Prophet Dhul-Kifl
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Prophet Dhul-Kifl is a lesser-known prophet in Islamic tradition, regarded as a righteous and patient servant of God mentioned briefly in the Qur’an among other exemplary prophets.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhu al-Kifl is grouped with other prophets in Qur’an 21:85 | 1 |
| Prophet Dhul-Kifl canonical | 1 |
| Prophet Dhul-Kifl (self-reference in list of prophets) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1833233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prophet Dhul-Kifl Context triple: [Surah Sad, mentionsProphet, Prophet Dhul-Kifl]
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A.
Prophet Ayyub
Prophet Ayyub is a revered figure in Islamic tradition known for his exemplary patience and steadfast faith in God amid severe trials and suffering.
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B.
Prophet Ishaq
Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) is a revered prophet in Islam, recognized as the son of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and forefather of the Children of Israel.
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C.
Prophet Salih
Prophet Salih is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent to the ancient tribe of Thamud to call them to monotheism and warn them against idolatry and injustice.
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D.
Prophet Ilyas
Prophet Ilyas is a revered prophet in Islam, traditionally identified with the biblical Elijah, known for calling his people to worship Allah alone and condemning idolatry.
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E.
Prophet Harun
Prophet Harun is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition, known as the brother and supporter of Prophet Musa (Moses) in conveying God's message to the Israelites.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prophet Dhul-Kifl Target entity description: Prophet Dhul-Kifl is a lesser-known prophet in Islamic tradition, regarded as a righteous and patient servant of God mentioned briefly in the Qur’an among other exemplary prophets.
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A.
Prophet Ayyub
Prophet Ayyub is a revered figure in Islamic tradition known for his exemplary patience and steadfast faith in God amid severe trials and suffering.
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B.
Prophet Ishaq
Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) is a revered prophet in Islam, recognized as the son of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and forefather of the Children of Israel.
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C.
Prophet Salih
Prophet Salih is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent to the ancient tribe of Thamud to call them to monotheism and warn them against idolatry and injustice.
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D.
Prophet Ilyas
Prophet Ilyas is a revered prophet in Islam, traditionally identified with the biblical Elijah, known for calling his people to worship Allah alone and condemning idolatry.
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E.
Prophet Harun
Prophet Harun is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition, known as the brother and supporter of Prophet Musa (Moses) in conveying God's message to the Israelites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quranic figure
ⓘ
prophet in Islam ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
ibadah (worship)
ⓘ
sabr (patience) ⓘ taqwa (God-consciousness) ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic prophet
ⓘ
Quranic character ⓘ figure of Islamic eschatological narratives (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| certaintyOfHistoricalDetails | uncertain ⓘ |
| describedAs |
among the steadfast
ⓘ
patient ⓘ righteous ⓘ |
| groupedWith |
ProphetDawud
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Dawud
Prophet Dhul-Kifl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Dhul-Kifl (self-reference in list of prophets)
Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ Prophet Idris ⓘ Prophet Ishaq ⓘ Prophet Ismail ⓘ Prophet Noah ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Nuh
King Solomon ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Sulayman
Yaqub ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Yaqub
|
| hasNarrativeDetailInHadith | very limited ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | servant of Allah ⓘ |
| identifiedWith |
Ezekiel
ⓘ
surface form:
Ezekiel (in some Islamic scholarly opinions, not unanimously)
|
| knownFor |
patience
ⓘ
righteous deeds ⓘ steadfastness ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur’an
|
| mentionedInSurah |
Surah Al-Anbiya
ⓘ
Surah Sad ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
man of double portion (one common interpretation)
ⓘ
one who gives a guarantee (one common interpretation) ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reveredAs | friend of Allah (wali) in some traditions ⓘ |
| roleInIslamicTeaching |
model of patience
ⓘ
model of righteousness ⓘ |
| scripturalDetailLevel | briefly mentioned ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | exemplary servant of God ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Qur’an 21:85–86
ⓘ
Qur’an 38:48 ⓘ |
| statusInIslam |
prophet
ⓘ
righteous man ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Shia Islam
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Prophet Dhul-Kifl Description of subject: Prophet Dhul-Kifl is a lesser-known prophet in Islamic tradition, regarded as a righteous and patient servant of God mentioned briefly in the Qur’an among other exemplary prophets.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Kifl is grouped with other prophets in Qur’an 21:85
subject surface form:
Dhul-Kifl
this entity surface form:
Prophet Dhul-Kifl (self-reference in list of prophets)