ذو الكفل

Arabic

Etymology

From ذُو (ḏū, “owner”) and كِفْل (kifl, “lot, portion, share”): "He who possesses the lot." The meaning of this is unclear. First attested in the Quran (at 21:85 and 38:48).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðu‿l.kifl/

Proper noun

ذُو الْكِفْل • (ḏū l-kifl) m

1. (Islam) Dhul-Kifl, Zul-Kifl, a prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Ezekiel in the Bible

Declension

Declension of noun ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)

Singular	singular long construct
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	ذُو الْكِفْل ḏū l-kifl	—
Nominative	—	ذُو الْكِفْلِ ḏū l-kifli	—
Accusative	—	ذَا الْكِفْلِ ḏā l-kifli	—
Genitive	—	ذِي الْكِفْلِ ḏī l-kifli	—

Related terms

• حِزْقِيَال (ḥizqiyāl, “Ezekiel”)

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}