Yakub (also spelled Yacub or Yaqub) is a figure in the mythology of the Nation of Islam (NOI) and its offshoots. According to the NOI's doctrine, Yakub was a black Meccan scientist who lived 6,600 years ago and created the white race.

Yakub is a key figure within the Nation of Islam teachings in North America and is described as being a 6,600-year-old Black male scientist with a very large head or brain. According to NOI writings, Yakub's experiments are eventually what led to the creation of white people, as well as other types of non-Asian and non-Black people.

Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (Arabic: يعقوب‎, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways; Yakob, as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. [1] .

Yakub is the name of the evil Black scientist who, according to the Nation of Islam, allegedly created the white race thousands of years ago through a "grafting" process.

Apr 1, 2024 · Yakub is the Arabic name for Jacob, also known as Israel in the Bible, one of the three patriarchs of Judaism. He appears in the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran -- where he is named several times as a prophet.

Feb 15, 2025 · Elijah Muhammad believed that the white race was created by Yakub, a Black scientist, and that Allah had allowed this devilish race to hold power for 6,000 years. Their time was up in 1914, and the 20th century was to be the time for Black people to assert themselves.

Prophet Yaqub (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was the father to twelve sons. The first ten were born to his first wife, while Prophet Yusuf (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) and his brother Binyamin were born to his second wife. The twelve sons made up the original twelve tribes of Banu Israel.

Yaqub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Azar (Arabic: يَعْقُوب ابْنُ إِسْحَٰق ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمُ ابْنُ آزَر [jaʕquːb ʔibn ʔisħaːq ʔibn ʔibraːhiːm ʔibn ʔaːzar], transl. Jacob, son of Isaac, the son of Abraham), later given the name Israil (إِسْرَآءِیْل, transl. ' Israel '), …

According to W.D. Fard, NOI founder, whites were created by "a big-headed black scientist named Yakub," Yakub was born near Mecca more than six thousand years ago and created a religion-based science known as "tricknology," or the science of deception.

All of these scientists take turns being god, and 6000 years ago was our boy Yakubs turn.