The word ''Jew''in the tanakh,and muslim!??

a common objection i get from muslims is that the word Yahudi or Yahadut,they claim is nowhere in the qu'ran and that god forbid,we are named after Yahudah ben Yaqob.


The funny thing is Yahudah ben Yaqob''s Aunt was named Yahudith.

Yahud comes from the Same root as Al-Hadda(judaism in Arabic)A-Huda(guidance in Arabic)Mahdi(Guided one in Arabic),Hadi(guide in Arabic) and Yahdi (He guides)it signifies one who follows the guidance.


first let us Stress the name is not Important.Through out history the true followers of prophets have been called many Things,The Fearers of heaven,the submitters and the jews.


0 I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over."

11 When all the JEWS in Moab, Ammon, Edom and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them, 12 they all came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries where they had been scattered. And they harvested an abundance of wine and summer fruit.

Jeremiah 40:10-12

9 "While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes.

Jeremiah 43:9

Daniel 3:8

8 At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the JEWS.


Daniel 3:12

12 But there are some JEWS whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up."


Ezra 6:7

7 Do not interfere with the work on this temple of God. Let the governor of the JEWS and the JEWISH elders rebuild this house of God on its site.

Ezra 5:5

5 But the eye of their God was watching over the elders of the JEWS , and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.
SEE
Ezra 4:23
Ezra 5:1
Ezra 6:8
Ezra 6:14
Nehemiah 2:16
Nehemiah 4:1
Nehemiah 4:2
Nehemiah 4:12
Nehemiah 5:1
Nehemiah 5:5
Nehemiah 5:8
Nehemiah 5:17
Nehemiah 6:6
Esther 3:1
Esther 3:6
Esther 3:10
Esther 3:13
Esther 4:3
Esther 4:7
Esther 4:13
Esther 4:14
Esther 4:16
Esther 8:1

Second the word muslim ,is used in the tanakh ,in the Aramaic Version Called the Targum(wich was in wide use in Muhammad's time by Arabic jews)refering to non-Jewish Believers as ''muslimai''.this term for monotheistic belivers was popular among Jews in Arabia who till this day Read the Targum out loud.Thus we Can see where muhammad might of got the name for his Followers From.