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Ezra

Cited in 3 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · person/person:ezra

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29 Dec 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Who is Uzair mentioned in the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth says the common reading of Uzair as Ezra does not really fit, since Jews never called Ezra the son of God. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedQuran 9:30EzraIsa (Jesus)Torah machine5 min 45 s0:33on YouTube

29 Dec 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Could Uzair in the Quran be the Egyptian figure Osiris? Mufti Abu Layth says it now appears to him that Uzair is Osiris, a divine hero of Egyptian mythology who shaped the culture the Israelites grew up in. Lessonposition checkedQuran 9:30OsirisEzraMusa (Moses) machine5 min 41 s5:45on YouTube

29 Dec 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did Moses carry a staff? Mufti Abu Layth says Moses' staff partly reflects the Pharaonic culture he grew up in, and that keeping cultural practices is fine without affiliating with paganism. Lessonposition checkedQuran 20:17-18Quran 9:30Musa (Moses)Osiris machine4 min 55 s14:29on YouTube