vlora , was a distinguished leader of the Albanian national movement, founder of the modern Albanian state and its first head of state and government.-Life:He was born in Avlonya to a noble family...

    , distinguished leader of the Albanian national movement
  • Esmail Zanjani
    Esmail Zanjani
    Esmail D. Zanjani is a professor and medical researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno.His research involves growing human cells within sheep embryos. In March 2007, it was announced that Zanjani had created a human-sheep chimera...

    , American academic

Surname

  • Abdul Fattah Ismail
    Abdul Fattah Ismail
    Abd al-Fattah Ismail Ali Al-Jawfi was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Council, head of state of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, and founder, chief ideologue, and first leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980.Born in July 1939 in...

    , Yemeni politician
  • Hamid Ismail
    Hamid Ismail
    Hamid Ismail Khalifa1 is a Qatari Footballer who can play at right back and on the right wing. He currently plays for Qatari club Al Rayyan of the Qatar Stars League and the Qatar national football team.-International career:...

    , Qatari footballer
  • Mourad Ismail
    Mourad Ismail
    Mourad E. H. Ismail is a mathematician working on orthogonal polynomials who introduced Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials, Chihara-Ismail polynomials and Rogers–Askey–Ismail polynomials....

    , Mathematician
  • Mohammed Ismail, Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee
  • Mustafa Ismail
    Mustafa Ismail
    - Early life :Shaykh Mustafa Ismael is one of the most well known Qaris . He was born in a village called Mit Gazal, a village near Tanta in Egypt on 17 June 1905 and his parents named him Mustafa, he was raised by his grandfather....

    , Egyptian Qur'an reciter
  • Mustafa Osman Ismail
    Mustafa Osman Ismail
    Mustafa Osman Ismail is a former Sudanese politcian. Ismail was the foreign minister of Sudan from 18 February 1998 to 18 September 2005....

    , Sudanese politician
  • Raghib "Rocket" Ismail
    Raghib Ismail
    Raghib Ramadian Ismail is a retired professional American and Canadian football player, who played Wide receiver in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. He played college football at Notre Dame...

    , an NCAA and NFL football player
  • Qadry Ismail
    Qadry Ismail
    Qadry "The Missile" Ismail is a former National Football League wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, and the Indianapolis Colts in a 10 year career that lasted from 1993 to 2002...

    , an NCAA and NFL football player
  • Sulaiman Ismail
    Sulaiman Ismail
    Sulaiman "The Bomb" Ismail is a former professional American Football player, and the younger brother of Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail and Qadry "The Missile" Ismail. He played collegiately as a walk-on at the University of Texas-El Paso in 1995. On February 14, 2001, he signed a three-year contract...

    ,an Arena Football League player
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