Yūshaʿ ﷺ
يوشعCommonly rendered in English as Joshua.
Companion of Mūsā, then his successor. Led Banū Isrāʾīl into the Holy Land after forty years in the wilderness. The sun, classical sources say, was held back for him to complete a battle on a Friday.
- Era
- c. 1300 BCE traditional
- Region
- Canaan
- Sent to
- Banū Isrāʾīl
References in the library
Passages that mention Yūshaʿ
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"Others have suggested it was Simeon or that they are the same person while some have claimed it was Joshua"
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