JASHUA (YUSHA’ BIN NUN)
Jashua (Yusha bin Nun) carried out the first assignment of Moses on their first arrival in the Promised Land. After the death of Aaron he accompanied Moses in the desert for forty years and carried out all the assignments that were previously carried out by Aaron. When they returned to the banks of Jordan River after their difficult journeys in the desert, Moses appointed him his deputy and went up the mountain for the last time. He never came back.
It was Jashua who led Bani Israel into the city of Jericho (Yareho) and arranged the settlement of the twelve tribes of Bani Israel in the land of Canaan. It was his responsibility to personally see the burial of the remains of Prophet Joseph amongst his forefathers in accordance with his will. He died when all the tasks of settling the Israelites were accomplished according to the Will of God.
(Yusha bin Nun is known as Jashua in the Torah.)
References: His name is not mentioned in the Qur’an but is referred to along with the narratives of Moses in Sura Maidah. Kahaf and Waqeah.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 