Did the Jews really worship Ezra ❓
And called him the son of God, as the Quran claims❓
🧵This thread proves the truth of the Quranic claim that the Jews worshiped Ezra and called him the Son of God .
I benefited from the books of @DrSamiAmeri
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And called him the son of God, as the Quran claims❓
🧵This thread proves the truth of the Quranic claim that the Jews worshiped Ezra and called him the Son of God .
I benefited from the books of @DrSamiAmeri
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❌Objection: The Quran says(The Jews say“Ezra is the son of Allah”) but the Jews did not call Ezra the son of God nor did they worship him
✅The answer:
First: Although it seems that the Quran attributed this belief to the Jews in general, but it is intended for some of them.
✅The answer:
First: Although it seems that the Quran attributed this belief to the Jews in general, but it is intended for some of them.
This is due to the Arabic linguistic style in attributing an adjective to the whole group, even though just some of them are characterized by it.
This linguistic style is called (The general term which is meant to indicate something specific.)
or (اللفظ العام المراد به الخصوص)
This linguistic style is called (The general term which is meant to indicate something specific.)
or (اللفظ العام المراد به الخصوص)
💠Second: There are several accounts that there was a group of Jews in the Arabian Peninsula and in Medina who believed that Ezra was the son of God, including what Ibn Ishaq mentioned about the Jews visiting the Prophet and claiming that Ezra was the son of God.
💠Therefore, the orientalist Newby admitted the possibility of the existence of a Jewish sect in Arabia that believed that Ezra was Enoch, who turned into Metatron, which literally means (Sons of God).
📚📜Source:
shiraz.fars.pnu.ac.ir
📚📜Source:
shiraz.fars.pnu.ac.ir
💠Wasserstrom proved that the Karaite Jews accused the rabbinic Jews of worshiping an angel called Metatron [ which literally means (Sons of God) ]
"Enoch was frequently equated with Metatron and regarded as a "lesser lord," an angel-creator. "
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"Enoch was frequently equated with Metatron and regarded as a "lesser lord," an angel-creator. "
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💠Firestone confirms the possibility that there were Jewish sects in Medina that believed that Ezra had a near-divine or angelic status
📚📜Source:
Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims p36
📚📜Source:
Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims p36
💠It is interesting to note that the Jews in Arabia, during the advent of Islam, were involved in mystical speculation as well as anthromorphizing and worshipping an angel that functions as the substitute creator of the universe. That angel is usually identified as Metatron
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So these were 4 academic testimonies of the existence of such a belief among the Jews earlier in history
And It is not surprising for the Jews to engage in pagan beliefs, for they worshiped the gods of the Assyrians, Canaanites, Babylonians, Ammonites, Moabites...etc
And It is not surprising for the Jews to engage in pagan beliefs, for they worshiped the gods of the Assyrians, Canaanites, Babylonians, Ammonites, Moabites...etc
💠Third: The Jews at the time of the Prophet (PBUH) used to study their sacred books in their Aramaic translation, which is called the Targum.
The Malachi Targum began with 1:1
"By the hand of my angel whose name is called Ezra the Scribe"
📚📜Source:
Ralph, Micah-Malachi, p298
The Malachi Targum began with 1:1
"By the hand of my angel whose name is called Ezra the Scribe"
📚📜Source:
Ralph, Micah-Malachi, p298
💠Ezra was described as an angel
and the belief that Ezra was the author of Malachi is an ancient and well-known doctrine that Saint Jerome referred to and believed in It was later adopted by the Jewish commentator Rashi and the Protestant Calvin*
* Growing & Changing Comm. p.13
and the belief that Ezra was the author of Malachi is an ancient and well-known doctrine that Saint Jerome referred to and believed in It was later adopted by the Jewish commentator Rashi and the Protestant Calvin*
* Growing & Changing Comm. p.13
💠and there are references to this belief in the Talmud and the Midrash.
📜add to that , Verhoef said about the author of Malachi:
"According to some Jewish scholars and church fathers, he indeed was an angel who appeared in human form."
📜add to that , Verhoef said about the author of Malachi:
"According to some Jewish scholars and church fathers, he indeed was an angel who appeared in human form."
💠Since many Jewish scholars and church fathers (including ORIGEN ) believed that Ezra is the author of Malachi and that he is an angel, we must note that the Jews believe that angels are = Sons of God.
💠The name (sons of god) came from pagan beliefs that saw angels as deities from among the gods
This conception is taken from the Canaanite myths which believed that angels are “sons of God” as confirmed by the critic Claus Westermann in his commentary on the Book of Genesis
This conception is taken from the Canaanite myths which believed that angels are “sons of God” as confirmed by the critic Claus Westermann in his commentary on the Book of Genesis
💠💠Summarizing everything we said above:
Ezra is the author of Malachi
who is considered an angel
and angels are considered the Sons of God
✅Therefore, Ezra is indeed the Son of God according to the Book of Malachi and the Jewish concept of angels
Ezra is the author of Malachi
who is considered an angel
and angels are considered the Sons of God
✅Therefore, Ezra is indeed the Son of God according to the Book of Malachi and the Jewish concept of angels
💠Fourth: How did the Jews worship Ezra and who is he?
Ezra rewrote the Torah after it was lost during the Babylonian captivity
📚Dr Samuel Joseph says: “The fathers of the early church, including Irenaeus, Tertullian, Clement and Jerome, believed that Ezra rewrote [the Torah]”
Ezra rewrote the Torah after it was lost during the Babylonian captivity
📚Dr Samuel Joseph says: “The fathers of the early church, including Irenaeus, Tertullian, Clement and Jerome, believed that Ezra rewrote [the Torah]”
💠Rabbi Hammer says that Ezra the scribe is probably the redactor of the Torah after the Babylonian captivity
The great critic Friedman stated that the evidence combined to attribute the authorship of the current Torah to Ezra and said
"in the entire Bible only two men are known as lawgiver Moses and Ezra"
As for Moses he told the people the revealed law
As for Ezra he fabricated the law
"in the entire Bible only two men are known as lawgiver Moses and Ezra"
As for Moses he told the people the revealed law
As for Ezra he fabricated the law
🧵The Jews went to great exaggeration in Ezra. They even said in the Talmud:
"Ezra was suitable, given his greatness, for the Torah to be given by him to the Jewish people, had Moses not come first and received the Torah already."
"Ezra was suitable, given his greatness, for the Torah to be given by him to the Jewish people, had Moses not come first and received the Torah already."
💠Ezra was the one who re-established the Jewish Supreme Court (Sanhedrin), and thus the new Jewish legislation was made for him, so he permitted and prohibited as he pleased. This confirms that Ezra is the greatest of the Jewish lords
📜dictionary of jesus and the gospels p729
📜dictionary of jesus and the gospels p729
🧵Therefore the worship of Ezra was through the obedience of the Jews to him in what he permitted and what he prohibited .
And the verse after it shows the meaning of the contex..
And the verse after it shows the meaning of the contex..
The Almighty said:
They have taken their rabbis and monks as well as the Messiah son of Mary as lords besides Allah, even though they were commanded to worship none but One God. There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. Glorified is He above what they associate ˹with Him˺
They have taken their rabbis and monks as well as the Messiah son of Mary as lords besides Allah, even though they were commanded to worship none but One God. There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. Glorified is He above what they associate ˹with Him˺
And When 'Adi ibn Ḥâtim, a companion of the Prophet (ﷺ), heard this reverse, he said, “But the Jews and Christians do not worship their rabbis and monks!” .....
The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Do the rabbis and monks not forbid the permissible and permit the forbidden, and they obey them?” 'Adi answered, “Yes, they do.” The Prophet (ﷺ) concluded, “This is how they worship them.” Collected by At-Tirmiⱬi.
I benefited a lot from the book
(Historical Suspicions Against the Noble Qur’an) by @DrSamiAmeri .
Unfortunately, the book is only in Arabic
And I quoted also from the Islam awareness website
(Historical Suspicions Against the Noble Qur’an) by @DrSamiAmeri .
Unfortunately, the book is only in Arabic
And I quoted also from the Islam awareness website
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