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)}