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Bani Isra'il بَنِي إِسْرَائِيل

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The Children of Israel — descendants of Yaʿqub (Israel) — to whom Musa, Harun, Dawud, Sulayman, Zakariyya, Yahya, and Isa were sent as prophets; addressed extensively in the Quran with both honour and reproach.

Overview

Banū Isrāʾīl (Arabic: بَنِي إِسْرَائِيل; "Children of Israel") are the descendants of Yaʿqūb (Jacob), whose by-name was Isrāʾīl. The Quran addresses them extensively, with both honour — naming the prophets sent to them — and reproach for repeated breaches of covenant.

The major prophets sent to Bani Isra'il named in the Quran include: Yaʿqūb, Yūsuf, Musa, Hārūn, Dāwūd, Sulaymān, Ilyās, al-Yasaʿ, Yūnus, Zakariyyā, Yaḥyā, and ʿĪsā.

Quranic references

  • Surah Al-Baqarah 2:40–123 — extensive section addressing Bani Isra'il directly.
  • Surah Al-Israʾ 17 — entire surah named for the Night Journey to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā; references the Children of Israel.
  • Surah Al-Mā'idah 5:12–13, 5:20–26 — the covenant; the refusal to enter the Holy Land.
  • Surah Al-Aʿrāf 7:138–171 — extended account.
  • Surah Yunus 10:90–93 — saved across the sea.
  • Surah Ṭāhā 20:80–98 — saved, then the Calf incident.
  • Surah Al-Baqarah 2:62 — "Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans — those who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness — will have their reward with their Lord."

See also

References

  1. The Quran: Surahs Al-Baqarah 2:40–123; Al-Mā'idah 5:12–26; Al-Aʿrāf 7:138–171; Yunus 10:90–93; Al-Israʾ 17; Ṭāhā 20:80–98.
  2. Ibn Kathir, Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyāʾ, chapters on Yaʿqūb, Yūsuf, Musa, Dāwūd.