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.