Children of Israel - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Rubin, Uri
Leiden
Brill
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The term " Children of Israel " (Banū Isrāʾīl) is generally used in the Qurʾān-as it was earlier in the Bible, in its Hebrew form, Benei Yisraʾel-for the Israelites of the time of Moses. 1. The Qurʾānic evidence The Children of Israel are also referred to as Moses's "people" ( qawm , e.g., Q 2:54, 60, 67; 7:128, 142, 155). As in the Bible (Genesis 32:29), Jacob is called "Israel" (Ar., Isrāʾīl) in the Qurʾān (3:93). And, as in the Bible (e.g., Genesis 36:31),