^Uzayr, whose story was briefly mentioned in the Qur'an, was a pious Muslim from the descendents of Prophet Israel i.e. Ya^qub. Web ring you his story in detail because of what it shows of God's great Might. The descendents of Prophet Israel, the Israelites, had split into several groups. Some stayed as they were: believing Muslims who adhered strongly to the rules of Islam. The others blasphemed and perverted the religion. This caused onto the Muslim nation of the time. Great tribulation, which often led to the killing of some honored prophets on the hands of those Jews. After their corruption had spread and they had unjustly ruled and ruthlessly killed two honorable prophets, namely our master Zakariyya and his son our master Yahya, Allah inflicted upon them a blasphemous ruler named Bukhtanassar, who came from Iraq with a great army to Jerusalem, in Palestine. He attacked the Israelites in their own homes, killing many of them, and taking the rest as hostages but a few of them fled. Then, he ordered his soldiers to bring loads of soil and pour it onto the Israelites city, until it looked like a huge mountain. This was done in order to disgrace them and humiliate them even further. Bukhtanassar took the hostages with him to Babylon. Among them were Muslim scholars who were descendents of Israel. They buried the real Torah before they left Jerusalem in a place only known to them. Among them was ^Uzayr, the son of Sharkhiya, who was later able to return to Jerusalem, but found it still in ruins. The remaining houses had been destroyed, the tattered corpses, amputated body parts and chopped bones of its habitants scattered around them. Shocked he passed by them pulling his donkey behind him. Yet, when he arrived to the city's fields, he was surprised to find them fresh and fruitful, and his amazement grew since the trees were in bloom while the people were dead. He said, touched by what he had seen. "Praise be to God, who is able to resurrect this city and its people after what they have come to." He ate some grapes and figs from those trees and filled his basket with them. He also squeezed some grapes in a cup and drank a little. Then he sat down to rest under the shadow of a tree. A few moments later. He died and was concealed out of the sight of people, beasts and birds. Seventy years after ^Uzayr's death; Allah sent an angel to one of Persia's kings, saying, "God orders you to recruit your people and taket hem to Jerusalem to restore it and its surrounding land and make it better than ever." So the king ordered tens of thousands of people to go rebuild the city. Soon the remaining descendents of Israel returned to it, where they prospered and increased in number and wealth. Many years later, in fact one hundred years after the death of ^Uzayr, Allah with His great Power brought him back to life by His great Might. ^Uzayr had died in the morning and God resurrected him just before sunset, after that long period of time, Allah first revived his heart so he could become aware of his surroundings, then He revived his eyes so he could see for himself how resurrection takes place and thus his faith becomes stronger. Gradually, ^Uzayr watched his body come back to life. Then he was visited by an honored angel who asked him, "For how long do you think that you stayed dead?" "For a day," suspected ^Uzayr. Then, seeing that the sun had not fully set, he added, "Maybe less than a day." "You died for one hundred years?" explained the angel. "Yet look at your food!" ^Uzayr looked at his fruit basket and the drink in his cup that were still fresh. The the angel said: "Look at your donkey." He looked at the tree where he had tied the donkey, and found it dead. Its bones were white with holes in them and its limbs scattered and perished. Then, he heard an angel's voice from the sky saying, "O you perished bones, come together by Allah's will." alsunna.org

• published: 07 Jul 2010
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