Bani Isra'il
Isrā’īl: Yaʿqub and Isrā’īl are the same person in the Hebrew scriptures yet no such claim is made in the Qur’an. Claim that Qur’an maintains that Banī Isrā’īl are descended from one man (Isrā’īl) formed by analogy from how the names of other tribes are formed (i.e. on the name of their founding father) — see 19:58 where Isrā’īl is named: أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّـهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا Those are they whom God favoured among the prophets of the progeny of Adam, and of those We bore with Noah, and of the progeny of Abraham and Israel ¹ , and of those We guided and chose. When the proofs of the Almighty were recited to them, they fell down in submission weeping. (19:58) 1: Arguments are advanced in certain quarters that Israel is a personality distinct fr...
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