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PT. 7 AL-AN'ĀM CH. 6 وَوَهَبْنَا لَةَ إِسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوْبَ كُلَّا And We gave him Isaac. 85 ج and Jacob; each did We guide هَدَيْنَا وَنُوْحًا هَدَيْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ aright, and Noah did We guide ذُرِّيَّتِهِ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَنَ وَأَيُّوبَ aright aforetime, and of his progeny, David and Solomon وَيُوْسُفَ وَمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ وَكَذَلِكَ and Job and Joseph and Moses نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ and Aaron. Thus do We reward those who do good. 828 a29:28. was effected long afterwards by Muslim scribes for providing facility in reading, and for the convenience of reference. In the time of the Holy Prophet there were only Surahs and verses and nothing else. 828. Important Words: (Ayyub or Job), who is the hero of the Book of Job, is mentioned in the Bible as living in the land of Uz. Some authorities say that this is Idumea or Arabia Deserta; others fix Mesopotamia as his country. It appears that Uz was somewhere in the north of Arabia. It is said that Job lived there before the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. He thus lived before Moses or, as some say, he was a compatriot of Moses, having received his prophetic mission about 20 years before him. Job was not an Israelite, having been descended from Esau, the elder brother of Israel. He had a very chequered career, being "tried" by God in diverse ways; but he proved most faithful and righteous and was patient and steadfast in the extreme. He still lives in the memory of mankind as a paragon of patience (Jew. Enc. & Encyclopaedia of Islam). 889 (David or Dawud) has been taken to mean (1) beloved or friend; or (2) paternal uncle; or (3) best of all. King of Judah and Israel, David, who was of Israelite origin being from the tribe of Judah, was founder of the Judean dynasty at Jerusalem. The date of his reign is generally fixed at about 1010-970 B. C. He was a great warrior and a great statesman. His importance as the real builder of the Hebrew Kingdom can hardly be overestimated. Through him all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba became united and organized into a powerful nation whose kingdom extended from the Euphrates to the Nile. Towards the end of his life David had to suffer much at the hands of scheming slanderers, which deeply grieved him. He has poured out his grief in his celebrated Psalms (Enc. Brit. & Enc. Bib. ). The Quran, however, absolves him from the charges imputed to him in the Bible (38:19-26). (Solomon) was the second son of David & Bath-Sheba and the third king of Israel. He reigned from about 971 to 931 B. C. He was called Jedidiah (beloved of Yehovah) by