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" Elijah - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rippin, Andrew
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AL
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English
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1061504
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ALei1901
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Rippin, Andrew
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Elijah - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rippin, Andrew
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(852 words)
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Elijah , a biblical prophet who is commonly identified with Ilyās and Ilyāsīn, is mentioned three times in the Qurʾan. The Arabic name Ilyās was probably borrowed, via Syriac, from the Greek form (Ἠλίας) of the Hebrew Eliyāhū; a variant form, Ilyāsīn, found only in Q 37:130, is probably best explained as demanded by the rhyme scheme of the passage (Horovitz, 99). Q 6:85 simply lists Ilyās along with Zechariah, John, and Jesus as being among the righteous. Q 37:123–32 tells a more extensive story of Ilyās
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Islam.
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ALei1901.pdf
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