Stories of the Prophets by Allama Ibn Kathir,  points out that Qur’an 19:56-7 states: “Mention in the Book ˹O Prophet, the story of˺ Enoch. He was surely a man of truth and a prophet. And We elevated him to an honorable status.” What is Idris (Enoch) elevated and honored for?

Enoch is a pre-flood Biblical patriarch, in the seventh generation from Adam, famous for “walking with God” and being taken directly to heaven by God, without experiencing death. He is noted for his deep faith, and being the great-grandfather of Prophet Noah.

Quran 19:56-57 (Surah Maryam) highlights Prophet Idris (Enoch), describing him as a man of truth and a prophet whom Allah elevated to an honorable, high station. These two verses emphasize his righteousness and high status among the prophets mentioned in the Quran.

The Qur’an stresses the importance of learning from written books: “Who taught by the pen — taught mankind that which they knew not.” (Qur’an 96:4–5) The Prophet Idris (Enoch) is traditionally considered the first person to write with a pen.

The Book of Enoch is not part of the standard Protestant or Catholic Biblical canon, the 1 Enoch (or Ethiopic Book of Enoch) is a significant ancient Jewish apocalyptic text which is included in the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Because he did not die, Enoch is sometimes associated with traditions regarding the Messianic end times.

There are four different men in the Bible named Enoch (Genesis 4:17; 5:18; 25:4; 46:9). Only 5:18 is Idris. Hebrews 11:5 states: “By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: ‘He could not be found, because God had taken him away.’ Before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.” 

This being “taken away” is what Enoch is most famous for. Only three people in the Christian Bible are said to have been chosen by God to escape death: Enoch, Elijah and Jesus.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse appear in the New Testament Book of Revelation. Each of the horsemen represents a different facet of the end-times apocalypse: global warming, war, famine, and early death blaming major industries—tobacco, fossil fuels and alcohol—for 2.7 million deaths a year in Europe. 

The Pakistan’s military struck military installations deep inside Afghanistan after Pakistan said it was in “open war” with Afghanistan. Pakistan claimed more than 330 Afghan forces were killed since fighting erupted  during a broad Afghan cross-border attack into Pakistan. 

And the EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said, speaking for all 27 EU nations, “The Middle East stands to lose greatly from any drawn-out war.”

The word Armageddon does not appear in the Hebrew Bible, and appears only once in the Greek New Testament, in Revelation 16:16 which makes no mention of armies being predicted to one day gather on or near Mount Megiddo; but instead seems to predict only that “they (will gather) the kings together to … Armageddon”. 

The text does however seem to imply, based on the text from the earlier passage of Revelation 16:14, that the purpose of this gathering of kings in the “place called Armageddon” is “for the war of the great day of God........

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