In an
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic context, Bani Isra'il ( ''Banī Isrā'īl'' "The children of Israel") (
Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew ( or ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite languages, Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Isra ...
: ''b'nei yisrael'', בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) refers to the
Israelites
Israelites were a Hebrew language, Hebrew-speaking ethnoreligious group, consisting of tribes that lived in Canaan during the Iron Age.
Modern scholarship describes the Israelites as emerging from indigenous Canaanites, Canaanite populations ...
.
It is also used to refer to:
* Descendants of the 12
sons of Jacob
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...
, including Joseph
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Ten Lost Tribes
The Ten Lost Tribes were those from the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been exiled from the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel after it was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire around 720 BCE. They were the following ...
. Those from the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been exiled from the Kingdom of Israel after it was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire around 720 BCE
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Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( , ) are described in the Hebrew Bible as being the descendants of Jacob, a Patriarchs (Bible), Hebrew patriarch who was a son of Isaac and thereby a grandson of Abraham. Jacob, later known as Israel (name), Israel, ...
. In this context Israel refers to the prophet Yaqoub who was also known as Jacob and Israel. The twelve tribes are tribes that descended from him.
See also
* Surat Bani Isra'il or
Al-Isra'
Al-Isra'ʾ (), also known as Banī Isrāʾīl (), is the 17th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 111 verses ( āyāt). The word refers to the Night Journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and about the Children of Israel. This surāh is ...
, chapter of the Quran
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Qubur Bani Isra'il, "Tombs of the Children of Israel" in West Bank
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Bani Israël
Bani Israël is a village in the rural commune of Kataba I, in the Bignona Department of the Ziguinchor Region of southwestern Senegal. In 2002 it had a population of 74.
History
The residents of Bani Israël are almost entirely Islam in Senegal, ...
, a village in Senegal
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Bene Israel
The Bene Israel (), also referred to as the "Teli, Shanivar Teli" () or "History of the Jews in India, Native Jew" caste, are a community of Jews in India. It has been suggested that they are the descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes via t ...
, a community of Jews in India
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Banu Israil
The Banu Israil or Bani Israili are a Muslim community of Jewish origin. Their name means "Children of Israel", and the community claims descent from the Jewish community of Madinah. They belong to the Shaikh caste and typically carry the su ...
, another Jewish community in India
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Ben-Israel
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B'nai Israel (disambiguation), various congregations
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Ben Yehuda (disambiguation)
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Bar Yehuda
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Ben-Israel
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Isawa (Nigeria)
The Bani Isra'ila, most commonly known as the Isawa, was an Islamic sect that originated in the Sokoto Caliphate (today in Northern Nigeria) that believed Jesus in Islam, Isa (Jesus) to be the greatest among Prophets and messengers in Islam, the p ...
, Islamic sect who called themselves Bani Isra'ila
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