"The Jews are mentioned in the Quran and Traditions under the
names of yahûdî, pl. yahûd, and banû isrâ.îl, 'Children of
Israel'. No distinction is made between Jews and Isrealites.
They are acknowledged to be the people in possession of a divine
book, and are called 'ahlu-l kitâb', or 'people of the book'.
Musa (Moses) is their special law-giver, Ibrâhîm (Abraham) (not
being a Jew, but a ' hanîf muslim '); they are a people highly
favoured of God, but are said to have perverted the meaning of
the Scripture, and to have called Ezra 'the Son of God'. They
have an intense hatred of all true Muslims; and as a punishment
of their sins, some of them in times past had been changed into
apes and swine and others will have their hands tied to their
necks and be cast into the Fire at the Day of Judgement."
Dictionary of Islam This does not contradict to treat the Jews
well, as long as they do not fight against Islam and the
Muslims. Nearly all the prophets from the Old Testament (Torah)
are mentioned by name in the Qu