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Shuayb

Prophet narrated in the Quran

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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were

Shuaib, Shoaib, Shuayb or Shuʿayb (Arabic: شُعَيْب, IPA: [ʃuʕajb]; meaning: "who shows the right path") is an ancient Midianite prophet in Islam and the most revered prophet in the Druze faith. Shuaib is sometimes identified with the Hebrew biblical Jethro, Moses's father-in-law. Shuaib is mentioned in the Quran 11 times. He is believed to have lived after Ibrahim (Abraham), and Muslims believe that he was sent as a prophet to the Midianites, who are also known as the Aṣḥāb al-Aykah ("Companions of the Wood") for their worship of a large tree. To the Midianites, Shuaib proclaimed the "straight path", warning them to end their fraudulent ways.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q982867 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Shuaib (CC BY-SA)

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