Al Kifl (Arabic: الكفل; also known as Kifl) is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of Al-Nukhailah Mosque, containing the tomb of Dhu al-Kifl who is believed to be the biblical prophet Ezekiel. A project to renovate the tomb and develop it as a tourist attraction has proven controversial.[2] The town was once a significant Jewish pilgrimage site and home to a community of Iraqi Jews until the late 1940s.[3]
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^Porter, Lizzie (26 March 2019). "Babylon's forgotten tomb, a symbol of Iraq's ancient Jewish heritage". Middle East Eye.
AlKifl (Arabic: الكفل; also known as Kifl) is a town in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah. The population in and...
broken ...... etc. (Ezekiel, 34:2–4)." "Dhū al-Kifl" is also romanised as "Dhul-Kifl", "Zu al-Kifl", and "Zul-Kifl" Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary...
Kifl may refer to: AlKifl, a town in southern Iraq Dhul-Kifl, a person variously considered to be a Muslim prophet or righteous man Arabic: kifl, an...
Abrahamic prophet Ezekiel is reputed to be located in a nearby village, AlKifl. It became a major administrative centre during the rule of the Ottoman...
AlKifl Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الكفل الاولمبي) is a multi-use stadium in Babylon, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as...
Kifl Haris (Arabic: كفل حارس) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus...
(tafsir), hadith, historiographic collections like that of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and Isra'iliyat (Islamic texts about Biblical or ancient Israelite...
–51010—سدة الهندية AlKifl –51011—الكفل Al Hashimiyah –51012—الهاشمية Al-Qasim –51013—القاسم Al Showmali –51014—الشوملي Abi Gharaq –51015—ابي غرق Al Midhatiya...
" is common in Arabic phraseology, such as in Dhu al-Qarnayn, Dhu al-Kifl, Dhu al-Qadah and Dhu al-Hijjah. The meaning of faqār (فَقَار), means "splitter...
Dhu al-Kifl has been identified with Buddha. The meaning of Dhu al-Kifl is still debated, but, according to this theory, it means “the man from Kifl“ and...
: 81 According to the Quran, the city that Saleh was sent to was called Al-Hijr, which corresponds to the Nabataean city of Hegra. The city rose to prominence...
14th-century manuscript of Rashid al-Din's world history, the Jami' al-tawarikh Persian miniature from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-tawarikh depicting Noah's ark...
from the Fountain of Youth. Further, It is narrated in Kitab al-Kafi that Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq was reciting the prostration of Ilyas (Elijah) in the Syrian...
Once one of the close companions of the 6th Shia Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq known as Jabir al-Ju'fi reported: I asked the Imam regarding the interpretation...
establishes the gifts God bestowed upon them. Ishmael, along with Elisha and Dhul-Kifl (possibly Ezekiel), is regarded as being "of the Company of the Good." and...
a makeshift bomb exploded near her Humvee during combat operations in AlKifl, near Najaf. Lieutenant Perez's military awards include the Bronze Star...
Samaritan tradition noted in 1877, at Kifl Haris in the West Bank. Religious Jews also identify one of the mausolea at Kifl Haris with that of Joshua and thousands...
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...
accept these hadiths and considered them among Isra'iliyat. In Mu'jam al-buldan, Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned a grave for Ilyas in Baalbek. A shrine was later...
appraisal is in sura al-An'am: "Likewise, ˹We guided˺ Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias, who were all of the righteous." — Surah Al-An'am 6:85 After his...
buried by his followers. Some Islamic scholars identify the prophet Dhu al-Kifl with Obadiah. Abdiel Theodulus, a Greek name with the same meaning Stracke...
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