# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 123

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 123 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 449
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-123

## Arabic

وَاِنَّ اِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۜ

## Transcription

Wa-inna ilyasa lamina almursaleen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

Ilyas was one of the Messengers.

### Progressive Muslims

And Elias was one of the messengers.

### Shabbir Ahmed

And, behold, Elias (Elijah) was one of Our Messengers (6:85).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And Elijah was among the emissaries,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And Elias was one of the messengers.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

Elias was one of the messengers.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Verily Elias is one of the apostles.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

### Muhammad Asad

AND, BEHOLD, Elijah [too] was indeed one of Our message-bearers

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Surely, Elias too was among the Messengers.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] The Prophet Elias (peace be upon him) was from among the Israelite Prophets. He has been mentioned only twice in the Quran, here and in Surah Al-Anaam, Ayat 85. The present-day scholars have determined his period between 875 and 850 B.C. He was an inhabitant of Gilead, which in ancient days was the territory now under the northern districts of the modern state of Jordan, to the south of the River Yarmuk. In the Bible he has been mentioned as Elijah the Tishbite. Here is briefly his life story.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And Elias (Elijah) whom We chose to be a spectacle and a warning and We entrusted with Our divine message,

### Bijan Moeinian

Elias was also one of My Prophets.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And verily, Iliyâs (Elias) was one of the Messengers.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So also was Elias among those sent (by Us).

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

And Elias was indeed one of the messengers.

### Taqi Usmani

And surely, Ilyās is one of the messengers.

### Abdul Haleem

Elijah too was one of the messengers.

### Arthur John Arberry

Elias too was one of the Envoys;

### E. Henry Palmer

And verily Elyas was of the apostles;

### Hamid S. Aziz

And Elias was most surely one of those sent.

### Mahmoud Ghali

And surely Ilyas (Alias=Elijah) is indeed one of the Emissaries;

### George Sale

And Elias was also one of those who were sent by Us.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

And verily, Ilyas (Elias) was one of Our messengers.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

Verily, Elias was (also) one of the Messengers.

### Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed Ilyās was one of the apostles,

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Muhakkak ki İlyas da irsal olunanlardandı.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Gerçekten İlyas da, gönderilmiş (peygamber)lerdendi.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Şüphesiz, İlyas da peygamberlerdendir.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Şüphesiz İlyas da peygamberlerden idi.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Şübhesiz İlyas da mürselinden

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Şüphesiz İlyas da gönderilen peygamberlerdendir.

### Gültekin Onan

Gerçekten İlyas da gönderilmiş (peygamber)lerdendi.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

İlyas da, şübhe yok ki, gönderilmiş peygamberlerdendi.

### İbni Kesir

Muhakkak ki İlyas da peygamberlerdendi.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Kuşkusuz, İlyas (da) elçilerimizden biriydi

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

İlyas da peygamberlerden idi.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

İlyas da elçilerdendi.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

İlyas da elbette ki peygamberlerdendi.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Şüphe yok ki İlyas da elçilerden biriydi.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

İlyas da kesinlikle gönderilenlerdendir.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Kuşkusuz, İlyas da gönderilenler arasındaydı.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

İlyas da elçilerimizden biriydi.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Şüphesiz ki İlyas[1] da elçilerdendi.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Hz. İlyas'ın M.Ö. 9. yüzyılda Kuzey İsrail Krallığı'nda yaşadığı, Kitab-ı Mukaddes'te adının Elijah olup İsrailoğlu peygamberlerden biri olduğu ve peşinden de Elyesa' (Elisha) peygamberin geldiği ifade edilmektedir (Kitâb-ı Mukaddes, I. Krallar 17 ve II. Krallar 1-2; Esed, [Kur'an Mesajı], s. 918'de 48. not).

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

İlyas da kesinlikle gönderilenlerdendir.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

İlyas da kesinlikle gönderilenlerdendir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Şüphesiz İlyas da elçi olarak gönderilenlerdendi[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [En'am 6/85.](https://quran.so/6/85)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنَّ — wa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 2 | إِلْيَاسَ — il'yāsa | Elijah | — |
| 3 | لَمِنَ — lamina | (was) surely of | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ — l-mur'salīna | the Messengers | رسل — Ra-Sin-Lam |

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