Allah Yang Mahakuasa berfirman:

Almighty Allah said:

Apakah engkau (wahai Muhammad ﷺ) tidak memperhatikan orang-orang yang keluar dari kampung halaman mereka, sedang mereka beribu-ribu jumlahnya karena takut mati? Maka Allah berfirman kepada mereka, "Matilah kamu!" Kemudian Allah menghidupkan mereka kembali. Sesungguhnya Allah benar-benar memiliki karunia atas manusia, tetapi kebanyakan manusia tidak bersyukur. (QS. Al-Baqarah: 243).

"Did you (O Muhammad) not think of those who went forth from their homes in thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, "Die." And then He restored them to life. Truly, Allah is full of Bounty to mankind, but most men think not. (Ch 2:243 Quran).

Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq meriwayatkan dari Wahb Ibn Munbah bahwa ketika Allah mengambil Kalih Ibn Yofra (Jephtha) setelah Joshua, Ezekiel Ibn Buzi menggantikannya sebagai nabi bagi Bani Israil. Orang-orang telah melarikan diri dari Palestina karena takut akan wabah penyakit dan menetap di sebuah dataran tinggi. Allah berfirman kepada mereka:

Mohammad Ibn Ishaaq stated of Wahb Ibn Munbah said that when Allah took Kalih Ibn Yofra (Jephtha) after Joshua, Ezekiel Ibn Buzi succeeded him as the prophet to the Israelites. The people had fled from Palestine for fear of the plague and settled on a plateau. Allah said to them:

"Matilah kalian," lalu mereka semua pun mati. Beberapa abad berlalu, kemudian Yehezkiel, yang lewat di sana, berhenti di dekat mereka dengan keheranan. Terdengarlah suara: "Apakah kamu ingin Allah menghidupkan mereka sementara kamu menyaksikannya?" Ia menjawab: "Ya." Maka ia diperintahkan untuk memanggil tulang-tulang itu agar saling menyatu satu sama lain dan tertutup daging. Ia pun memanggil mereka dengan kekuasaan Allah, dan orang-orang itu bangkit dan mengagungkan Allah dengan satu suara.

"Die you all," and they all perished. A few centuries passed, and then Ezekiel, passing by, stopped over them, wondering. There came a voice: "Do you want Allah to resurrect them while you watch?" He said: "Yes." Then he was commanded to call those bones to join one to the other and to be covered with flesh. So he called them by the power of Allah, and the people arose and glorified Allah in the voice of one man.

Menurut Ibnu Abbas, tempat ini dinamakan "Damardan." Penduduknya ditimpa wabah tha'un, lalu mereka melarikan diri, sementara sekelompok dari mereka yang tetap tinggal di kampung itu binasa. Malaikat maut memanggil orang-orang yang tersisa: "Matilah kalian semua," dan mereka pun binasa. Setelah waktu yang lama, seorang nabi bernama Yehezkiel melewati mereka dan berdiri dengan heran memandangi mereka, sambil memutar-mutar rahang dan jari-jarinya. Allah mewahyukan kepadanya: "Apakah engkau ingin Aku perlihatkan bagaimana Aku menghidupkan mereka kembali?" Ia berkata: "Ya." Maksudnya, ia ingin takjub atas kekuasaan Allah terhadap mereka. Sebuah suara berkata kepadanya: "Serulah: 'Wahai tulang-belulang, Allah memerintahkan kalian untuk berkumpul.'" Tulang-tulang itu mulai terbang satu sama lain hingga menjadi kerangka-kerangka. Lalu Allah mewahyukan kepadanya untuk berseru: "Serulah: 'Wahai tulang-belulang, Allah memerintahkan kalian untuk berbalut daging dan darah serta pakaian yang mereka kenakan saat mati.'" Dan suara itu berkata: "Allah memerintahkan kalian untuk memanggil jasad-jasad itu agar bangkit." Maka mereka pun bangkit. Ketika mereka kembali hidup, mereka berkata: "Mahasuci Engkau, wahai Tuhan kami, dan segala puji bagi-Mu." Ibnu Abbas meriwayatkan bahwa orang mati yang dibangkitkan itu berjumlah empat ribu, sedangkan Ibnu Salih mengatakan jumlahnya sembilan ribu.

According to Ibn Abbas, this place was called "Damardan." Its people were inflicted with plague, so they fled, while a group of them who remained in the village perished. The Angel of Death called to the survivors: "Die you all," and they perished. After a long time a prophet called Ezekiel passed by them and stood wondering over them, twisting his jaws and fingers. Allah revealed to him: "Do you want Me to show you how I bring them back to life? He said: "Yes." His idea was to marvel at the power of Allah over them. A voice said to him: "Call: 'O you bones, Allah commands you to gather up.'" The bones began to fly one to the other until they became skeletons. Then Allah revealed to him to say; "Call: 'O you bones, Allah commands you to put on flesh and blood and the clothes in which they had died.'" And a voice said: "Allah commands you to call the bodies to rise." And they rose. When they returned to life they said: "Blessed are You, O Lord, and all praises is Yours." Ibn 'Abbas reported that the dead who were resurrected were four thousand, while Ibn Salih said they were nine thousand.

Mengenai penyakit tha'un, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah meriwayatkan bahwa 'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab sedang dalam perjalanan menuju Syam dan telah sampai di Sargh ketika pemimpin pasukan Muslim, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah, dan para sahabatnya menemuinya dan memberitahukan kepadanya tentang wabah yang telah merebak di Syam. 'Umar mengingat sabda Nabi ﷺ: "Jika wabah itu terjadi di suatu negeri tempat kalian berada, janganlah kalian keluar karena lari darinya, dan jika kalian mendengar bahwa wabah itu terjadi di suatu negeri, janganlah kalian memasukinya." Lalu 'Umar memuji Allah kemudian pergi.

Regarding plague, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah related that 'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab was on his way to Syria and had reached Sarg when the leader of the Muslim army, Abu Ubaidah Ibn Al-Jarrah, and his companions met him and told him of a pestilence that had broken out in Syria. 'Umar remember the Prophet's (pbuh) saying: "If it (plague) be in a country where you are staying, do not go out fleeing it, and if you hear it is in a country, do not enter it." Umar praised Allah and then went off.

Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq menyatakan bahwa kita tidak mengetahui berapa lama Yehezkiel (pbuh) tinggal di tengah Bani Israil sebelum Allah mengambilnya. Setelah dia, Bani Israil menyimpang dari jalan hidup yang benar, sebagaimana biasa mereka lakukan, dan meninggalkan perjanjian Allah dengan mereka. Mereka menyembah banyak berhala, di antaranya Ba'al, maka Allah mengutus kepada mereka Nabi Ilyas (pbuh).

Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq stated that we do not know how long Ezekiel (pbuh) stayed among the Israelites before Allah took him away. After him, the Israelites deviated from the right way of life, as they usually did, and deserted Allah's covenant with them. They worshipped many idols, among them Ba'al, so Allah sent to them the Prophet Elijah (pbuh).