The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 195
PT. 17 AL-ANBIYA' CH. 21 removed the distress from فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرِ So We heard his prayer and. 85 وَأَتَيْنَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً which he suffered, and We مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَذِكْرَى لِلْعَبِدِينَ gave him his family and the like thereof with them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder for the worshippers. "38:44. some other authorities, however, he was a compatriot of Moses, but he was not an Israelite Prophet, having descended from Esau, the elder brother of Israel. Of all the books of the Old Testament, the Book of Job is unique in this respect that with the exception of the word Jehovah, which is the Jewish name for God, the whole history of the Mosaic Law and that of the Jews is borrowed from Hindu popular literature it is difficult to say. But Muslim commentators of the Quran extensively borrowed from the Book of Job, and drawing upon their own imagination added most fantastic and unbelievable details to Job's account in their commentaries and ended by making the whole account a veritable fairy tale. The Quran has confined itself to conspicuous by its absence in it. See mentioning a few relevant facts about also 6:85. Job in the present and the next verse. It tells us that Job was a holy man of God, that he had to suffer great hardships and privations as a result of which he became separated from his family and followers who subsequently were made to join him, his followers having increased manifold in the meantime. The story of Job is said to bear a close resemblance with Harish Chander, a Hindu saint and a rich man. The language of the Book of Job which is Hebrew with various Armaisms and with a faint Arabic tinge is the language which was spoken by the Jews between the 9th and 4th centuries B. C. and that is the Job has also been mentioned in vv. time (6th century B. C. ) when some 4:164; 6:85 & 38:42 and everywhere Israelite tribes after the Great he has been mentioned along with the Dispersion were banished to Prophets David and Solomon. This Afghanistan and Kashmir by shows that like these two great Nebuchadnezzar and other Prophets he was a man of influence Babylonian kings. There they came in and affluence and like them he had to contact with the Hindus, and studied pass through trials and tribulations their history, mythology and folklore. which he bore with exemplary Whether or not the author of the patience and fortitude. The courage Book of Job while writing this book and fortitude displayed by Job under 2109