This world will become a heaven
for all of us if we get to know that we all belong to the
“Of some
messengers we have already told you the story; of others we have not” (Quran 4;
164).
We can find some unknown Prophets
from other divine books like Bible and Torah. Prophet Elisha is one of those
mentioned in Bible and Torah as well.
Prophet Elisha was a Hebrew
Prophet. He was sent towards the people of Hebrew living in the age of 800 B.C
in Israel. Children of Israel were the most beloved nation of Allah. But they
proved most disobedient nation. Allah has sent many Prophets towards them
between the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah, to
turn them into the path of righteousness. Prophet Elisha is mentioned in Quran
as Al Yasa. Prophet Elisha was the cousin of Prophet Elijah also mentioned in
Quran as Prophet Ilyas. Allah said in Quran,
“And commemorate Ismail, Al-Yasa
and Dhul-kifl; each of them was of the company of! the good.” (Quran
38:48).
“And Zachariah and John and Jesus
and Ilyas all in the ranks of the righteous; and Ismail and Elisha (Al-Yasa)
and Jonas and Lot; each have I preferred above the nations. (To them) and their fathers and progeny and
brethren, I chose them and I guided them to a straight way.” (Quran 6: 85-87)
One day Prophet Elisha was
working in his fields and Prophet Elijah passed through these fields. After
seeing him Prophet Elisha rushed towards him and started following him. Prophet
Elijah noticed him and asked him that why do you accompany me after leaving
your work? Prophet Elisha retraced his steps and fetched his ox. He slaughtered
it and cooked the beef. He presented it to Prophet Elijah, his companions and
many other guests to seek the pleasure of Allah. Prophet Elijah was much
pleased with his hospitality and piousness. After that, when Prophet Elijah was
about to leave, Prophet Elisha expressed his desire to live rest of his life
with such a pious and spiritual person and to serve him whole heartedly and
with devotion. Prophet Elijah was fascinated by his good moral. That is why he
allowed him to do so.
When the Prophet Elijah was on
his death bed, he wished to bid him farewell. While Prophet Elisha wasn’t ready
to leave him. Then Prophet Elijah asked him to express his desire that he want
to be full filled. Prophet Elisha wished: May Allah bestow His blessings upon
me as He has bestowed on you. Prophet Elijah supplicated and invoked blessings
of Allah upon his successor. His prayer was granted and Allah chose Elisha for
the prophecy after Prophet Elijah. After some time Prophet Elisha proceeded to
Yariha to preach the religion of Allah. The inhabitants of Yariha gave him a
warm reception. At that time they were under the spell of starvation. The land
was barren and water was not available. Prophet Elisha supplicated to Allah to
show mercy to the famine-stricken people. His prayer was granted and Allah
showered His bounties upon them.
Allah granted Prophet Elisha with
some miracles in which the famous miracle was the River of Jordan. Once there
was a man. His name was Namaan and he was suffering from leprosy. He came to
Prophet Elisha and asked to cure him. Prophet Elisha told Namaan to wash seven
times in the River of Jordan. You would be healed. Namaan obeyed Prophet and
did so.He washed seven times in the river. He was healed. His sores was gone
and he got cured from leprosy. Prophet Elisha was blessed with another miracle
of bringing back life to the dead person. Once an old women and her husband
asked Prophet Elisha to live with them in their house. They were old and had no
children. Prophet Elisha told them they would have a son. They did not believe
him but they had a son. One day the son got a swear headache. He told about it
to his parents. His mother held him into her arms and soon the son died due to
the headache. His mother put his body on Prophet Elisha’s bed. Prophet Elisha
came into the room and shut the door. He prayed to Allah and touched the son.
Allah accepted the prayer of Prophet Elisha and the boy sneezed seven times and
then opened his eyes. Allah helped Prophet to bring the boy back to life.
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