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 prophetsedit

• 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 (dāwud)
• سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
• يُونُس (yūnus)
• إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
• الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
• زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
• يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
• عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)