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[[File:آرامگاه ایوب در بخارا.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|An alleged burial place in [[Bukhara]]]] | [[File:آرامگاه ایوب در بخارا.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|An alleged burial place in [[Bukhara]]]] | ||
Job (a) lived in a region called Aws in the south-west of the Dead See and the north of the Golf of Aqaba, or in Bathaniyya between [[Damascus]] and Adhri'at. There is also a cave in Şanlıurfa, [[Turkey]], which is allegedly the place were Job (a) resided during his illness. | Job (a) lived in a region called Aws in the south-west of the Dead See and the north of the Golf of Aqaba, or in Bathaniyya between [[Damascus]] and Adhri'at.<ref>Shuqī, ''Aṭlas-i Qurān'', p. 109.</ref> There is also a cave in Şanlıurfa, [[Turkey]], which is allegedly the place were Job (a) resided during his illness.<ref>Bīāzār-i Shīrāzī, ''Bāstanshināsī wa jughrāphīyā-yi tārīkhī-yi qiṣaṣ-i Qur'ān'', p. 350.</ref> | ||
It is said that Job (a) lived two-hundred years, and according to the Bible, he lived 140 years after his recovery. It is also reported that his affliction lasted seven or eighteen years and that he was buried near the spring in which he was healed. | It is said that Job (a) lived two-hundred years,<ref>Ibn Ḥabīb al-Muḥbir, ''Dārāfāq al-jadīda'', p. 5.</ref> and according to the Bible, he lived 140 years after his recovery.<ref>The Bible, Job 1:42.</ref> It is also reported that his affliction lasted seven<ref>Jazāʾirī, ''Qiṣaṣ al-anbīyāʾ'', p. 198-200.</ref> or eighteen years<ref>Baḥrānī, ''Al-Burhān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 4, p. 672; Jazāʾirī, ''Qiṣaṣ al-anbīyāʾ'', p. 198-200.</ref> and that he was buried near the spring in which he was healed.<ref>Baḥrānī, ''Al-Burhān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 4, p. 672.</ref> | ||
It is not known where Job (a) was buried, but there are tombs in various countries that are attributed to him, such as a tomb near [[Hillah]] in [[Iraq]], which is more well-known because of its nearness to Job's place of residence. | It is not known where Job (a) was buried, but there are tombs in various countries that are attributed to him, such as a tomb near [[Hillah]] in [[Iraq]], which is more well-known because of its nearness to Job's place of residence.<ref>Rāmīn-nizhād, ''Mazār-i payāmbarān'', p. 59-63.</ref> | ||
There are tombs attributed to Job (a) near the Port of Salalah ([[Oman]]), in Garmab village near Bojnord ([[Iran]]), and in [[Bukhara]] ([[Uzbekistan]]). The latter is said to have been simply an invention of the Tamerlane. | There are tombs attributed to Job (a) near the Port of Salalah ([[Oman]]), in Garmab village near Bojnord ([[Iran]]), and in [[Bukhara]] ([[Uzbekistan]]).<ref>Rāmīn-nizhād, ''Mazār-i payāmbarān'', p. 59-63.</ref> The latter is said to have been simply an invention of the Tamerlane.<ref>Rāmīn-nizhād, ''Mazār-i payāmbarān'', p. 59-63.</ref> | ||
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