From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Uzair (عزير) is the name of a historic person mentioned in the Quran (also known as Ezra), who according to Islamic belief used to be falsely called "the son of God". This concept is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Human Historic Person Uzair (عزير)

Quranic Concept Uzair عزير Translation Ezra Transliteration ʿuzayr Category Historic Person

Uzair is referred to in verse (9:30) of chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance):

Sahih International: The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

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Concept map for Uzair. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept uzair:

(instance uzair historic-person)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (1 occurance)
• Uzair - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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