{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/jj01.htm","path":"isl/pro/jj01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pro/jj01.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\nIslam\u00a0\nIndex\u00a0\nPrevious\u00a0\nNext\u00a0\nAbout Calling\nJacob as Israel\nAs attributed\nto Ka`b Al-Ahb\u00e2r [the head master of rabbis for jews] in a long speech\nthat Jacob was called Israel because he was serving in the temple in Jerusalem\nand he was the first to get in and the last to get out and used to light\nup the lamps, but one day he saw them turned off so he stayed for one night\nin the temple and then he saw a demon that turns off the lamps and so then\nhe captivated him by a pillar that were in the temple, and when the people\nwoke up in the morning they saw a capticated person, and the demon's name\nwas Eel, and so Jacob was called Israel for this [meaning that Isra means\n\"captured\", and so the name would mean \"he captured Eel\"], but as attributed\nfrom Al-S\u00e2diq (PUH) that he said: Jacob and Esau were twins, and\nEsau was born first then Jacob, and for this he was called Jacob, because\nhe got out after his brother [Arabic: Jacob = Ya`qoob, `Aqab = to come\nafter] and Jacob is Israel and it means \"the slave of God\" because \"Isra\"\nmeans \"slave\" and \"El\" means \"God\" in Hebrew, and in another tale \"Isra\"\nmeans \"power\" and so the name would mean \"Power of God.\"\nNext: The Punishment of God for\nHis Viceroys","title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Jacob and Joseph: About Calling Jacob as Israel","type":"page"}