The ProphetsNo. 20

Al-Yasa'

الْيَسَع

  • Known in the Bible as Elisha

Named with Isma'il, Yunus and Lut among those Allah favoured above the worlds.

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Al-Yasa' is named among the prophets Allah preferred above the worlds (6:86), and among the best (38:48). islamweb's fatwa found no scholar who disputed his prophethood. The Quran tells no story of his. Reports make him the successor of Ilyas, but the Quran does not say so.

Evidence

QuranAl-An'aam (The Cattle)Quran 6:86

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٨٦

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

86. And Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) and Al-Yasa‘ (Elisha), and Yûnus (Jonah) and Lût (Lot), and each one of them We preferred above the ‘Âlamîn [mankind and jinn (of their times)].

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QuranAl-An'aam (The Cattle)Quran 6:86

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٨٦

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

86. And Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) and Al-Yasa‘ (Elisha), and Yûnus (Jonah) and Lût (Lot), and each one of them We preferred above the ‘Âlamîn [mankind and jinn (of their times)].

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