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Elijah

. Arabic Ilyas, , Ilyasin ; Heb. ; New Testament, . A prophet mentioned in the following verses in the Qur’an:-

Surah xxxvii 123, "Verily Ilyas (Elias) was of the Apostles; and when he said to his people, ‘Will ye not fear, Do ye call upon Ba ‘l and leave the best of Creators, God your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers in the old time? But they called him a liar; verily, they shall surely be arraigned save god ‘s sincere servants. And we left him amongst prosperity. Peace upon Ilyasin (Elias) verily, thus do we reward those who do well; verily he was of our servants who believe.

Surah vi 85; "And Zachariah and John, and Jesus, and Ilyas all righteous ones."

Al-Baizawi says, "It has been said that this Ilyas, is the same as Idris, prefather of Noah, whilst others say he was the son of Yasin and descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses. [IDRIS.]

citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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