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Why did they say: “ʿUzayr (Ezra) is the son of God”?
They said this due to extreme exaggeration in honoring him, because:
• He was seen as the one who restored the Torah after it had been lost.
And the Qur’an described it by saying:
“That is their saying with their mouths” (9:30)
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Salām ibn Mishkam, Nuʿmān ibn Awfā, Shās ibn Qays, and Mālik ibn al-Ṣayf came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said:
How can we follow you when you have abandoned our direction of prayer, and you do not say that Ezra is the son of God?
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📖 Quotation from 2 Esdras (Fourth Book of Ezra) and its connection to the verse (9:30)
“He is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world.”
“That is their saying with their mouths” (Qur’an 9:30)
This text is found in:
📖 2 Esdras 2:47 (Fourth Book of Ezra)
And it contains the following phrase:
“He is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world.”
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It was explained that:
• This phrase appears within a vision received by Ezra himself.
• The book is attributed to Ezra.
• The title “Son of God” appears within a visionary context directly connected to Ezra.
• The phrase “whom they have confessed in the world” means:
• This indicates that this “Son of God” is a figure worthy of belief and devotion.
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📜 2 Esdras 2:42–48
42
I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude
which I could not number,
and they all praised the Lord with songs.
43
In their midst was a young man of great stature,
taller than all the others,
and he placed crowns on the head of each of them,
and he was more exalted than they.
And I was amazed.
44
Then I asked an angel:
“Who are these, my lord?”
45
He answered and said:
“These are those who have put on immortality,
and have confessed the name of God;
now they are being crowned
and receive palms.”
46
Then I said to the angel:
“Who is that young man
who places crowns on them
and puts palms in their hands?”
47
He answered and said:
“He is the Son of God, whom they confessed in the world.”
So I began to praise those
who had stood valiantly for the name of the Lord.
48
Then the angel said to me:
“Go and tell my people
how great
2026-06-14 23:02:16