Isa
E84737
Isa is the Quranic name for Jesus, revered in Islam as a major prophet and messenger of God who performed miracles and will return before the Day of Judgment.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isa canonical | 12 |
| Isa (Arabic form of Jesus) | 1 |
| Isa (Jesus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652678 — 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: Isa Context triple: [Night Journey of Muhammad, metProphet, Isa]
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A.
Ijesha
Ijesha are a subgroup of the Yoruba people known for their distinct dialect, cultural traditions, and historical presence in southwestern Nigeria.
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B.
Ihnasya
Ihnasya is a city in Egypt known for its location within the Beni Suef Governorate along the Nile Valley.
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C.
Ishbak
Ishbak is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had later in life.
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D.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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E.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
- 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: Isa Target entity description: Isa is the Quranic name for Jesus, revered in Islam as a major prophet and messenger of God who performed miracles and will return before the Day of Judgment.
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A.
Ijesha
Ijesha are a subgroup of the Yoruba people known for their distinct dialect, cultural traditions, and historical presence in southwestern Nigeria.
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B.
Ihnasya
Ihnasya is a city in Egypt known for its location within the Beni Suef Governorate along the Nile Valley.
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C.
Ishbak
Ishbak is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had later in life.
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D.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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E.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quranic figure
ⓘ
human being ⓘ messenger of God in Islam ⓘ prophet in Islam ⓘ |
| associatedMiracle |
creating a bird from clay by God’s permission
ⓘ
healing the blind by God’s permission ⓘ healing the leper by God’s permission ⓘ raising the dead by God’s permission ⓘ speaking in the cradle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Surah Al-Imran
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Imran chapter in the Quran
Surah Maryam ⓘ
surface form:
Maryam chapter in the Quran
|
| birthType | virgin birth ⓘ |
| centralTheme | tawhid (oneness of God) ⓘ |
| denies |
being part of a Trinity in Islamic belief
ⓘ
divinity in Islamic theology ⓘ sonship of God in Islamic theology ⓘ |
| equivalentTo |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| eschatologicalRole |
will break the cross (in Islamic eschatology)
ⓘ
will follow the Sharia of Muhammad ⓘ will kill the Dajjal (false messiah) in Islamic belief ⓘ will return before the Day of Judgment ⓘ will rule with justice ⓘ |
| familyLineage | descendant of Bani Israil (Children of Israel) ⓘ |
| father | none (in Islamic belief) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Isa ibn Maryam
ⓘ
ProphetIsa ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Isa
|
| languageForm | Arabic name for Jesus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Quran ⓘ |
| mother | Maryam ⓘ |
| motherEquivalent |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, mother of Jesus
|
| performs | miracles by permission of God ⓘ |
| preached | worship of one God ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Moses
ⓘ
surface form:
Musa (Moses)
|
| regardedAs | one of the Ulul Azm (possessors of strong resolve) ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reveredAs |
major prophet in Islam
ⓘ
messenger of God ⓘ |
| roleForMuslims | model of piety and obedience to God ⓘ |
| scripture |
Gospels
ⓘ
surface form:
Injil
|
| statusInIslam |
not crucified according to mainstream Islamic belief
ⓘ
raised up by God ⓘ |
| successor | Muhammad ⓘ |
| title |
Spirit from God
ⓘ
Word from God ⓘ Mashiach ⓘ
surface form:
al-Masih (the Messiah)
|
| viewInChristianity | identified with Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| viewInIslam |
not the son of God
ⓘ
one of the greatest prophets ⓘ |
| viewInJudaism | not accepted as Messiah or prophet ⓘ |
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: Isa Description of subject: Isa is the Quranic name for Jesus, revered in Islam as a major prophet and messenger of God who performed miracles and will return before the Day of Judgment.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Isa (Jesus)
subject surface form:
Prophet Isa
this entity surface form:
Isa (Arabic form of Jesus)