JOSHUA

Arabic Yūshaʿ ( يوشع‎ ). Son of Nūn. Not mentioned by name in the Qurʾān, but is most probably “the servant” mentioned in Sūrah xviii. 59 : “When Moses said to his servant, ‘I will not stop until I reach the confluence of the two seas, or for years I will journey on.’ ” ( Vide al-Baiẓāwī in loco .) Some say he is the Ẕū ʾl-Kifl of Sūrah xxi. 85 . [ ZU ʾL-KIFL .] JUBAIR ( جبير‎ ). Jubair ibn Mut̤ʿim an-Naufalī. One of the Companions, and acknowledged as a traditionist by al-Buk͟hārī and Muslim. He was one of the most learned of the Quraish chiefs. Died at Makkah A.H . 54. Ibn Jubair, his son, was an Imām of great renown, he died A.H . 99. JUBBU ʾL-ḤUZN ( جب الحزن‎ ). “The pit of sorrow,” which Muḥammad said was a desert in hell, from which hell itself calls for protection, and which is reserved for readers of the Qurʾān who are haughty in their behaviour. ( Mishkāt , book ii. ch. iii.)