And when Ilyas was the greatest of those who detached themselves from his followers, renewing what he had studied of the rulings of the Torah; and leaving its rulings, along with what it was described with of clarity; and what it called for of uprightness; was in a state of utmost misguidance that is hardly believable like it; he pointed to the deviation from it; clarifying that the hearts are in His hand - glorified and exalted is He - and he said - affirming -: ﴿And indeed, Ilyas﴾; meaning: the one who was one of the Children of Israel; according to all the interpreters; except for Ibn Mas'ud; and 'Ikrimah; and he is from the tribe of Levi; and from the children of Harun - peace be upon him -; and Ibn 'Abbas - may Allah be pleased with them - said: he is the uncle of Al-Yasa' - peace be upon them -; and We sent him to those who were among them in the land of Baalbek and its surroundings; so when they did not return to him, We removed from him the human desires; and We created him with the royal attributes; and it is not far-fetched that the reason for naming him by this name is what was previously known in the knowledge of Allah that he would despair of those he calls to Allah; so he would be among those who come on the Day of Resurrection with nothing but one; or two; as the Prophet - blessings and peace be upon him - said as narrated by the two Shaykhs; Al-Bukhari in the Book of Riqaq and Medicine; and Muslim in the Book of Faith; from Ibn 'Abbas - may Allah be pleased with them -: "The nations were presented to me; and I saw the Prophet with a small group; and the Prophet with a man; and two men; and the Prophet with no one with him."; so He - glorified and exalted is He - made his name suitable for his affair among his people; in his despair of them; when he fled to the mountains from their evil; and their despair of being able to kill him; for they exerted themselves in that until they were exhausted; and the clearest evidence for this meaning is the reading of Ibn 'Amir; differing from him; by connecting the hamzah in the word 'darj'; and opening it at the beginning; and although the scholars said - as reported by Al-Sameen in his grammatical explanation - that this is from the manipulation of the Arabs with foreign names; they sometimes cut off its hamzah; and at other times they connected it; meaning He addressed them - glorified and exalted is He - with what they were familiar with from their language; ﴿Indeed, among the messengers﴾; meaning: to those who altered the matter of the Torah; and opposed what it called for;.