Note 109 — DICTIONARY OF ISLĀM. (continued 14)

Elijah is among the few characters which Muḥammad notices after Solomon; nothing, indeed, is mentioned of his rapture to heaven, yet he is considered a great prophet.109 Among the Jews, Elijah appears in human form to the pious on earth, he visits them in their places of worship, and communicates revelations from God to eminent Rabbis. In this character Elijah also appears in Muslim divinity. [ELIJAH.] Jonah is the “man of the fish”;110 Muḥammad relates his history in his usual style, not omitting his journey to Nineveh, or the gourd which afforded him shade. [JONAH.] Job, too, with his suffering and cure is noticed111 [JOB]; also the three men who were cast into a burning fiery furnace112 (Dan. iii. 8); the turning back of the shadow of degrees on the occasion of Hezekiah’s recovery.113