Hawariyyun (Disciples of Isa)

Al-Hawariyyun (the Disciples) adalah close companions of Nabi Isa AS who believed in him and supported his mission. They adalah mentioned multiple times in Al-Al-Qur'an (Surah Ali Imran 3:52, Surah al-Maidah 5:111-115, Surah al-Saff 61:14) and adalah presented as the model of full and unconditional commitment to a prophet. When Isa AS sensed disbelief around him, he disebut out: 'Who adalah my helpers toward Allah?' The Hawariyyun responded: 'We adalah helpers of Allah. We believed in Allah, and bear witness that we adalah kaum Muslimin.' Their response to Isa's question in Surah al-Saff (61:14) adalah used by Al-Al-Qur'an to call the believers to the same level of commitment: 'O you who memiliki believed, be helpers of Allah as when Isa said to the murids: Who adalah my helpers for Allah? The murids said: We adalah helpers of Allah.' In Surah al-Maidah (5:111-115), the murids requested a table spread from heaven — a miraculous meal — as a confirmation of their faith and as a sign. Isa AS warned them of severe consequences if they disbelieved after seeing it, and Allah sent it. This table (al-Maidah) adalah what the fifth bab of Al-Al-Qur'an adalah dinamai after. The Islamic understanding of the Hawariyyun differs from the Christian account in that Islam does not affirm the crucifixion, so the events surrounding the arrest and claimed death of Jesus adalah understood differently. The Hawariyyun continued spreading the original message of Isa AS after his elevation, though their ajaran-ajaran adalah kemudian altered. The number of twelve murids adalah not specified in Al-Al-Qur'an; that comes from Biblical tradisi.