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The Qur'an, in its second chapter, Al-Baqara, Quran 2:259, mentions a parable, concerning a man who passed by a hamlet in ruins, and asked himself how God will be able to resurrect the dead on the Day of Judgement.
The incident is identified by Abdullah Yusuf Ali with a number of Biblical events.[1] One identification is Ezekiel's vision of dry bones.[1] Another is Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in ruins after the Captivity[1] and to Ezra, the scribe, priest and reformer, about whom many similar tales have come down in Jewish tradition over time.[1] However, all scholars of Islam agree that the identity of the man is least important as the tale is given in the Qur'an as a parable.
- ^ a b c d The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Note. 304: This incident is referred variously;
- to Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10).
- to Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in rins after the Captivity, and to its re-building (Nehemiah 1:12–20): and
- to Uzair, or Ezra, or Esdras, the scribe, priest, and reformer, who was sent by the Persian King after the Captivity to Jerusalem, and about whom there are many Jewish narrations.