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Shuayb
Shuaib, Shoaib, Shuayb or Shuʿayb ( ar, شعيب, ; meaning: "who shows the right path") is an ancient Midianite ''Nabi'' (Prophet) in Islam, and the most revered prophet in the Druze faith. Shuayb is traditionally identified with the Biblical Jethro, Moses' father-in-law. Shuaib is mentioned in the Quran a total of 11 times. He is believed to have lived after Ibrahim (Abraham), and Muslims believe that he was sent as a prophet to a community: the Midianites, who are also known as the ''Aṣḥāb al-Aykah'' ("Companions of the Wood"), since they used to worship a large tree. To the people, Shuaib proclaimed the straight path and warned the people to end their fraudulent ways. When the community did not repent, Allāh (God) destroyed the community. Shuaib is understood by Muslims to have been one of the few Arabian prophets mentioned by name in the Qur'an, the others being Saleh, Hud, and Muhammad. It is said that he was known by Muslims as "the eloquent preacher amongst th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabi Shu'ayb
Nabi Shuʿayb (also transliteration, transliterated Neby Shoaib, Nabi Shuaib, or Nebi Shu'eib, meaning "the Prophet Shuaib"), known in English as Jethro's tomb, is a religious shrine west of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee, containing the purported tomb of prophet Shuaib, Shuayb, identified with the biblical Jethro (biblical figure), Jethro, Moses' father-in-law. The complex hosting the tomb is the most important religious site in the Druze religion. A Druze Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb, religious festival takes place in the shrine every year in April. The Prophet Shuaib, Shuayb was an object of traditional veneration by the Druze through Palestine. The shrine figured down to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Israeli-Arab war of 1948 as a place where Druze took vows (''nidhr'') and made ''ziyarat'' ("pilgrimages"). After the 1948 war, Israel placed the Maqam (shrine), ''maqam'' (shrine) under exclusive Druze care.Mahmoud Yazbak, 'Holy shrines (''maqamat'') in modern Palestine/Israel and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
