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Al-Baqara 2:136

قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ

Say, “We believe in Allah and what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishaq, Yaqub, and the tribes, what was given to Musa and Isa, and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not distinguish between any of them, and we are submitted to him.”

Together with the Shahadah, this is one of the Muslim creeds, contained in the Qur’an itself. If you are a Muslim, you believe in what revealed to all the prophets. It is as simple as that. So, with this being a Qur’anic creed, do not be afraid to believe it, and to live by it. Because you are a Muslim, read, trust and obey what is written in the books of the prophets.

Sâd 38:41.44

وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ الْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ … وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ بِنُصْبٍ وَعَذَابٍ

Remember our servant Ayyub, who called to his Lord, “Satan touched me with plunder and torment.”… We found him enduring, a wonderful servant, and penitent.

There are four passages in the Qur’an which mention nabi Ayyub. Two of these (4:163 and 6:84) only list him among other prophets of Allah. Surah Al-Anbiyā has two verses about him (21:83.84), and surah Sâd has four (38:41-44). The book of Ayyub itself has 42 surahs, containing hundreds of ayahs, full of ancient wisdom and poetry. Even more importantly - it contains answers to questions people still ask today.

Ayyub, also known as Job, was a man from the Land of Uz – which can be equally correctly translated both as Ancient or Eastern. He was neither an Arab nor a Jew. There were no Arabs or Jews yet in his days. He is the oldest of prophets whose book we still have today. Interestingly, in its style, his book - older than any other in the Tawrat, Zabur or Injil - resembles the style of the Qur’an more than any other prophetic book. The story was and still is well known to the Arabs – the children of the East. That term is used in the Middle East for the descendants of Ibrahim (as), who are not of the people of Mūsa (as). Some say that nabi Mūsa(as) first heard the story of Ayyub from the children of the East – in his case the people of Midian – while he lived among them in what is today’s Egypt, Jordan or Saudi Arabia. The story of nabi Ayyub is an Eastern story, told in an Eastern style, and close to the hearts of the Arabs.

The Qur’an says that Allah gave the book to Ayyub. Allah is, as the Qur’an assures us, the protector and preserver of his words. If you believe Allah more than you believe what people say (very many people say, contrary to the Qur’an, that people have been able to change the words of Allah, even though Allah himself said it cannot be done), I recommend that you read the book of Ayyub for yourself.

Ayyub was (choose one correct answer)

1. a descendant of Mūsa (as)

2. a nabi, with his own book, and four mentions in the Qur’an

3. a false prophet, whose book we should not read