The Holy Quran 19:57 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

وَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا

Translation

We elevated him to a high rank (of excellent attributes.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The exalted station of Idris ﵇: that is, [Allah] raised him to a very lofty station of nearness and spiritual knowledge, to a high place. Some say that, like the Messiah ﵇, he too was raised alive to heaven and is alive to this day. Others hold that he was taken up to heaven and his soul was taken there.

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