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Idris and Enoch (Traditional Identification)
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Idris and Enoch (Traditional Identification)
The two accounts at a glance
Bible
World English BibleEnoch walks with God, and then is no more because God takes him.
Qur'an
Sahih InternationalIdris is called a man of truth and a prophet, raised to a high station and counted among the patient and righteous.
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5 documented comparison points
Both primary texts are brief. The Qur’an names Idris and the Bible names Enoch; neither text identifies them with each other, so the comparison records similarity and uncertainty without adding later biography. Labels use one standard: agreement means both texts state the point; additional detail means one adds a non-conflicting detail; omission means one is silent; ambiguity means an identity or meaning is not explicit; contradiction means both texts state mutually exclusive claims. Stylistic wording alone is not counted.
The figure's name and identification
The righteous ancestor is Enoch son of Jared, seventh from Adam in the Sethite genealogy.
The prophet is Idris. The Qur’an does not call him Enoch, name his father, or place him at a specific point in Adam’s genealogy.
Genealogy and lifespan
Genesis names Enoch's father, son Methuselah, other children, age 365, and years before and after Methuselah's birth.
No ancestry, descendants, age, or lifespan is given for Idris.
How the righteous life is described
Enoch walks with God and pleases God by faith.
Idris is a man of truth, a prophet, patient, and righteous.
Being taken or raised
Enoch is no longer found because God takes him; Hebrews says he is translated so he will not see death.
God raises Idris to a high station, without explicitly saying in these verses that he avoids death or disappears bodily.
A prophecy attributed to the figure
Jude attributes a prophecy of the Lord coming in judgment to Enoch.
No speech, book, or prophecy from Idris is quoted in the Qur'an.
What do both texts share?
- The biblical passages describe Enoch as walking with and pleasing God; the Qur’anic passages describe Idris as truthful, patient, righteous, and a prophet.
- Both sets of passages describe their respective figure as specially taken or raised by God, without either text identifying Enoch as Idris.