Zul Kifl
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Zul Kifl is an Islamic prophet or righteous figure mentioned briefly in the Qur’an, traditionally identified by some scholars with the biblical Ezekiel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zul Kifl canonical | 2 |
| Zekkariyas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8850958 — 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: Zul Kifl Context triple: [Dhul-Kifl, alsoTransliteratedAs, Zul Kifl]
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A.
Qudus
Qudus is an Arabic term meaning "The Most Holy," often used as one of the names or attributes of God in Islamic tradition.
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B.
Khaldoon
Khaldoon is an Arabic masculine given name commonly used in the Middle East.
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C.
Jaffar
Jaffar is the sinister vizier and main antagonist portrayed by Conrad Veidt in the 1940 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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D.
Abu Lulu
Abu Lulu was a Persian slave and craftsman historically known for assassinating the second Rashidun caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, in Medina.
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E.
Qahtan
Qahtan is a prominent and historically significant Arab tribal confederation traditionally associated with southern and central Arabia.
- 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: Zul Kifl Target entity description: Zul Kifl is an Islamic prophet or righteous figure mentioned briefly in the Qur’an, traditionally identified by some scholars with the biblical Ezekiel.
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A.
Qudus
Qudus is an Arabic term meaning "The Most Holy," often used as one of the names or attributes of God in Islamic tradition.
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B.
Khaldoon
Khaldoon is an Arabic masculine given name commonly used in the Middle East.
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C.
Jaffar
Jaffar is the sinister vizier and main antagonist portrayed by Conrad Veidt in the 1940 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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D.
Abu Lulu
Abu Lulu was a Persian slave and craftsman historically known for assassinating the second Rashidun caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, in Medina.
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E.
Qahtan
Qahtan is a prominent and historically significant Arab tribal confederation traditionally associated with southern and central Arabia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic prophet
ⓘ
Quranic figure ⓘ righteous man in Islam ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Al-Kifl (town in Iraq)
ⓘ
patience ⓘ righteousness ⓘ steadfastness ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasShrineTradition | true ⓘ |
| hasUncertainIdentity | true ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
prophet
ⓘ
righteous servant of God ⓘ |
| identifiedBy | some Muslim scholars ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedAlongside |
Dhu al-Nun
ⓘ
Idris ⓘ Ismail ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Quran ⓘ |
| mentionedInSurah |
Al-Anbiya
ⓘ
linked to:
Surah Al-Anbiya
Sad ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Dhu al-Kifl
ⓘ
linked to:
Dhul-Kifl
Zul Kifl ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic prophetic tradition ⓘ |
| possibleIdentification |
Ezekiel
ⓘ
biblical prophet Ezekiel ⓘ
linked to:
Ezekiel
|
| possibleShrineLocation | Al-Kifl, Iraq ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
being among the patient
ⓘ
being among the righteous ⓘ |
| quranVerseReference |
Quran 21:85
ⓘ
Quran 38:48 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInIslamicTradition | model of patience and steadfastness ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Ezekiel in Islam
ⓘ
linked to:
UzayrInIslam
List of prophets in Islam ⓘ |
| statusInIslam |
agreed righteous man
ⓘ
disputed prophet ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Shia Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Muslims (as a revered figure, not as deity) ⓘ |
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: Zul Kifl Description of subject: Zul Kifl is an Islamic prophet or righteous figure mentioned briefly in the Qur’an, traditionally identified by some scholars with the biblical Ezekiel.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.