Prophet Ismail
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Prophet Ismail is a revered prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of Prophet Ibrahim and an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, closely associated with the early history and rituals of Mecca.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prophet Ismail canonical | 16 |
| Prophet Isma'il | 1 |
| Prophet Ismail (Ishmael) in Islamic tradition | 1 |
| وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ الصَّابِرِينَ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prophet Ismail Context triple: [Kaaba, historicalAssociation, Prophet Ismail]
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A.
Hijr Ismail
Hijr Ismail is a semi-circular walled area adjacent to the Kaaba in Mecca that is considered a sacred space and part of the original Kaaba’s foundation.
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B.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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C.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
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D.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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E.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prophet Ismail Target entity description: Prophet Ismail is a revered prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of Prophet Ibrahim and an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, closely associated with the early history and rituals of Mecca.
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A.
Hijr Ismail
Hijr Ismail is a semi-circular walled area adjacent to the Kaaba in Mecca that is considered a sacred space and part of the original Kaaba’s foundation.
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B.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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C.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
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D.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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E.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ishmael
ⓘ
surface form:
Ishmael (in Biblical tradition)
|
| associatedWithCity | Mecca ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
rebuilding of the Kaaba with Prophet Ibrahim
ⓘ
story of near-sacrifice by his father (Islamic tradition) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitual |
Hajj
ⓘ
Eid al-Adha ⓘ
surface form:
Qurbani (Udhiya, sacrifice in Eid al-Adha)
Sa’i between Safa and Marwah ⓘ |
| associatedWithSanctuary | Kaaba ⓘ |
| associatedWithWell |
Zamzam Well
ⓘ
surface form:
Zamzam (through story of Hajar and infant Ismail)
|
| burialPlace | near the Kaaba (Islamic tradition, not historically verified) ⓘ |
| commemoratedAt | Mina near Mecca ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Eid al-Adha
ⓘ
surface form:
Eid al-Adha rituals
|
| covenant | part of the Abrahamic covenant (Islamic perspective) ⓘ |
| culturalCategory | Abrahamic prophet ⓘ |
| descendantOf |
Prophet Noah
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Nuh (through Prophet Ibrahim)
|
| familyRelation | half-brother of Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) in Islamic and Biblical traditions ⓘ |
| father | Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Prophet ⓘ |
| languageAssociation | Arabic (Islamic tradition) ⓘ |
| lineage |
ancestor of Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
son of Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur’an
|
| mentionedInSurah |
Surah Al-Anbiya
ⓘ
Surah Al-Baqarah ⓘ Surah As-Saffat ⓘ Surah Maryam ⓘ |
| mother | Hajar ⓘ |
| nameInArabic |
Ismail
ⓘ
surface form:
إسماعيل
|
| praisedFor |
enjoining prayer and charity on his family
ⓘ
keeping promises (Qur’anic description) ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
Hejaz
ⓘ
surface form:
desert of Hijaz (Islamic tradition)
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| role |
caller to monotheism
ⓘ
messenger of Allah (Islamic belief) ⓘ prophet of Allah (Islamic belief) ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | example of submission to God’s command ⓘ |
| settledIn |
Mecca
ⓘ
surface form:
Mecca (Islamic tradition)
|
| spouse | woman from Jurhum tribe (Islamic tradition) ⓘ |
| theologicalStatusInIslam | one of the prophets of firm resolve (according to some Islamic scholars, though not universally) ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Ismail
ⓘ
surface form:
Ismāʿīl
|
| tribalAssociation | forefather of Arab tribes of Hijaz (Islamic tradition) ⓘ |
| virtue |
obedient to Allah
ⓘ
patient ⓘ truthful ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Prophet Ismail Description of subject: Prophet Ismail is a revered prophet in Islam, regarded as the son of Prophet Ibrahim and an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, closely associated with the early history and rituals of Mecca.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prophet Isma'il
this entity surface form:
Prophet Ismail (Ishmael) in Islamic tradition
subject surface form:
Dhul-Kifl
this entity surface form:
وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ الصَّابِرِينَ