This article uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them. Please help improve this article.(January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Prophet
Ilyas
إلياس Elijah
Known for
Being an Islamic Prophet
Predecessor
Sulayman
Successor
Alyasa
Ilyās (Arabic: إلياس) was a prophet of God (Allah) who was sent to guide the Children of Israel. He was given the prophetic mission to prevent people from worshipping idols.[1] Ilyas is the prophetic predecessor to Alyasa.[2] Some Islamic scholars believe, that Ilyas is from the progeny of Harun (Aaron).[3]
Elijah Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, Stories of Elias and Elisha Historical Dictionary of Prophets inIslam and Judaism, B. M. Wheeler, Elijah:...
to accounts in all three of the Synoptic Gospels, Elijah appeared with Moses during the Transfiguration of Jesus. ElijahinIslam appears in the Quran as...
Wallace Fard disappeared. Elijah Muhammad succeeded him in Detroit and was named "Minister of Islam". After the disappearance, Elijah Muhammad told followers...
of Islamin the West. Members seeking to retain Elijah Muhammad's teachings re-established the Nation of Islam under Louis Farrakhan's leadership in 1977...
In 1934, he disappeared from public record, and Elijah Muhammad succeeded him as leader of the Nation of Islam. Fard first appeared in Detroit in 1930...
is venerated as a prophet in all of Islam, and is prophetic successor to Elijah (Arabic: Ilyās). Elisha is mentioned twice in the Quran as a prophet, alongside...
The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the security and disciplinary wing of the Nation of Islam (NOI). It has also been described as its paramilitary wing. The Fruit...
revivalist, and Islamic thinker. He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam from 1933 to 1975. In 1975, upon Elijah Muhammad's death...
successor to Ilyas (Elijah). Islamic sources that identify Elisha with Khidr cite the strong relationship between Khidr and Ilyas inIslamic tradition. The...
Nation of Islam and its followers is that there is only one god, whom they claim "came in the person" of Wallace Fard Muhammad, and that Elijah Muhammad...
The University of Islam was established by Elijah Muhammad. The school was greatly supported by Clara Muhammad, the wife of Elijah Muhammad and other...
prophets and messengers of Islam. According to the Quran, Musa was born to an Israelite family. In his childhood, he is put in a basket which flows towards...
InIslam, Jesus (Arabic: عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ, romanized: ʿĪsā ibn Maryam, lit. 'Jesus, son of Mary') is believed to be the penultimate prophet and messenger...
Ishmael Muhammad (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1964) is an American member of the Nation of Islam, and son of Elijah Muhammad and Tynnetta Muhammad...
Prophets inIslam (Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized: al-anbiyāʾ fī al-islām) are individuals inIslam who are believed to spread God's...
Seal of the Prophets in all of the main branches of Islam. Muslims believe that the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, was revealed to Muhammad...
appointed to the post of National Representative of the Nation of Islam by then-NOI leader Elijah Muhammad. He adopted the name Louis X before being named Louis...
dispensation by the Islamic one. Druze venerate Elijah, and he is considered a central figure in Druzism. The Druze regard the Cave of Elijah as holy, and they...
Investigation (FBI). In the 1960s, Malcolm X began to grow disillusioned with the Nation of Islam, as well as with its leader, Elijah Muhammad. He subsequently...
God according to Islam, and an ancestor to the Ishmaelite Arabs and Israelites. Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity...
(Solomon), Ilyas (Elijah) and Isa (Jesus). The mosque has the capacity to accommodate in the region of 400,000 worshippers. According to Islamic tradition, the...
romanized: ʾĀdam), inIslamic theology, is believed to have been the first human being on Earth and the first prophet (Arabic: نبي, nabī) of Islam. Adam's role...
recognized inIslam as a prophet and messenger of God. He is one of the Ulu'l azm prophets. Noah's mission was to warn his people, who were plunged in idol...
Islam is the third largest religion in the United States (1%), behind Christianity (63%) and Judaism (2%), and equaling the shares of Buddhism and Hinduism...
believed Elijah was a prophet, and they've kept the exact ways Elijah taught them. But I've changed what I believe, and what I believe in now is true Islam. In...
Nation of Islam, an ancient black nation that migrated into central Africa, led by a leader named Shabazz. The concept is found primarily in the writings...
romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor to the Ishmaelites inIslam. He is the son of Ibrahim, born to Hajar. Ismail is also associated with...