Ezra in Islam
In Islam he is known as Uzair (Arabic: عزير). He was mentioned in the Qur'an. Although he was not mentioned as one of the Prophets of Islam, he is considered as one of them by some Muslim scholars, based on Islamic traditions. His tomb at Al-ʻUzair on the banks of the Tigris near Basra, Iraq, is a pilgrimage site for the local Marsh Arabs. Many Islamic scholars and modern Western academics do not view Uzair as "Ezra"; for example Professor Gordon Darnell Newby associates Uzair with Enoch and Metatron. On this Timothy Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad) and Gordon Darnell Newby associate Uzair (عُزَيْرٌ) again with Enoch (ancestor of Noah) and by extension Metatron the creator-angel or "lesser Yahweh".. They also note that Uzair (عُزَيْرٌ) is not the Arabic equivalent of Ezra, Ezra in Arabic is Ezra (إزرا) or (عزرا).
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