إِدْرِيس
Idris
A man of truth, raised to a high station
The Quran gives Idris only a few lines, but they are exact: he is named a man of truth and a prophet, and God raised him to a high station. No events are narrated — no people he was sent to, no confrontation, no outcome — only a character description and a single, striking honor. Where the Quran is this brief, this story stays brief too, rather than filling the space with detail the text itself does not give.
Raised to a high station
The Quran instructs its reader to mention Idris in the Book: indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet — and We raised him to a high station.
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا
And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.
وَرَفَعْنَٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا
And We raised him to a high station.
All were of the patient
Elsewhere Idris is named together with Ismail and Dhul-Kifl: all were of the patient, and We admitted them into Our mercy — indeed, they were of the righteous.
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.