His saying, the Exalted: "Or like the one who passed by a village."

[The First Interpretation]

2641 - 'Isam b. Rawwad narrated to us, Adam reported to us, Isra'il reported to us, from Abu Ishaq al-Hamadani, from Najiyah b. Ka'b al-Asadi, from 'Ali b. Abi Talib regarding His saying: "Or like the one who passed by a village," he said: 'Uzayr, the Prophet of Allah, went out from his city while he was a young man. He passed by a ruined village and said: "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?"

It was narrated from al-Hasan, al-Suddi, Ibn Buraydah, and Qatadah that it was 'Uzayr.

The Second Interpretation:

2642 - My father narrated to us, he said: I heard Sulayman b. Muhammad al-Aslami al-Sayyari al-Jari, from the people of al-Jar, the cousin of Mutarrif, saying: I heard a man from the people of al-Sham saying: "The one whom Allah caused to die for a hundred years and then resurrected is named: Hizqil b. Buza."

The Third Interpretation:

2643 - Hajjaj b. Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah b. Qays reported to us, from 'Abd Allah b. 'Ubayd b. 'Umayr: That he was a prophet, and his name was Irmiya.

Mujahid said: "A man from the Children of Israel." And something similar was narrated from Wahb b. Munabbih.

His saying, the Exalted: "By a village."

2644 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan reported to us, al-Walid reported to us, Sa'id b. Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding the saying of Allah: "Or like the one who passed by a village," he said: "We used to be told that it was 'Uzayr, who came to Jerusalem (Bayt al-Maqdis) after Nebuchadnezzar the Babylonian had destroyed it." Something similar was narrated from al-Dahhak.

His saying: "While it was in ruins."

2645 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid reported to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak, regarding His saying: "While it was in ruins," he said: "Its ruin is its destruction."

2646 - Muhammad b. Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas b. al-Walid informed us, Yazid b. Zuray' reported to us, Sa'id reported to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "While it was in ruins," he said: "There was no one in it."