with that of Harun bin 'Umran. The name of his father was Khalqiyah.
The Holy Quran has made mention of him in theSurah Tawbah (Immunity).
The Jews regarded him as the son of Allah as the Christians thought
'Esa (peace be upon him) as His son. The Holy Quran affirms:
"The Jews say: 'Aziz is the son of Allah and the Christians say: The
Messiah is the son of Allah. Such they say in their mouth! These
resemble the sayings of the infidels of old. Allah do battle with
them. How are they misguided?" ( Surah 9: Verse 29)
He was the son of Sharahya, the Scribe. He was in his teens when
Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem and put it to rout. When he attained
the age offorty yearsthecrown of Prophet hoodwas conferred upon his
head. He began to perform the duty of showing the path of
righteousness to the depraved humanity. He was held in high esteem
among his followers. When the Israelites planned to reconstruct
theBait-ul-Muqaddis, he exercised his influence to gain co-operation
of the Government officials. He assisted the Jews to carry out their
plan.
Al-Baizawi says: During the Babylonish captivity theTorahwas lost and
there was none who remembered it. Allah raised up Aziz (peace be upon
him) from the dead one century after his burial. He dictated to the
scribes from his memory the whole Jewish law (Torah). He would have
been fully worthy of having been the law-giver ifMusa(peace be upon
him) had not preceded him. History bears testimony to this fact that
the Prophet 'Aziz (peace be upon him) guided the Israelites during the
period which lasted from the destruction of Jerusalem to the
reconstruction of Bait-ul-Muqadis.
It has been narrated that a person rode upon an ass and passed near a
city calledJerusalem. He possessed a basket of figs and a vessel of
the juice of grapes. He wondered at the power of Allah and said: How
will Allah re-build and populate it again?
Aziz (peace be upon him) was much shocked at the sight of dilapidated
dwellings. When he was under the sway of utter disappointment, Allah
caused him todie for a hundred years. Then He raised him to life and
said: "How long have you tarried here?"
He replied: I have tarried for a day or a part of it. He slept in the
first part of the day and was deprived of his life. He was reanimated
at sunset.
Allah, the Exalted said: "You have tarried a hundred years. Look at
your food and drink. They are as fresh as you have left them. They
have remained unchanged even after the passage of century. Look at the
ass. It has been decomposed and reduced to skeleton of bones. I have
wrought this miracle to make manifest to you that I have the power to
immune or destroy anything." The Holy Qurannarrates this miracle in
the following Verses:
"And how He demeaned him who passed by a city which had been laid in
ruins. He said: How shall Allah give life to this city after it had
been destroyed. And Allah caused him to die for a hundred years and
then raised him to life. He said: How long have you waited? He said: I
have waited a day or part of a day. Allah said: look on your food and
your drink; they are not corrupted. Look on your ass, We would make
you a sign for men and look on the bones of your ass, how We will
raise them, then clothe them with flesh and when this was shown to
him, he said: I acknowledge that Allah has power to do all things." (
Surah 2: Verse 259)
Allah commanded the Prophet 'Aziz (peace be upon him) to go to
Jerusalem torender services to the cause of religion. He passed away
atSa'irabad near 'Iraq. He was buried there. Some historians say that
his grave is inDamascus.
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