What does Quran 37:123 mean?

Quran 37:123 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Ayah 123) translates to: "And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 37:123 from?

This ayah is from Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), the 37th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 23.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 37:123?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 37:123?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 37:123 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Prophethood, Idolatry, Taqwa, Divine Attributes.

Ayah 122

إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ...

37:123As-Saaffaat

Ayah 124

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ...

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Wa inna Ilyaasa laminal mursaleen

And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

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Lessons from past peoples

37:123Ayah 1182

50 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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And truly Elias read wa-inna Ilyās with the initial hamza or without wa-inna’l-yāsa 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.

That the Messenger of Allah , Abu Bakr and 'Umar were in Marr Az-Zahran. He narrated it in Mursal from. (Daif)

Sunan Abu Dawud #4438

A part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #5132Narrated from Ibn 'Amr:Sahih

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4961Narrated from Ayyub bin Musa:Hasan

Sunan Abu Dawud #5136Narrated al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami:Sahih

Some of the children of al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami said: Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami was the governor of the Prophet (ﷺ) at al-Bahrayn, and when he wrote to him he began with his won name.