Elisha Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==In Islam== {{Main|Elisha in Islam}} Elisha ({{lang-ar|اليسع|al-yasaʿ}}) is venerated as a [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet]] in all of [[Islam]], and is prophetic successor to [[Elijah]] (Arabic: {{transliteration|ar|Ilyās}}). Elisha is mentioned twice in the [[Quran]] as a prophet,<ref>Tottoli, Roberto, "Elisha", in: ''Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān'', General Editor: Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Georgetown University, Washington DC. Brill Online.</ref> alongside fellow prophets.<ref>Tottoli, Roberto, "Elisha", in: ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'', THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Brill Online.</ref> According to the Quran, Elisha is exalted "above the worlds (or to their people)" ({{Lang-ar|فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِين|faḍḍalnā ʿala l-ʿālamīn(a)}})<ref>Qur'an 6:86</ref> and is "among the excellent" ({{Lang-ar|مِنَ ٱلْأَخْيَار|mina l-akhyār(i)}}).<ref>Qur'an 38:48</ref> Islamic sources that identify Elisha with [[Khidr]] cite the strong relationship between al-Khidr and Elijah in Islamic tradition.<ref>al-Rabghūzī, ''Stories of the prophets'', ed. Hendrik E. Boeschoten, M. Vandamme, and Semih Tezcan [Leiden 1995], 2:460</ref> Some Muslims believe the tomb of Elisha is in [[Al-Awjam]] in the eastern region of [[Saudi Arabia]]. The shrine was removed by the [[Politics of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Government]] because such veneration is not in accordance with the [[Wahhabi]] or [[Salafi]] reform movement dominant in Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jafariyanews.com/dec2k2/13_saudicurbs.htm|title=Religious curbs in Saudi Arabia – Report: JAFARIYA NEWS, December 12 News|access-date=2013-01-31|archive-date=2012-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506053758/http://www.jafariyanews.com/dec2k2/13_saudicurbs.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.shiapen.com/comprehensive/salafi-disease-literalism/salafi-bidah-respecting-signs-allah.html|title=Salafi Bidah in respecting the signs of Allah}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It had been an important landmark for many centuries during the time of [[Ottoman Arabia]], and had been a very popular pilgrimage destination for Muslims of all sects throughout the pre-modern period.<ref>[[:ar:اليسع|اليسع]] (Al-Yasa) {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page