Ahijah (Hebrew: אֲחִיָּה ʾĂḥīyyā, "brother of Yah"; Latin and Douay–Rheims: Ahias) is a name of several biblical individuals:
A man named Ahijah also appears in the Babylonian Talmud in the 2nd century AD as one of the first Babylonian Exilarchs.
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Italics = While the figure has been revered by many Muslims as a saint, status as a prophet is not accepted by all. |