Exegetical Polemic of ‘Uzayr in the Qur’an

Muhammad Mahir Nayl Habib, Kusmana

2018

Abstract

This paper attempts to answer the exegetical polemic, regarding Uzayr, a figure found in the Qur’an 9:30. The interpretation of this figure is quite diverse and controversial. Generally, Muslim exegetes identify ‘Uzayr as Ezra. While there is a exegete who identifies ‘Uzayr as Eliezer like al-Biqā’ī. Western sources, including Jewish scholars identified ‘Uzayr more variously, among them there were authors who identified ‘Uzayr as Uziel, and as Azariah, or Idris. By using descriptive analytic method, this literature research attempts to trace the differences of opinion above, through the identification of the figure of ‘Uzayr mentioned in the classical and modern exegesis. The study finds that ‘Uzayr was more inclined towards Ezra in the Jewish tradition, because through the comparison of the historical chronology of Ezra in Jewish literature and the story of ‘Uzayr in the exegeses both have many similarities. In addition, the two names have similar letter structure and also have similar

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nayl Habib M. and Kusmana. (2018). Exegetical Polemic of ‘Uzayr in the Qur’an.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 309-316. DOI: 10.5220/0009929803090316

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Muhammad Mahir Nayl Habib and Kusmana},
title={Exegetical Polemic of ‘Uzayr in the Qur’an},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={309-316},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009929803090316},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Exegetical Polemic of ‘Uzayr in the Qur’an
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Nayl Habib M.
AU - Kusmana.
PY - 2018
SP - 309
EP - 316
DO - 10.5220/0009929803090316