Deviated Path — گمراہی
Total: 21
Understanding why they deviated is as important as understanding why the righteous succeeded. The Quran presents them as warnings, not as targets for hatred.
| # | Name | Type | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iblis (Satan) | Jinn | Pre-human creation; ongoing until … |
| 2 | Wife of Nuh | Person | Time of Nuh |
| 3 | Son of Nuh (Kan’an) | Person | Time of Nuh, the flood |
| 4 | Azar (Father of Ibrahim) | Person | Time of Ibrahim |
| 5 | Nimrod (Namrud) | Person | Time of Ibrahim, ancient Mesopotam… |
| 6 | Wife of Lut | Person | Time of Lut |
| 7 | Fir’awn (Pharaoh) | Person | Egypt, time of Musa |
| 8 | Haman | Person | Time of Musa, Egypt |
| 9 | Qarun (Korah) | Person | Time of Musa, among Bani Israel |
| 10 | Al-Samiri | Person | Time of Musa, Sinai |
| 11 | Abu Lahab | Person | Before Islam, Makkah, died 624 CE |
| 12 | Umm Jamil (Wife of Abu Lahab) | Person | Makkah, time of early Islam |
| 13 | Abu Jahl | Person | Makkah, died 624 CE at Battle of B… |
| 14 | Qabil (Cain) | Person | First generation of humanity |
| 15 | Jalut (Goliath) | Person | Ancient Palestine, time of Dawud |
| 16 | People of Aad | Group / Nation | Ancient Arabia, pre-Ibrahim |
| 17 | People of Thamud | Group / Nation | Ancient Arabia, post-Hud era |
| 18 | People of Lut | Group / Nation | Time of Ibrahim and Lut |
| 19 | People of Midian | Group / Nation | Ancient Midian (northwest Arabia) |
| 20 | People of the Sabbath | Group / Nation | Ancient Israelite history |
| 21 | The Hypocrites | Group / Nation | Madinah period of early Islam |
Details
Iblis (Satan) — إِبْلِيس — ابلیس
Era: Pre-human creation; ongoing until Day of Judgment
Reason: Refused to prostrate to Adam out of arrogance; declared enemy of humanity until Day of Judgment (7:11-18)
Tags: shaytan jinn story_adam kibr
Wife of Nuh — امرأة نوح — نوح کی بیوی
Era: Time of Nuh
Reason: Disbelieved and betrayed her prophet husband; cited as a warning example in 66:10
Tags: story_nuh women family kufr amanah warnings parables
Son of Nuh (Kan’an) — ابن نوح — نوح کا بیٹا
Era: Time of Nuh, the flood
Reason: Refused to board the ark; trusted in his own plan (mountain) over Allah’s salvation; drowned (11:42-43)
Tags: story_nuh family kufr kibr history_lessons
Azar (Father of Ibrahim) — آزَر — آزر
Era: Time of Ibrahim
Reason: Idol-maker who rejected his own son’s sincere call to tawheed; died on shirk (9:114)
Tags: story_ibrahim shirk parents family dawah kufr
Nimrod (Namrud) — النَّمْرُود — نمرود
Era: Time of Ibrahim, ancient Mesopotamia
Reason: Claimed divinity, threw Ibrahim into fire, argued with Ibrahim about the Lord of life and death (2:258)
Tags: story_ibrahim oppression kibr shirk leadership
Wife of Lut — امرأة لوط — لوط کی بیوی
Era: Time of Lut
Reason: Sided with the people of transgression; looked back in disobedience and was destroyed; cited as a warning in 66:10
Tags: story_lut women family kufr amanah warnings parables
Fir’awn (Pharaoh) — فِرْعَوْن — فرعون
Era: Egypt, time of Musa
Reason: Claimed divinity (‘I am your highest lord’ 79:24), enslaved Bani Israel, killed male babies, rejected every sign, drowned — his deathbed declaration rejected (10:90-91)
Tags: story_musa oppression kibr shirk leadership history_lessons
Haman — هَامَان — ہامان
Era: Time of Musa, Egypt
Reason: Chief minister and architect of Fir’awn’s tyranny; built the tower to ‘reach Allah’ in mockery; destroyed with Fir’awn (28:8)
Tags: story_musa oppression leadership kibr
Qarun (Korah) — قَارُون — قارون
Era: Time of Musa, among Bani Israel
Reason: Given immense wealth but attributed it to his own knowledge/merit; rejected advice; swallowed with his treasures into the earth (28:81)
Tags: story_musa wealth kibr shukr dunya history_lessons
Al-Samiri — السَّامِرِيّ — سامری
Era: Time of Musa, Sinai
Reason: Seduced Bani Israel into worshipping the golden calf; crafted a lie about taking dust from the messenger’s footstep; condemned to isolation (20:96-97)
Tags: story_musa story_bani_israil shirk trial_test
Abu Lahab — أَبُو لَهَب — ابو لہب
Era: Before Islam, Makkah, died 624 CE
Reason: The only person condemned by name in the Quran (111:1-5); active enemy of the Prophet ﷺ despite being his uncle
Tags: story_muhammad kufr family wealth jahannam
Umm Jamil (Wife of Abu Lahab) — أُمّ جَمِيل — ام جمیل
Era: Makkah, time of early Islam
Reason: Condemned alongside her husband in Surah Al-Masad (111:4-5) as the carrier of thorns who will carry a rope of twisted fiber in Hell
Tags: story_muhammad women oppression kufr jahannam
Abu Jahl — أَبُو جَهْل — ابو جہل
Era: Makkah, died 624 CE at Battle of Badr
Reason: One of the most violent persecutors of early Muslims; killed at Badr; referenced in 96:9-18
Tags: story_muhammad oppression kufr kibr battle_badr
Qabil (Cain) — قَابِيل — قابیل
Era: First generation of humanity
Reason: Killed his brother out of envy; committed the first murder; burdened with the sin of all who follow his method (5:30-32)
Tags: story_adam hasad criminal_law family
Jalut (Goliath) — جَالُوت — جالوت
Era: Ancient Palestine, time of Dawud
Reason: Giant warrior and oppressor defeated by young Dawud; symbol of oppressive power overcome by faith
Tags: story_bani_israil story_dawud conflict oppression
People of Aad — قَوْم عَاد — قوم عاد
Era: Ancient Arabia, pre-Ibrahim
Reason: Rejected prophet Hud; boasted of their power; destroyed by a violent wind lasting seven nights and eight days
Tags: story_hud kibr kufr history_lessons
People of Thamud — قَوْم ثَمُود — قوم ثمود
Era: Ancient Arabia, post-Hud era
Reason: Hamstrung the she-camel of Allah despite warning; destroyed by a blast three days after the warning
Tags: story_salih kufr miracles history_lessons
People of Lut — قَوْم لُوط — قوم لوط
Era: Time of Ibrahim and Lut
Reason: Normalized sexual transgression, rejected their prophet, and tried to assault the angelic guests; their cities were overturned
Tags: story_lut haya kufr history_lessons
People of Midian — أَهْل مَدْيَن — اہل مدین
Era: Ancient Midian (northwest Arabia)
Reason: Cheated in weights and measures, robbed travelers, rejected Shuayb; destroyed by the earthquake
Tags: story_shuayb trade kufr history_lessons
People of the Sabbath — أَصْحَاب السَّبْت — اصحاب السبت
Era: Ancient Israelite history
Reason: Used deception to violate the Sabbath prohibition; transformed into apes as divine punishment (7:163-166)
Tags: story_bani_israil trial_test dawah history_lessons
The Hypocrites — الْمُنَافِقُون — منافقین
Era: Madinah period of early Islam
Reason: Outward profession of Islam with inner disbelief; described as in the lowest depths of Hell (4:145); a surah named for them (Al-Munafiqun)
Tags: nifaq jahannam story_muhammad battle_uhud battle_ahzab expedition_tabuk