Surah Assaaffat ayat 129 Tafsir Quran 37:129

﴿وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ﴾
[ الصافات: 129]

37:129 And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

and We left for him among posterity fair praise namely

And We praised his name to fame that he be honoured by those to come of future and later generations

And verily, Ilyas was one of the Messengers ( 123 )When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa? ( 124 )"Will you call upon 'Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators ( 125 )Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers? ( 126 )But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth ( 127 )Save the chosen servants of Allah ( 128 )And We left for him among the later generations ( 129 )"Salam ( peace! ) be upon Ilyasin! ( 130 )Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good ( 131 )Verily, he was one of Our believing servants ( 132 ) Ilyas Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq said, "Ilyas is another name for Idris." Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Ilyas is Idris." This was also the view of Ad-Dahhak .
Wahb bin Munabbih said, "He is Ilyas bin Yasin bin Finhas bin Al-'Izar bin Harun bin 'Imran. Allah sent him to the Children of Israel after Hizqil ( Ezekiel ), may peace be upon them both.
They had started to worship an idol called Ba'l, and he called them to Allah, may He be exalted, and forbade them to worship anyone besides Him.
Their king believed in him, then he apostatized, and they persisted in their misguided ways, and not one person among them believed in him.
So he prayed to Allah against them, and Allah withheld the rain from them for three years.
Then they asked him to relieve them from that, and promised that they would believe in him if rain came to them.
So he prayed to Allah for them, and the rains came, but they persisted in their evil ways of disbelief.
So he asked Allah to take him to Him.
Al-Yasa' bin Akhtub had grown up under his care, may peace be upon them both.
So Ilyas was commanded to go to such and such a place, and whatever mount came to him, he was to ride on it and not to give it away.
A horse of fire was brought to him, so he rode it, and Allah clothed him with light and covered him with feathers, and he used to fly with the angels as a human angel, heavenly yet also earthly.
This is what was narrated by Wahb bin Munabbih from the People of the Book; Allah knows best how true it is. إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ( When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa?" ) means, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?' أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ ( Will you call upon Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators, ) Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, 'Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba'l means lord.
'Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah.
'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba'labak ( Baalbek ) which is to the west of Damascus.
Ad-Dahhak said, "It is an idol which they used to worship." أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا ( Will you call upon Ba'l ) means, 'will you worship an idol,' وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ - اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( and forsake the Best of creators, Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers? ) means, 'He is the One Who is deserving of your worship alone, with no partners or associates.' فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ( But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth, ) means, for the punishment on the Day of Reckoning. إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ( Save the chosen servants of Allah. ) means, those who believe in Him alone. وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ ( And We left for him among the later generations. ) means, he is praised and spoken of highly. سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ( Salam (peace! ) be upon Ilyasin!) Similarly, one might say for Isma'il, Isma'in.
This is the language ( dialect ) of Bani Asad; they say Mikal, Mika'il, and Mika'in.
They say Ibrahim and Ibraham; Isra'il, Isra'in; Tur Sina', Tur Sinin.
All of that is fine. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good.
Verily, he was one of Our believing servants. ) We have already discussed the meaning of this above.
And Allah knows best.

(37:129) We preserved a good name for him among posterity. *73

And We left for him [favorable mention] meaning

*73) The treatment that the Israelites meted out to the Prophet Elijah in his life has been referred to above, but after his death they became so enamoured of him that they held him in the highest esteem and reverence after the Prophet Moses.
They formed the belief that Elijah ( peace be upon him ) had been taken up alive into heaven by a whirlwind ( 2 Kings, ch.
2 ), and that he will come back to the world again.
Thus, in Malachi ( O.T. ) it is written: " Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. " ( 4: 5 ).
At the tune the Prophets John and Jesus ( peace be upon them ) appeared, the Jews were awaiting the advent of these three men: the Prophet Elias, the Christ and " that Prophet " ( i.e.
the Holy Prophet Muhammad ).
When the ministry of the Prophet John began and he slatted baptizing the people, the Jews sent priests to him to ask, " Are you the Christ ? " And he said that he was not the Christ.
Then they asked, " Are you Elijah ? " And he answered that he was not Elias; then they asked, " Are you 'that Prophet'? " And he answered that he was not " that Prophet " either.
Thereupon they said, " If you arc neither the Christ, nor Elias, nor that Prophet, why do you then baptize ? " ( John, 1: 19-2G; j.
Afterwards when the name of the Prophet Jesus spread among the people, the Jews thought that perhaps the Prophet Elias had come.
(Mark, 6: 14-15 ).
Even among the disciples of Jesus themselves the idea was common that Elias the Prophet would come, but Jesus removed their misunderstanding, saying, 'Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatever they listed." Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist and not of Elias who had appeared tight hundred years earlier.
( Matthew.
11: 14; and 17: 10-131. )
 

And verily, Ilyas was one of the Messengers ( 123 )When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa? ( 124 )"Will you call upon 'Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators ( 125 )Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers? ( 126 )But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth ( 127 )Save the chosen servants of Allah ( 128 )And We left for him among the later generations ( 129 )"Salam ( peace! ) be upon Ilyasin! ( 130 )Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good ( 131 )Verily, he was one of Our believing servants ( 132 ) Ilyas Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq said, "Ilyas is another name for Idris." Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Ilyas is Idris." This was also the view of Ad-Dahhak .
Wahb bin Munabbih said, "He is Ilyas bin Yasin bin Finhas bin Al-'Izar bin Harun bin 'Imran. Allah sent him to the Children of Israel after Hizqil ( Ezekiel ), may peace be upon them both.
They had started to worship an idol called Ba'l, and he called them to Allah, may He be exalted, and forbade them to worship anyone besides Him.
Their king believed in him, then he apostatized, and they persisted in their misguided ways, and not one person among them believed in him.
So he prayed to Allah against them, and Allah withheld the rain from them for three years.
Then they asked him to relieve them from that, and promised that they would believe in him if rain came to them.
So he prayed to Allah for them, and the rains came, but they persisted in their evil ways of disbelief.
So he asked Allah to take him to Him.
Al-Yasa' bin Akhtub had grown up under his care, may peace be upon them both.
So Ilyas was commanded to go to such and such a place, and whatever mount came to him, he was to ride on it and not to give it away.
A horse of fire was brought to him, so he rode it, and Allah clothed him with light and covered him with feathers, and he used to fly with the angels as a human angel, heavenly yet also earthly.
This is what was narrated by Wahb bin Munabbih from the People of the Book; Allah knows best how true it is. إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ( When he said to his people: "Will you not have Taqwa?" ) means, 'do you not fear Allah when you worship others instead of Him?' أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ ( Will you call upon Ba'l and forsake the Best of creators, ) Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, 'Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi said that the word Ba'l means lord.
'Ikrimah and Qatadah said, "This is the language of the people of Yemen." According to another report from Qatadah, it is the language of Azd Shanu'ah.
'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam narrated from his father that it is the name of an idol which was worshipped by the people of a city called Ba'labak ( Baalbek ) which is to the west of Damascus.
Ad-Dahhak said, "It is an idol which they used to worship." أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا ( Will you call upon Ba'l ) means, 'will you worship an idol,' وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ - اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( and forsake the Best of creators, Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers? ) means, 'He is the One Who is deserving of your worship alone, with no partners or associates.' فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ ( But they denied him, so they will certainly be brought forth, ) means, for the punishment on the Day of Reckoning. إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ ( Save the chosen servants of Allah. ) means, those who believe in Him alone. وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ ( And We left for him among the later generations. ) means, he is praised and spoken of highly. سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ ( Salam (peace! ) be upon Ilyasin!) Similarly, one might say for Isma'il, Isma'in.
This is the language ( dialect ) of Bani Asad; they say Mikal, Mika'il, and Mika'in.
They say Ibrahim and Ibraham; Isra'il, Isra'in; Tur Sina', Tur Sinin.
All of that is fine. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good.
Verily, he was one of Our believing servants. ) We have already discussed the meaning of this above.
And Allah knows best.

( And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation )) We left for Elias good praise among the people who came after him:

And We left for him (a goodly remembrance) among generations (to come) in later times;

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