Prophet Shu'ayb

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Islamic prophet Quranic figure

Prophet Shu'ayb is an Islamic prophet, often identified with the biblical Jethro, who was sent to the people of Midian to call them to monotheism and honest dealings.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Prophet Shu'ayb canonical	2
Nabi Shuʿayb	1
Nabi Shuʿayb (Prophet Jethro)	1
Prophet Shuayb	1
Shu'ayb	1
Shu'ayb (by reference to the people of the wood or Madyan)	1
Shuʿayb in Islamic tradition (in many interpretations)	1
Shu‘ayb	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic prophet ⓘ Quranic figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shuaib ⓘ Shuayb ⓘ
associatedWith	Aykah ⓘ Midian ⓘ
category	Prophets sent to specific communities ⓘ
eschatologicalBelief	his people were destroyed for rejecting him ⓘ
familyRelationInIslamicTradition	sometimes identified as father-in-law of Prophet Musa (Moses) ⓘ
hasShrineTradition	Nabi Shu'ayb shrine near Tiberias (per Druze tradition) ⓘ
honorificTitle	Prophet of Allah ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
mentionedIn	Quran ⓘ
message	do not cause corruption in the land ⓘ give full measure and weight ⓘ worship Allah alone ⓘ
moralEmphasis	commercial honesty ⓘ economic justice ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ
oftenIdentifiedWith	Jethro ⓘ
preached	honest dealings ⓘ monotheism ⓘ
preachedAgainst	cheating in weights and measures ⓘ corruption ⓘ fraud in trade ⓘ idolatry ⓘ
punishmentOfPeople	divine punishment after persistent disbelief ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
role	caller to repentance ⓘ warner to his people ⓘ
scripture	Surah Al-A'raf ⓘ surface form: Quran, Surah Al-A'raf Surah Al-Ankabut ⓘ surface form: Quran, Surah Al-Ankabut Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ surface form: Quran, Surah Ash-Shu'ara Surah Hud ⓘ surface form: Quran, Surah Hud
sentTo	Midian ⓘ surface form: Madyan Midianite ⓘ surface form: People of Midian
timePeriod	pre-Mosaic era (traditional Islamic view) ⓘ
veneratedIn	Druze tradition ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
viewInIslam	considered a true prophet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-A'raf → mentions → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

Surah An-Naml → mentionsProphet → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shu'ayb (by reference to the people of the wood or Madyan)

Surah Al-Ankabut → mentionsProphet → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Shuayb

Jethro → honorificTitleInDruzeTradition → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nabi Shuʿayb

Jethro → identifiedWith → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shuʿayb in Islamic tradition (in many interpretations)

Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb → namedAfter → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

The Poets → mentionsProphet → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shu'ayb

The Spider → mentionsProphet → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shu‘ayb

Hittin → associatedWithFigure → Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nabi Shuʿayb (Prophet Jethro)