Ilyas
Allah says,
وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنْ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
And verily, Ilyas was one of the Messengers.
Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq said,
"Ilyas is another name for Idris."
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
"Ilyas is Idris."
This was also the view of Ad-Dahhak.
Wahb bin Munabbih said,
"He is Ilyas bin Yasin bin Finhas bin Al-Izar bin Harun bin Imran. Allah sent him to the Children of Israel after Hizqil (Ezekiel), may peace be upon them both.
They had started to worship an idol called Ba`l, and he called them to Allah, may He be exalted, and forbade them to worship anyone besides Him. Their king believed in him, then he apostatized, and they persisted in their misguided ways, and not one person among them believed in him. So he prayed to Allah against them, and Allah withheld the rain from them for three years.
Then they asked him to relieve them from that, and promised that they would believe in him if rain came to them. So he prayed to Allah for them, and the rains came, but they persisted in their evil ways of disbelief. So he asked Allah to take him to Him.
Al-Yasa` bin Akhtub had grown up under his care, may peace be upon them both.
So Ilyas was commanded to go to such and such a place, and whatever mount came to him, he was to ride on it and not to give it away. A horse of fire was brought to him, so he rode it, and Allah clothed him with light and covered him with feathers, and he used to fly with the angels as a human angel, heavenly yet also earthly.
This is what was narrated by Wahb bin Munabbih from the People of the Book;
Allah knows best how true it is.
إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ