Who Was The killer in the story of the cow? The murder Allah brought to light in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

Villains of history20 / 76

القاتل في قصة البقرة

The killer in the story of the cow

The murder Allah brought to lightc. 1250 BCE

Relied onNo witness

Undone byA dead man who spoke

A man of Bani Israil was found killed and the people argued over who did it. The commentators say his own nephew killed him for his inheritance, then came demanding blood money.

How it ended

Allah ordered a cow to be slaughtered. The dead man was struck with a part of it, came to life, and named his killer (2:72-73).

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.
Quran 2:72

The lessonAllah was to bring out what they were concealing (2:72).

In the Quran

2:67-73

Stood against
Source: In the Quran, named by the commentatorsThe Quran tells of the killing and the cow; the nephew and the inheritance come from the commentators.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.