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Elijah

One of the Messengers · Ilyas · إلياس
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Ilyas, peace be upon him, is a messenger whom the Quran names in three verses, one of them in the form Ilyasin. He called his people away from Ba’l and toward the Lord of their fathers. The Quran is the final revelation, and it is the measure by which earlier books are read.

Named in the Quran
1.
Quran 6:85
“And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.”
Elias is among the righteous, with Zechariah, John, and Jesus.
2.
Quran 37:123
“And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,”
“Indeed, Elias was from among the messengers.”
3.
Quran 37:130
“‘Peace upon Elias.’”
Peace upon Elias. The Arabic reads “Ilyasin,” which commentators take as a form of the name Ilyas.
In earlier scripture

The Quran

The final word
Quran 37:124–126
“When he said to his people, ‘Will you not fear Allah? Do you call upon Ba’l and leave the best of creators - Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?’”
His call to his people.
Quran 37:127–129
“And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment], Except the chosen servants of Allah. And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:”

The Bible

Where the Bible tells of him · Kings, in the King James Version
1 Kings 18:21
“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.”
1 Kings 18:39
“And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.”
2 Kings 2:11
“And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”

Christians and Jews read these Bible passages differently. This page presents them as the Quran frames them, with the Quran as the final revelation and the measure for what came before.

Preview draft. Quran quotations follow the Sahih International translation and Bible quotations are from the King James Version; all will be checked against sources before publishing.