The Story of Shoaib (Shuʿayb) in the Noble Quran and the Old Testament

The examination of similarities and differences (dissimilarities) between the prophet stories in the noble Quran, the Old Testament and New Testament and comparing the content and the storytelling technique of each book can create interesting results. With comparing the story of Shoaib (Shuʿayb) in the holy Quran and the story of Jethro in the Old Testament, this note has evaluated this story in both books separately. Then it has studied the similarities and differences (dissimilarities) between these stories. The question in this paper is whether Shoaib (Shuʿayb) and Jethro is one and the same person and he is the same as Moses’ father-in-law. This paper will answer this question according to the verses of the holy Quran and the subject matters in the Old Testament and with referring to the available exegeses and the literal subjects. The summary result is that Shoaib (Shuʿayb) in the Quran is the same Jethro and is Moses’ father-in-law the Old Testament. It has been investigated the style of this story in both books in this note. The research in this paper is the textual-comparative method.