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The shrine of Ezekiel was there, and the Jews came to it on pilgrimage. If we accept "Dhu al-Kifl" to be not an epithet, but an Arabicised form of "Ezekiel", it fits the context, Ezekiel was a prophet in Israel who was carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after his second attack on Jerusalem (about B.C. 599).
Ezekiel (Arabic: حزقيال; "Ḥazqiyāl" [b]) is recognized as a prophet in Islamic tradition. Although not mentioned by name in the Quran, Muslim scholars, both classical [c] and modern [d] have included Ezekiel in lists of the prophets of Islam. The Quran mentions a prophet called Dhū al-Kifl [e] (ذو الكفل). Although Dhu al-Kifl's ...
Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron, [10] Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two prophetic households in spirit.
He is mentioned in the Quran, [156] but he is not specified to have been a prophet, although many Islamic scholars hold Uzair to be one of the prophets. [157] [158] He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat (the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book). Ezra: Imrān عِمْرَان
The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of Al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel. A project to renovate the tomb and develop it as a tourist attraction has proven controversial. [2]
[47] The Gospels of Matthew and John both present Jesus as being the "prophet like Moses" from Deuteronomy 18 [48] and Acts 3:15–23 [49] states that Jesus is the one Moses was talking about in Deuteronomy 18:18.
The larger complex has been extensively redeveloped since the 2003 invasion of Iraq; it is widely regarded by Muslims to be the resting place of Dhul-Kifl, an unknown Islamic prophet who is often identified with Ezekiel, and work was reportedly underway to convert the site's disused synagogue into a mosque.
Others have stated that they could possibly refer to the Book of the Wars of the Lord, [21] a lost text spoken of in the Old Testament or Tanakh in the Book of Numbers. [24] The verse mentioning the "Scriptures" is in Quran 87:18-19 where they are referred to, alongside the Scrolls of Abraham , to have been "Books of Earlier Revelation".