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Y and beyond Ishaq, Ya‘qub. (11:71)
(Zakariyya said, ‘My Lord,) I fear my relatives
YA‘QUB (AS) (JACOB) when I am gone and my wife is barren, so give
me an heir from You to be my inheritor and the
Ibrahim directed his sons to this, as did Ya‘qub:
inheritor of the family of Ya‘qub, and make him,
‘My sons! Allah has chosen this religion for you,
my Lord, pleasing to You.’ (19:5-6)
so do not die except as Muslims.’ (2:132)
When he had separated himself from them, and
Or were you present when death came to Ya‘qub
what they worshipped besides Allah, We gave
and he said to his sons, ‘What will you worship
him Ishaq and Ya‘qub, making each of them a
when I have gone?’ They said, ‘We will worship
Prophet. (19:49)
your God, the God of your forefathers, Ibrahim,
Those are some of the Prophets Allah has
Isma‘il and Ishaq–one God. We are Muslims sub-
blessed, from the descendants of Adam and from
mitted to Him.’ (2:133)
those We carried with Nuh, and from the descen-
Say, ‘We believe in Allah and what has been sent
dants of Ibrahim and Isra’il (Ya‘qub) and from
down to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim
those We guided and chose. When the Signs of
and Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes,
the All-Merciful were recited to them they fell on
and what Musa and ‘Isa were given, and what all
their faces, weeping, in prostration. (19:58)
the Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not
We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub and placed
differentiate between any of them. We are
Prophethood and the Book among his progeny.
Muslims submitted to Him.’ (2:136)
We gave him his reward in this world and in the
Or do they say that Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq
hereafter he will be among the righteous. (29:27)
and Ya‘qub and the Tribes were Jews or
And in addition to that We gave him Ishaq and
Christians? Say, ‘Do you know better or does
Ya‘qub and made both of them righteous. We
Allah?’ Who could do greater wrong than some-
made them leaders, guiding by Our command,
one who hides the evidence he has been given
and revealed to them how to do good actions
by Allah? Allah is not unaware of what you do.
and perform prayer and give the alms, and they
(2:140)
worshipped Us. (21:72-73)
Say, ‘We believe in Allah and what has been sent
And remember Our servants Ibrahim, Ishaq and
down to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim,
Ya‘qub, men of true strength and inner sight. We
Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and
purified their sincerity through sincere remem-
what Musa and ‘Isa and all the Prophets were
brance of the Abode. In Our eyes they are among
given by their Lord. We do not differentiate be-
the best of chosen men. (38:45-47)
tween any of them. We are Muslims submitted to
Him.’ (3:84)
YA‘UQ
We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh
They have hatched a mighty plot saying, "Do not
and the Prophets who came after him. And We
abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd or
revealed to Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and
Suwa‘ or Yaghuth or Ya‘uq or Nasr." (71:22-23)
Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and ‘Isa and Ayyub and
Yunus and Harun and Sulayman. And We gave
YAGHUTH
Dawud the Zabur. (4:163)
They have hatched a mighty plot saying, "Do not
We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub, each of whom
abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd or
We guided. And before him We had guided Nuh.
Suwa‘ or Yaghuth or Ya‘uq or Nasr." (71:22-23)
And among his descendants were Dawud and
Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun.
YAHYA (AS) (JOHN)
That is how We recompense the good-doers.
Then and there Zakariyya called on his Lord and
(6:84)
said, ‘O Lord, grant me by Your favour an upright
His wife was standing there and she laughed out
child. You are the Hearer of Prayer.’ The angels
loud. So We gave her the good news of Ishaq,
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