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Israel and the Lost Tribes: In order to find out who these Muslims Bani-Israel from Khurasan are, it would be important to critically examine the history of Israelites. Prophet Jacob (AS), or Hazrat Yaqoob (AS) in Urdu, was the son of Prophet Isaac (AS) or Ishaq in Urdu and grandson of Prophet Abraham (AS). He was popularly known by his alternate name “Israel”. All of his children were subsequently called Bani-Israel or Israelites i.e. the descendants of Israel (Jacob). Prophet Jacob (AS) had twelve sons, one of which was Prophet Joseph (AS) or Hazrat Yousuf (AS) in Urdu and Prophet Joseph (AS) had two sons. The Bani-Israel, consequently, are divided into thirteen tribes i.e. eleven from Prophet Jacob (AS) and two from Prophet Joseph (AS). The names of these sons of Jacob (AS) and Joseph (AS), which are in turn the names of the tribes of Bani-Israel, are: 1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Judah 4. Issachar 5. Zebulun 6. Dan 7. Naphtali 8. Gad 9. Asher 10. Levi 11. Benjamin 1...

Israel and the Lost Tribes: In order to find out who these Muslims Bani-Israel from Khurasan are, it would be important to critically examine the history of Israelites. Prophet Jacob (AS), or Hazrat Yaqoob (AS) in Urdu, was the son of Prophet Isaac (AS) or Ishaq in Urdu and grandson of Prophet Abraham (AS). He was popularly known by his alternate name “Israel”. All of his children were subsequently called Bani-Israel or Israelites i.e. the descendants of Israel (Jacob). Prophet Jacob (AS) had twelve sons, one of which was Prophet Joseph (AS) or Hazrat Yousuf (AS) in Urdu and Prophet Joseph (AS) had two sons. The Bani-Israel, consequently, are divided into thirteen tribes i.e. eleven from Prophet Jacob (AS) and two from Prophet Joseph (AS). The names of these sons of Jacob (AS) and Joseph (AS), which are in turn the names of the tribes of Bani-Israel, are: 1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Judah 4. Issachar 5. Zebulun 6. Dan 7. Naphtali 8. Gad 9. Asher 10. Levi 11. Benjamin 12....

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PROPHET JOSEPH (YUSUF) AND PROPHET BENJAMIN (BINYAMIN) (BLESSINGS AND PEACE BE UPON THEM) Posted in  History Joseph (Yusuf) and Benjamin (Binyamin) were brothers with the same mother. Their mother, Rahil, first had Joseph. Then she died giving birth to Benjamin. Jacob (Ya^qub) paid special attention to those two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, due to that they lost their mother, and that they had a high degree of obedience and good manners. The other ten brothers envied those two because of this special attention they received from their father. Jacob and his children lived in the country of Palestine. One time, when he was about 12 years old, Joseph saw a dream. He saw the sun, moon and 11 stars were prostrating to him. Joseph told his father about his dream. Prophet Jacob told Joseph “Do not tell your brothers about this dream, so that they do not harm you out of envy. The devil is a severe enemy to the human.” Despite the warning of Prophet Jacob, the news of the dream got t...