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PROPHET ILYAS
Written by Syed Muhammad Hussain
Shamsi
Prophet Ilyas 'was a descendant
from the progeny of Harun and
was a great prophet of Allah
amongst Banu Israel.
The king of Bani Israel had
reverted to materialism. He was
married to a heathen woman. Banu
Israel followed their king and
carved out several stone idols
for worship including the calf
that was a popular god amongst
the Philistines. Any one who
stood up for the monotheistic
faith of Musa was slain
ruthlessly. This was the time
when many prophets of Allah were
martyred because they taught the
truth and wanted people to
return to the religion of
Allah.
The king and his queen had their
neighbor killed because he was a
man of pious conduct and of
monotheistic faith; and annexed
his fertile fruit groves to
their own. Ilyas rebuked them
for their ill conduct. He told
them that if they did not repent
on what they had wrought against
an innocent family, return the
groves to the orphan of the
slain owner, Allah will send his
punishment upon them, and they
will be similarly slain in the
same fruit garden. The king told
Ilyas that he should refrain
from confrontation with him or
else he will have him arrested
and tortured for his harsh words
against his king.
It so happened that the young
son of the king became ill. Ilyas
asked the king why did he not
pray to his best idol for the
recovery of his son. The king
was so annoyed with the harsh
words of Ilyas that he sent his
palace guards to
ILYAS
Ilyas 'was a descendant from the
progeny of Haroon and was a
great prophet of Allah amongst
Banu Israel.
The king of Bani Israel had
reverted to materialism. He was
married to a heathen woman. Banu
Israel followed their king and
carved out several stone idols
for worship including the calf
that was a popular god amongst
the Philistines. Any one who
stood up for the monotheistic
faith of Musa was slain
ruthlessly. This was the time
when many prophets of Allah were
martyred because they taught the
truth and wanted people to
return to the religion of
Allah.
The king and his queen had their
neighbor killed because he was a
man of pious conduct and of
monotheistic faith; and annexed
his fertile fruit groves to
their own.Ilyas rebuked them for
their ill conduct. He told them
that if they did not repent on
what they had wrought against an
innocent family, return the
groves to the orphan of the
slain owner, Allah will send his
punishment upon them, and they
will be similarly slain in the
same fruit garden. The king
told Ilyas that he should
refrain from confrontation with
him or else he will have him
arrested and tortured for his
harsh words against his king.
It so happened that the young
son of the king became ill. Ilyas
asked the king why did he not
pray to his best idol for the
recovery of his son. The king
was so annoyed with the harsh
words of Ilyas that he sent his
palace guards to arrest him and
bring him into his presence so
that he could be tortured and
killed in his presence. Ilyas
prayed to Allah for His
help. The palace guards fell
down dead, and Ilyas was
spared.
Allah sent his punishment for
the people in the form of a
drought. Ilyas challenged them
to go and sing and dance to
please their false gods and see
if they would send some rain for
them. Clearly all the elements
are subservient to Allah and no
amount of material power can
match His Will. They did all
that was known to them but
nothing happened.
When hearts harden with hate and
defiance, no amount of logic or
reason makes any sense. They all
swooped on Ilyas to lynch him in
public. They blamed him for his
magic to be the cause of their
misery. They conspired to kill
him.
Ilyas appointed Al-Yasa' his
successor and vanished in the
protection of Allah. A monarch
from a neighboring kingdom came
and conquered the land. The
king and his queen met their ill
fate as predicted by Ilyas, and
were slain in the same grove
where they had killed its
innocent owner. Their bodies
lay rotting in the sun, and
ravens and vultures ate their
flesh.
References: al
Qur'an: Sura Saffat.
THE PROPHETS OF ISLAM
Biographical Sketches according
to al Qur’an
Written by: SYED MUHAMMAD
HUSSAIN SHAMSI / Nairobi, Kenya
First Printing in Urdu under the auspices of Sayyeda
Begum / Mumtaz Manzil,
Narowal, PAKISTAN
First English Translation
by SYED HAIDER HUSSAIN SHAMSI
(Demarest, NJ 07627) |
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