Islamic view of Jacob

Islamic view of Jacob

"Yaqub (in Syriac: ܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ) is a common Syriac and Arabic name."The biblical figure Jacob ("circa" 1700 BC - 1653 BC?) [ [http://www.thetruthoflife.org/messengers_nooh.htm The Truth of Life ] ] [ [http://www.zainab.org/commonpages/ebooks/english/short/prophets.htm :: www.zainab.org ] ] referred to in Islam as Ya'qub (Arabic: يعقوب), is a prophet in Islam who is mentioned in the Qur'an. The Islamic view of Jacob differs from Judaism and Christianity's view of the same figure.

Yaqub was born to Ishaq (the biblical Isaac), and was thus the grandson of Ibrahim (the biblical Abraham). Yaqub was born in Canaan. Like his father and grandfather he was a prophet of God who preached the oneness of God. Yaqub had twelve sons and a daughter. His sons would go on to father the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Among his sons was another prophet named Yusuf (the biblical Joseph).

Yaqub in the Qur'an

The Qur'an does not give many details of Jacob’s life, though it says he was a righteous prophet, and of the company of the Elect and the Good, who received inspiration from God (38:47, 21:75). God perfected his favor on Jacob and his posterity as he perfected his favor on Abraham and Isaac (12:6). He was a man of might and vision (38:45) and was chosen by God to preach the Message.

The Qur'an stresses that worshiping and bowing to the one true God (Arabic: Allah) was the main legacy of Jacob and his fathers (2:132-133). The Qur'an states that salvation hinges upon this legacy rather than being Jew or Christian (See 2:130-141).

Say (O Muslims): "We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which had been sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and to Al Asbat (the twelve sons of Jacob), and that which has been given to Moses and Jesus and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islam)."

Yaqub (Jacob) is also known as Israeel and his people (Israelites) are known as Bani Israeel and mentioned in the Qur'an at several places.

Nation of Islam

In the black nationalist movement, the Nation of Islam, (which differs considerably from other, traditional forms of Islam) Jacob's name is spelled Yakub. Instead of being seen as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel he is presented as an evil scientist who created the white race by genetic experimentation on an isolated group of the original black peoples of the world, conducted on the island of Patmos. Breeding this white race took six hundred years. Yakub's progeny are destined by God to be the ruling race of the world for an allotted period of six thousand years, before the original black race regains dominance, a process that is supposed to have begun in 1914. Originating with Wallace Fard Muhammad, The prophet of the Nation of Islam, the sources of this theory have yet to be fully traced. The teachings of the Nation of Islam are regarded by mainstream Islam as blasphemy.

External links

* [http://www.jamiat.org.za/isinfo/yaqub.html Yaqub]
* [http://www.anwary-islam.com/prophet-story/yaqub.htm Prophet Yaqub (Jacob)]
* [http://ahlusunnah.org.au/articles/document.jsp?id=78 The Story of Ya'qub (Jacob)]

* [http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/Prophet/ishaaq_yaqub.htm Ishaaq (Isaac) and Yaqub (Jacob)]

References to Jacob in the Qur'an

*Appraisals for Jacob: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=6&verseBegin=84&verseEnd=84 6:84] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=50&verseEnd=50 19:50] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=21&verseBegin=72&verseEnd=72 21:72] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=21&verseBegin=73&verseEnd=73 21:73] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=38&verseBegin=45&verseEnd=45 38:45] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=38&verseBegin=46&verseEnd=46 38:46] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=38&verseBegin=47&verseEnd=47 38:47]
*Jacob's prophecy: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=4&verseBegin=163&verseEnd=163 4:163] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=6&verseBegin=84&verseEnd=84 6:84] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=6&verseEnd=6 12:6] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=19&verseBegin=49&verseEnd=49 19:49] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=21&verseBegin=73&verseEnd=73 21:73]
*Jacob's preaching [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=132&verseEnd=132 2:132] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=133&verseEnd=133 2:133] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=136&verseEnd=136 2:136] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=140&verseEnd=140 2:140] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=3&verseBegin=84&verseEnd=84 3:84] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=21&verseBegin=73&verseEnd=73 21:73]
*Food's refusal: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=3&verseBegin=93&verseEnd=93 3:93]
*Love for Joseph: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=8&verseEnd=8 12:8] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=13&verseEnd=13 12:13] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=84&verseEnd=84 12:84] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=85&verseEnd=85 12:85] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=87&verseEnd=87 12:87] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=94&verseEnd=94 12:94] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=95&verseEnd=95 12:95]
*Jacob's attributes: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=86&verseEnd=86 12:86] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=12&verseBegin=96&verseEnd=96 12:96] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=38&verseBegin=45&verseEnd=45 38:45]
*Jacob's family: [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=136&verseEnd=136 2:136] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=2&verseBegin=140&verseEnd=140 2:140] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=3&verseBegin=84&verseEnd=84 3:84] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=4&verseBegin=163&verseEnd=163 4:163] , [http://www.submission.info/servlet/qtbrowse?pickthall=true&yusufali=true&shakir=true&arabic=true&chapter=7&verseBegin=160&verseEnd=160 7:160]

ee also

*Jacob
*Biblical narratives and the Qur'an
*Prophets of Islam

Notes

References

*cite encyclopedia | editor=P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs | encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam Online | publisher=Brill Academic Publishers | id=ISSN 1573-3912


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