ٱلصَّافَّات : ١٢٣

  • وَإِنَّ And indeed
  • إِلۡيَاسَ Ilyas
  • لَمِنَ (was) surely of
  • ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ the Messengers
And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
And truly Elias (read [wa-inna Ilyaas] with the initial hamza or without [wa-inna'l-yaasa) was [also] one of the messengers. Some think that this [Elias] was the son of Aaron's brother - [Aaron] the brother of Moses; but some say that this [Elias] was some other [person], who was sent to the people living in and around Baalbak.