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Ilyas is another spelling of the Quranic name Elias, which is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran and means "Allah is my God". They are the same name and have the same meaning and pronunciation. Both spellings are acceptable. For more details on this name and its pronunciation see: Elias
Reader Comments:
on Tuesday 13th of December 2016 06:53:19 AM
What about he name Elijah? Its the same as Elias but in the language of the ild Testaments.
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on Wednesday 10th of May 2017 06:30:24 AM
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on Thursday 29th of June 2017 09:34:23 PM
Write your comment here…I think with the best of my knowledge, the name ilyass which means equivalent is a great and a lovely name which is suppose to be given to a responsible child.
on Wednesday 20th of May 2020 07:38:09 AM
Ilyas is originally from a hebrew word “Eliyahu” a Jewish Prophet wich means Eli (My God) (is) Yahu (Yehovah / YHVH).
Ilyas can’t be a Moslem prophet, because the God of Ilyas is not Allah but Yehovah!
on Thursday 9th of July 2020 12:02:52 PM
@Comment number 5. the God of Adam, Ibrahim, Musa, Yusuf, Yaqub, Ilyas and all the true prophet’s is Allah.
Allah is like elohim (in Hebrew) or Alaha in Aramaic (which was the spoken language in Palestine during Jesus’ life.) It comes from Al-Ilah meaning The God. If you read at the Bible in Arabic, Allah is the term used for God.
Islam comes from istislam meaning to submit (to God) So a muslim is someone who submits to God. Hence Jesus and all the prophets are Muslim.
on Wednesday 1st of June 2022 02:04:49 PM
Eliyyahu (Hebrew), Ilyas (Arabic), Elijah are all the same name.
Eli (My God)
E.g in Arabic, Rabbi = MY Lord
Ilahi = MY God
Eliyyahu = Yahuwah is my God.
As Muslims, we believe in all these prophets (Ilyas , Zakariyah, Yahya*, Eesa (Yehoshua))
Their names contain Yah (derived from Yahuwah. Yahuwah is the name that Allah revealed to Prophet Musa, on mount Sinai)
We believe in ALL these prophets.
(*but in Arabic Yahya means life, but this is different. Yahya = John the baptist. Now what does John mean? John is actually a romanized form of the original Hebrew name (since it has a J, not a Y) it means “God has mercied/ God is gracious. Yah is translated to “The Lord” and sometimes “God”, however it is considered a personal name, and it doesn’t have a specific known meaning)
Also, Allah is Yahuwah. @comment 5 don’t try to deny this. Allah means The God. Jews and Christians of Arabia would worship Him, before Islam, and even now. Don’t try and insult your Christian brothers. Read the Arabic Bible.
El (God in Hebrew) Elah/Eloh (God in Hebrew)
Elohim (Im is there as a royal pronoun (for respect))
Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by my name the LORD [Yahuwah] I did not make myself fully known to them.
Il (God in Arabic) Ilah (God in Arabic)
Al (The in Arabic)
Al + Ilah = Allah
Allah means “THE God”
Allah (swt) is Yahuwah.
When the Bible mentions that God reavelad His name as Yahuwah, to Prophet Musa, we know hat his is not a fabricated verse.
This is evident, as many prophets (after Musa)
had “Yah” in their names (as I mentioned above)
Another one…
Zakariya = God has remembered.
Where is ‘El’ or ‘Il’? E.g. Isma’Il/ Ishma’el??
It is not present. However, “Ya”/”Yah” is.
Zakariya = Yah (Yahuwah) has remembered
Also, the reason why Prophet Ibrahim named him son “Isma’il” / Ishma’el (with the actual word that means God) is because of the fact that God revealed Himself as “El Shaddai” (God almighty), to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD [Yahuwah] I did not make myself fully known to them.
Qur’an 2:260
And [mention] when Abraham said, “My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead.” [Allah] said, “Have you not believed?” He said, “Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied.” [Allah] said, “Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them – they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.”