Ishak (name)

Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq (إسحاق / ALA-LC: Isḥāq) is a surname and masculine given name, the Arabic form of Isaac. Ishak (Isaac) was the son of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Sarah, patriarchs in the Bible and the Quran. The name Ishak means ‘One who laughs’ because Sarah laughed when the angel told them that they would have a child (since she was very old).

People with this given name

 * Shaikh Isak Rajjak Shaikh, Chancellor of Razaaq University Consortium, Indian Philosopher, author and human rights activist
 * Sheikh Ishaaq bin Ahmed, an Sharif Islamic scholar and was the forefather and common ancestor of the Somali Isaaq clan-family in the Horn of Africa
 * İshak Alaton, Turkish businessman
 * Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
 * Ishaq Bux, Indian actor
 * Ishaq Dar, Pakistani politician
 * Ishaq Darwish (1896–1974), Palestinian politician
 * Ishak Efendi, Ottoman engineer and translator
 * Ishak Haleva, Turkish rabbi
 * Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957), Iranian politician
 * Ishak Ali Moussa, Algerian footballer
 * Ishak Haji Muhammad, Malaysian writer
 * Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan politician


 * Early Islamic era
 * Ishaq ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi, was the Abbasid governor and official.
 * Ishaq ibn Musa al-Hadi, was an Abbasid prince and son of Caliph al-Hadi.
 * Ishaq al-Mawsili, (767–850) was an Arab musician of Persian origin
 * Ishaq ibn al-Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi, Abbasid governor of Yemen.
 * Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, (778–852) was an early Islamic scholar.
 * Ishaq Ibn Imran, (died 903) was an Arab physician during Abbasid era.
 * Ishaq Al-Ruhawi 9th-century Arab physician and the author of the medical ethics book in Arabic medicine.
 * Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, (died July 850) was the chief of security (Shurtah) in Baghdad during the Abbasid era.
 * Ishaq ibn Kundaj, Abbasid general and governor
 * Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir, (died March 988) was an Abbasid prince and father of caliph Al-Qadir (r. 991–1031)
 * Ishaq ibn al-Muttaqi, was an Abbasid prince and son of caliph of Baghdad Al-Muttaqi, who ruled from 940 to 944.

People with this surname

 * Early Islamic era
 * Ibn Abi Ishaq, first grammarian of the Arabic language
 * Ibn Ishaq (or Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār), Arab Muslim historian who wrote a biography of Muhammad
 * Muhammad ibn Ishaq, (850–851) was the chief of security (Shurtah) in Baghdad during Abbasid era.
 * Hunayn ibn Ishaq, (809–873) was Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group of translators.
 * Baba Ishak, 13th century Turkish rebel and false Prophet.
 * Modern times
 * Aziz Ishak, Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and journalist
 * Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
 * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, Algerian cosmologist
 * Mohammad Ishaq, Pakistani cricketer
 * Samar Ishaq, Pakistani footballer
 * Sara Ishaq, a Scottish-Yemeni film maker
 * Shahril Ishak, Singaporean footballer
 * Yahya Al-e Eshaq, Iranian politician
 * Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician
 * Zunera Ishaq, Canadian woman in niqab controversy