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Several parables or pieces of narrative appear in the Quran, often with similar motifs to Jewish and Christian traditions which may predate those in the Quran. [1]Some included legends are the story of Cain and Abel (sura al-Ma'idah, of Abraham destroying idols (sura al-Anbiya 57), of Solomon's conversation with an ant (sura an-Naml), the story of the Seven Sleepers, and several stories about ...
Khidr (Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر), described but not mentioned by name in the Quran Shamʿūn (Arabic: شَمْعُون ٱبْن حَمُّون, Peter , apostle of Jesus Christ ( 'Isa ibn Maryam ) Contemporaries, relatives or followers of Prophets
In the Syriac story Alexander tested the sea by sending condemned prisoners into it, while the Quran refers to this as an administration of justice. In the East both the Syrian legend and the Quran, according to Ernst, have Alexander/ Dhu al-Qarnayn find a people who live so close to the rising sun that they have no protection from its heat. [32]
Appears in the legend of Solomon. (Genie or demon) Salsa'il, guardian angel of the fourth heaven. [39] (Angel) Shamka'il, an angel of the sixth heaven. (Angel) Sharahil, angel responsible for the day and the sun, Sarahiel. (Angel) Shayateen, evil spirits, tempting humans into sin. Usually the offspring of Iblis, sometimes spirits cast out of ...
The two types of myth and legends that make up Islamic mythology are cosmogony and eschatology. Cosmogony is a part of cosmogonic and cosmological myths, which are myths that deal in matters of the creation and origins of the universe, and more specially, the world. [3]
The Hadīth Dhī ʾl-Qarnayn (or Hadith Dhulqarnayn), also known as the Leyenda de Alejandro, is an anonymous Hispano-Arabic legend of Alexander the Great (whom it identifies as Dhu al-Qarnayn, a figure known from the eighteenth chapter of the Quran). It dates to the 15th century. [1]
In the Quran, Surah 15:27 and 55:15, jânn (in contrast to many translations of the Quran using the term jinn instead) is said to be created from fire, and taken to be the ancestor of all jinn. Mufassir (authorized exegetes of the Quran) disagree if this refers to Iblis or to a separate creature who is father of all jinn, in contrast to Iblis ...
In the Qissat, Dhulqarnayn travels extensively across the world and reaches Asia, Africa, India, and more.Growing up, he is tutored by Aristotle.He gains a reputation for wisdom and soon receives a visit from an angel named Zayaqil (Raphael), which is lower in the hierarchy of Islamic angels compared to Gabriel, the angel that Muslims believe visited Muhammad.