Biblical people in Islam

Cain and Abel (Arabic: هابيل,قابيل; Qābīl and Hābīl) are believed by Muslims to have been the first two sons of Adam and Eve.

The story in the Qur'an[1] is virtually the same as the Hebrew Bible narrative, saying that both the brothers were asked to offer up individual sacrifices to God.

Each of them presented a sacrifice to God but it was accepted only from Abel, because of the latter's righteous attitude and his faith and firm belief in Allah.

After the offering of their sacrifices, Cain, the wicked sibling, taunted Abel out of envy and told him that he would surely slay him.

Abel preached powerfully and reminded Cain that the punishment for murder would be that he would spend the afterlife in the fires of Hell.

Right after the murder took place, God sent a raven who scratched the ground to show Cain how to bury the bodies of the deceased.

[8] Historical examples of the righteous being slain include Zakariyya (Zechariah) and his son Yahya (John).

Thirteen years later, God announced to Abraham, now a hundred,[11] that the barren Sarah would give birth to his second son, Isaac, who would also be a prophet of the Lord.

The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews (after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three Biblical couples: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah.

That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.Many modern commentators, including Abdullah Yusuf Ali, however, feel that the tale of Balaam was different and unrelated.

[citation needed] There are debates, however, that go on about Daniel's time of preaching and some Muslims believe that he was not a prophet but instead a saintly man.

[15] When Daniel had become a noted prophet, Cyrus made him the chief of all his kingdom in order that he might teach his people the true religion.

Daniel asked the king to let him go back to Israel and re-build the Temple or Bayt Ha-Mikdash in Hebrew.

Cyrus consented to the reconstruction of the sanctuary, but refused to let him go, saying, "If I had a thousand prophets like thee, I should have them all stay with me".