-A Comparative Study of the Story of Prophet Ayyoub in the Holy Quran and the Old Testament and the Inference of its Educational Teachings

The heavenly books have presented many of their educational messages and teachings by telling the story of the prophets and the tribes of the past, including the story of Prophet Ayub (PBUH), which is told in detail in the Old Testament and in the Holy Quran. This article seeks to deduce educational teachings from these stories.

This article, using "descriptive and analytical" method, first tells the report of the Old Testament and the Holy Quran from this story, then compares them under four headings: 1) Life before affection, 2) Quality of affection, 3) How Ayyoub interacted with affection, and 4) God's answer to Ayyoub; and finally the story has obtained 3 common teachings between the Qur'an and the Old Testament and 4 specific teachings in the Holy Qur'an.

1. Being exposed to affection of all human beings, even the prophets, 2. Not associating human beings with their sinfulness and the need to avoid blaming the affection, and 3. Not to despair of calling God in times of difficulty and the need to hope for divine mercy and openness are common teachings of the Qur'an and the Old Testament. In addition, a) observing politeness before God in times of hardship, b) patience in times of hardship, c) worshiping and turning to God in times of hardship, d) contentment with divine destiny and not being ungrateful are also specific teachings of the Holy Quran.