YAQUB


Meaning of YAQUB in English

Jakob ( Yaqub ) was a prophet of Allah, mentioned the Qur'an and the Old Testament.

Useful information: When Ibrahim was very old the angels came to see him and said Allah was

going to give a son to him and Sarah.

Sarah could not believe it was true. She too was

old. The angels said that all things are possible

to Allah. They said the son was to be called

Ishaq. He was to be a prophet.

Sure enough, Sarah did have

a son and they called him Ishaq. he grew

up to be a great prophet.

Ishaq married a girl called Rebecca.

They had two sons, called Esau and Yaqub.

Yaqub became a great prophet.

Yaqub grew up and married Zia and they

had lots of children, both boys and girls.

His second wife Rohsie had two sons,

Yusuf and Benjamin.

Yusuf and Benjamin were very good, obedient

sons and they became Yaqub's favourites because

of their good behaviour. Yusuf too grew up

to be a prophet.

All of these great prophets were descendents of Ibrahim.

He is known as the father of all the prophets.

Muhammad (s), our great and beloved prophet,

the last of all the prophets was a descendant of Ismail.

Advanced Islamic English dictionary.      Расширенный исламский словарь английского языка.