Does the Qur’an acknowledge Jacob’s struggle with God?!

 The suspicion is about one of the parrots of the supervisors of the largest Christian forums, as is their habit always in lying, distorting and deceiving Islam:

The Koran of the copy and paste
got itself into many problems
, and among the things it got itself into was
the word “Israel,”
which is made up of two parts
: “Asra,” which means to wrestle
, and “El,” which means God . So what does “Israel” mean? Questions: How does a human wrestle
with God ? How do you say this about the Most Gracious? How did the Most Gracious wrestle with Him? Doesn’t the Most Gracious have hands and feet??? These are the times Israel is mentioned in the Qur’an: “O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant; I will fulfill My covenant with you; and fear only Me.” [Al-Baqarah: 40] “O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.” [Al-Baqarah: 47]

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The answer:

The first point: What the scholars said in “Interpretation of the name (Israel)” :

* Israel: a foreign name , and therefore it is not declined; and it is in the position of a genitive with an addition. It has seven languages: Israel, which is the language of the Qur’an.... and the meaning of Israel: servant of God. Ibn Abbas said: Isra in Hebrew is a servant, and El is God. It was said: Isra is the chosen one of God, and El is God. It was said: Isra from tightening ; so it is as if Israel was tightened by God and perfected his creation; Al-Mahdawi mentioned it. Al-Suhayli said: Israel was named because he was taken prisoner one night when he migrated to God Almighty; so Israel was named, meaning he was taken prisoner to God and so on; so some of the name is Hebrew and some of it is in accordance with the Arabs. And God knows best. [ Interpretation of the Comprehensive Book of the Rulings of the Qur’an/ Al-Qurtubi ]

* The commentators agreed that Israel is Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham. They say that the meaning of Israel is servant of God because “Isra” in their language means servant and “El” is God, and so is Gabriel, who is the servant of God, and Michael is the servant of God. Al-Qaffal said: It was said that “Isra” in Hebrew means “man,” so it was said that he is a man of God. His saying, “ O Children of Israel ,” is an address to the group of Jews who were in Medina from the descendants of Jacob, peace be upon him, during the days of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace . [ Interpretation of Mafatih al-Ghaib, Al-Tafsir al-Kabir/ Al-Razi ]

* Israel is taken from two words: Asr and El . (Asr) means a chosen or selected slave. (El) means God in Hebrew. So the meaning of the word is God’s chosen one . And the chosen one here is for Jacob, not for his descendants. If we look at Israel, who is Jacob, how he got this name. We find that he got the name because he was afflicted by God with a great trial. He deserved to be chosen by God. And when God Almighty calls the people of Moses, saying, “O Children of Israel,” He wants to remind them of Israel’s status with God. What trials he faced. And what he endured in his life. So remember what He commanded you when death approached him.. And read the words of the Most High: { Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac - one God, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him . "} [ Al-Baqarah: 133 ], then comes after that the words of Jacob.. And read the words of the Most High: { O my sons, indeed Allah has chosen for you {The religion, so do not die except as Muslims . } [ Al-Baqarah: 132 ], this is the commandment that Jacob commanded his sons.. In it is knowledge and in it is an admonition. Knowledge that God is one God. He has no partner. And that the religion is Islam. And an admonition and a reminder that God chose the religion for them. So let them be keen on it until death. [ Interpretation of the Thoughts of Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawy ]

The second point: Analysis of the Hebrew name ( Israel ):

The word " Israel " consists of two parts: the verb " שׂרה " which means " to persevere " and " אֵל " which means " God "

, so the meaning is " perseverance with God "

. The Bible dictionary

Lexicon Results
Strong's H3478 - Yisra'el



Outline of Biblical Usage

Israel = "God prevails"

(Israel) (God prevails)

1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

(the second name for Jacob that God gave him after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel )

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/...gs=H3478&t=KJV

The meaning is perseverance in seeking obedience to God, and the wrestling was not with God Himself, but with "an angel from God"

Allah the Almighty says:

{O you who have believed, be patient and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.}
[Al Imran: 200]

{ And keep yourself patient with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life. And do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever in neglect.}
[Al Kahf: 28]

{Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, so worship Him and be steadfast in His worship. Do you know of any other with a name similar to His?}
[Maryam: 65]

There is no problem at all with the name, as perseverance with God Almighty is the highest thing,

as the Hebrew verb “ שָׂרָה ” ( yishra ) means “ perseverance and patience” in obeying God .

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/...gs=H8280&t=KJV

This is what the previous commentaries stated in the first point, as it states: “ Israel, who is Jacob, how did he get this name? We find that he took the name because he was afflicted by God with a great affliction . [ Interpretation of the Thoughts of Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawy ]

The Hebrew verb here in the first part of the name “ שָׂרָה ” “ evil - evil ” is the basis of the issue,

but by returning to its special meanings the issue ends.

Lexicon Results
Strong's H8280 - sarah



{(contend,contend with ( struggle ) - (persist) - ( exert
oneself) - (persevere) { (to persevere ) (

Perseverance "perseveres" - (contend with) ( persistence and dealing with ) }

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/...gs=H8280&t=KJV

All of which are in agreement with the Almighty’s saying:

{O you who have believed, be patient and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.}
[Al Imran: 200]

The third point: Who did Jacob wrestle with, “Israel”?

The Jews believe that Jacob did not wrestle with God Almighty Himself, but with “the angel of God”

Genesis 32:28
Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis Chapter
32 שִׁמְךָ--כִּי, אִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל: כִּי- שָׂרִיתָ עם-אֱלֹהִים וְעִם-אֲנָשִׁים, וַתּוּכָל.

The word here is “ sharit ’em-elahim ” ( I shared with Elohim ), and the word “ Elohim ” does not only mean God the Creator, but it also means “ the judges” and “the angels .”

Lexicon Results Strong's H430 - 'elohiym

H430
אלהים
'ĕlôhîym
el-o-heem'
Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of difference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - angels , X exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges , X mighty.

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/...ngs=H430&t=KJV

And this is what Rabbi Rashi said in his commentary



29. And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have commanding power with [an angel of] God and with men, and you have prevailed."

(with [an angel of] God) - (Angel of God)

http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_...showrashi/true



Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 (Granger Collection, New York).

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And Father Tadros Yacoub Malti says:

5. Jacob wrestles with God:



“And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the break of day.

When Jacob and his family crossed the Jabbok River, he separated himself, as if he was preparing to meet Esau during his encounter with God, and a man appeared to him, whom most scholars believe to be an angel in human form, and not the Word of God, but he represents the divine presence, as Jacob says: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved” [30], and it was also said to him: “Because you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed” [ Interpretation of the Holy Bible - Old Testament - Father Tadros Yacoub, Genesis 32 - Interpretation of the Book of Genesis, Preparing to Meet Esau ]. Dear brothers, I did not respond to that weak suspicion that does not deserve a response from near or far, except only so that everyone may know and see the level of thinking and knowledge of the supervisors of those Christian forums! With their religion and the religion of others. 

Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.