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THE PROPHET AL-YASA'(AS)
And Isma'il, al-Yasa', Yunus and Lut. All of them We favoured over
all beings. (Surat al-An'am, 86)
Remember Our servants Isma'il, Al-Yasa' and Dhu'l-Kifl; each of
them was among the best of men. (Surah Sâd, 48)

THE PROPHET IDRIS (AS)
Mention Idris in the Book. He was a true man and a Prophet. We
raised him up to a high place. (Surah Maryam, 56-57)
And Isma'il and Idris and Dhu'l-Kifl – each one was among the
steadfast. We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the
righteous. (Surat al-Anbiya', 85-86)

THE PROPHET ISHAQ (AS)
When he had separated himself from them, and what they wor-
shipped besides Allah, We gave him Ishaq and Ya'qub, making each of
them a Prophet. (Surah Maryam, 49)
We gave him Ishaq and Ya'qub, each of whom We guided. And be-
fore him We had guided Nuh. And among his descendants were
Dawud and Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun. That is
how We recompense the good-doers. (Surat al-An'am, 84)

THE PROPHET YA'QUB (AS)
Ibrahim directed his sons to this, as did Ya'qub: 'My sons! Allah has
chosen this religion for you, so do not die except as Muslims.' Or were
you present when death came to Ya'qub and he said to his sons, 'What
will you worship when I have gone?' They said, 'We will worship your
God, the God of your forefathers, Ibrahim, Isma'il and Ishaq – one
God. We are Muslims submitted to Him.' (Surat al-Baqara, 132-133)
Say, 'We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and
what was sent down to Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub and
the Tribes, and what Musa and 'Isa were given, and what all the
Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between
any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him.' (Surat al-Baqara, 136)
Or do they say that Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub and