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Ya'qub (Jacob)

يعقوب

Son of Ishaq, father of Yusuf — named in Bukhari's prophetic chain 1.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Prophets

Place in the story

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, Abu al-Asbat and father of Yusuf. He is among the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an, as the museum's data records 1.

Lineage

He is the son of Ishaq. al-Bukhari mentions him in the prophetic chain with the words: "the generous son of the generous son of the generous son of the generous" 1.

Notes

  • Linking him to the verses of the Qur'an needs an additional source.

Connections

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Child of
Ishaq (Isaac)
Parent of
Yusuf (Joseph)

People and things also explored

Ibrahim (Abraham)· Prophet Joseph· Ishaq (Isaac)· Yusuf (Joseph)· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3382
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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Ibrahim (Abraham)

The patriarch of the Adnani Arabs in the sira’s telling: emigrant from Ur of the Chaldeans to Harran and then Palestine, who settled Hajar and the infant Ismail in the barren valley of Mecca, visited them on recorded journeys, submitted to the command of the sacrifice, and raised the foundations of the Kaaba with his son before calling mankind to the hajj.