al-Yasa' (Elisha)
A prophet of the Children of Israel in Islamic tradition; al-Nuwayri's Nihayat al-Arab relates from al-Kisa'i that he was a boy of Ilyas's religion whom God revived at Ilyas's prayer and whom Ilyas made his successor over the believers, and from al-Tha'labi that God made him a prophet after Ilyas was raised up and sent him to the Children of Israel, who believed in him 1 2 3.
In the Qur'an · 2
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وَٱذْكُرْ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلْأَخْيَارِ
And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the chosen.
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وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We prefer above (Our) creatures,
Sources
- al-Nuwayri, Nihayat al-Arab fi Funun al-Adab, vol. 14 (Matba'at Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo, 1362/1943), p. 25
- al-Nuwayri, Nihayat al-Arab fi Funun al-Adab, vol. 14 (Matba'at Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo, 1362/1943), p. 26
- al-Nuwayri, Nihayat al-Arab fi Funun al-Adab, vol. 14 (Matba'at Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya, Cairo, 1362/1943), p. 40