It is said that his blessed person was slender, his stature tall, and his hair curled. The skin of his precious body was hard, and he was always dressed in woollen garments. His religion was that of Mûsa, and he acted according to the Mosaic Law.
He mostly dwelt in deserts and wildernesses, to assist and guide those who were fatigued or had lost their way, and to direct them to the road of salvation. It is said that every year on the Azha-feast* he meets the lord Khizer in the mosque of Qabba, where they regulate the devotions of the people.
It is related that after his lordship had departed from the people a tyrannical king governed them, and extirpated the whole nation with the sword, stringing the pearls of life of those rebels with the strokes of the diamond-coloured scimetar upon the thread of annihilation, because the commands of God are fore-ordained. As the length of the mission of Eliâs is not known, and he never ceased to live, nothing can be said on these points. Allah is most wise!