Editing Saint George (section)

===Muslim legends===
George ({{langx|ar|جرجس}}, {{Transliteration|ar|Jirjis}} or ''{{Transliteration|ar|Girgus}}'') is included in some Muslim texts as a prophetic figure.{{clarify| reason = the page about Jesus describes Jesus as the "penultimate prophet" meaning there were no other prophets between Jesus and Mohammed, so this is inconsistent. If there's different interpretations that needs to be explained more clearly. |date=December 2024}} The Islamic sources state that he lived among a group of believers who were in direct contact with the last [[apostles of Jesus]]. He is described as a rich merchant who opposed the erection of [[Apollo]]'s statue by Dadan, the king of [[Mosul]]. After confronting the king, George was tortured many times to no effect, was imprisoned and was aided by angels. Eventually, he exposed that the idols were possessed by Satan, but was martyred when the city was destroyed by God in a rain of fire.<ref name=Littlefield>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNAWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA313|title=The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism|author=Scott B. Noegel, Brannon M. Wheeler|date=April 2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|page=313|isbn=978-1-4617-1895-6}}</ref>

Muslim scholars have tried to find a historical connection of the saint due to his popularity.<ref name=Numen>{{cite journal|journal=[[Numen (journal)|Numen]]|title='Georgic' Cults and Saints of the Levant|author=H. S. Haddad|publisher=Brill|year=1968|page=37}}</ref> According to Muslim legend, he was martyred under the rule of [[Diocletian]] and was killed three times but was [[Resurrection|resurrected]] every time. The legend is more developed in the Persian version of [[al-Tabari]] wherein he resurrects the dead, makes trees sprout and pillars bear flowers. After one of his deaths, the world is covered by darkness which is lifted only when he is resurrected. He is able to convert the queen but she is put to death. He then prays to God to allow him to die, which is granted.<ref>{{cite book|title= Encyclopaedia of Islam|edition=Second|volume= I, Part 2|editor1=P. Bearman|editor1-link=Peri Bearman|editor2=Th. Bianquis|editor3=C. E. Bosworth|editor3-link=C. E. Bosworth|editor4=E. van Donzel|editor5=W. P. Heinrichs|editor5-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs|publisher=Brill|author=[[Bernard Carra de Vaux]]|page=1047}}</ref>

[[Al-Thaʿlabi]] states that George was from Palestine and lived in the times of some [[Disciples of Jesus in Islam|disciples of Jesus]]. He was killed many times by the king of Mosul, and resurrected each time. When the king tried to starve him, he touched a piece of dry wood brought by a woman and turned it green, with varieties of fruits and vegetables growing from it. After his fourth death, the city was burnt along with him. [[Ibn al-Athir]]'s account of one of his deaths is parallel to the [[crucifixion of Jesus]], stating, "When he died, God sent stormy winds and thunder and lightning and dark clouds, so that darkness fell between heaven and earth, and people were in great wonderment." The account adds that the darkness was lifted after his resurrection.<ref name=Numen />