Ilyas name meaning
The prophet, the meaning of the name and the Quran verses
Ilyas (إِلْياس, Ilyās) is the name of a prophet mentioned 3 times in the Quran, in 2 surahs.
- In Arabic
- إِلْياس
- Transliteration
- Ilyas (Ilyās)
- In the Quran
- A messenger who called his people to abandon Baʿl (37:123-125).
- Meaning of the name
- A name of non-Arabic origin that Arabs also bore, according to the Lisān al-ʿArab
- Mentions
- 3 times, in 2 surahs
In the classical dictionaries
Lisān al-ʿArab · لسان العرب, extract quoted as is:
… أُلِسَتْ عطيته إِذامُنِعَتْ من غير إياس منها؛ وأَنشد:وصَرَمَت حَبْلَك بالتَّأَلُّسوإِلْياسُ: اسم أَعجمي، وقد سمت به العرب، وهو الياسُ بنُ مُضَرَ بنِنِزار بن معدّ بن عَدْنان.
Ilyas in the Quran
The prophet's name is highlighted. Translation: Saheeh International.
Surah الأَنۡعَامِ (Al-An'aam), verse 6:85
وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.
Surah الصَّافَّاتِ (As-Saaffaat), verse 37:123
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
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