Elijah

وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elijah- every one of them was righteous-

وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Elijah too was one of the messengers.

إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

He said to his people, ‘Have you no fear of God?

أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلًا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

How can you invoke Baal and forsake the Most Gracious Creator,

ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

but they rejected him. They will be brought to punishment as a consequence;

إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

not so the true servants of God.

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

We let him be praised by succeeding generations:

سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلْ يَاسِينَ

‘Peace be to Elijah!’