Hazrat Idrees (AS) MCQs — Practice & Prepare

✅ Correct answer: Astronomy Hazrat Idrees (AS) was an expert in astronomy, according to Islamic tradition, making him one of several early prophets credited with pioneering various fields of human knowledge and civilization.

✅ Correct answer: Hazrat Idrees (AS) Hazrat Idrees (AS) is credited as the first person to learn to write, establishing one of the foundational skills of human civilization according to Islamic tradition.

✅ Correct answer: 30 30 Sahifay (scriptures) are said to have been revealed to Hazrat Idrees (AS), forming part of the broader body of divine revelation given to humanity's earliest prophets before later scriptures such as the Taurat, Zubur, Injil, and finally the Quran.

✅ Correct answer: 180 Hazrat Idrees (AS) is said to have established 180 cities during his lifetime, reflecting the tradition that portrays him as both a prophet and a great civilizational builder, spreading settled human life alongside his spiritual teachings.

✅ Correct answer: 722 According to this source, Hazrat Idrees (AS) reportedly understood 722 languages, a detail reflecting the broader tradition — similarly attributed to Hazrat Adam (AS) — of prophets being granted extraordinary linguistic knowledge as a sign of their elevated understanding.

✅ Correct answer: Science, astronomy, writing with pen, sewing, and weapons Hazrat Idrees (AS) is credited with pioneering science, astronomy, writing with a pen, sewing, and the crafting of weapons — an unusually broad range of achievements that portray him as a foundational figure of human civilization as much as a spiritual guide.

✅ Correct answer: Isa, Idrees, and Ilyas According to Islamic tradition, three prophets were lifted alive to the heavens without experiencing death in the ordinary sense: Hazrat Isa (Jesus, AS), Hazrat Idrees (Enoch, AS), and Hazrat Ilyas (Elijah, AS).

✅ Correct answer: Egypt Hazrat Idrees (AS) was directed by Allah to migrate to Egypt, extending his prophetic mission and civilizational achievements — including establishing cities and advancing knowledge in astronomy and writing — into the fertile region of the Nile.

✅ Correct answer: 365 years Hazrat Idrees (AS) was taken alive to the Heavens at the age of 365 years, according to Islamic tradition, joining a select group of prophets — along with Isa (AS) — believed to have been raised bodily to the heavens without undergoing ordinary death.

✅ Correct answer: The Gnostics Hazrat Idrees (AS) was sent as a prophet to the Gnostics, an ancient community associated with Egypt in some historical traditions, to whom he delivered the message of monotheism while also, according to tradition, forbidding idol worship and advancing knowledge in science and astronomy among them.

✅ Correct answer: Trading Hazrat Idrees (AS) forbade the practice of idol worship among his people, continuing the core message shared by all prophets in Islamic tradition — the call to worship Allah alone, free from association of partners or intermediaries.

✅ Correct answer: One of the angels Hazrat Idrees (AS) is described in tradition as having been a special friend of one of the angels, reflecting his elevated spiritual station among the early prophets.

✅ Correct answer: 4th heaven According to tradition, Hazrat Idrees (AS) remained on the 4th heaven prior to being taken up further, a detail that also appears in the accounts of the Holy Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) night journey of Al-Isra wal-Mi'raj, during which the Prophet is said to have met.

✅ Correct answer: In the wings of an angel According to Islamic tradition, Hazrat Idrees (AS) died — or was taken up — while in the wings (embrace) of an angel, a poetic detail reflecting his unique, elevated status among the prophets, distinct from the ordinary process of death experienced by other human beings.

✅ Correct answer: Hazrat Idrees (AS) Hazrat Idrees (AS) is credited with being the first to use the pen, marking him as a foundational figure in the development of writing and, by extension, recorded human knowledge and civilization.

✅ Correct answer: Isa and Idrees (in the skies); Khidr and Ilyaas (on earth) Four prophets are believed in Islamic tradition to still be physically alive today: Hazrat Isa (Jesus, AS) and Hazrat Idrees (Enoch, AS), both said to be in the skies/heavens, and Hazrat Khidr (AS) and Hazrat Ilyaas (Elijah, AS), said to remain on earth.