Ishaq bin Bishr meriwayatkan, daripada Ibnu 'Abbas dan yang lainnya, bahawa 'Uzair adalah seorang wali dan seorang yang bijaksana. Pada suatu hari, dia keluar ke ladangnya sendiri, seperti kebiasaannya. Sekitar tengah hari dia sampai ke sebuah tempat yang sunyi dan telah musnah, lalu dia merasakan kepanasan. Dia memasuki bandar yang telah runtuh itu dan turun dari keldainya, dengan membawa buah ara dan anggur dalam bakulnya. Dia pergi berteduh di bawah pokok khaiba dan memakan makanannya.

Ishaaq Ibn Bishr reported, on the authority of Ibn' Abbas and others, that Ezra was a saint and a wise man. He went out one day to his own farm, as was his custom. About noon he came to a deserted, ruined place and felt the heat. He entered the ruined town and dismounted his donkey, taking figs and grapes in his basket. He went under the shade of the khaiba tree and ate his food.

Kemudian dia bangkit untuk melihat apa yang tersisa dari runtuhan itu. Orang-orangnya telah lama binasa, dan dia melihat tulang-belulang.

Then he got up to look at what remained of the ruins. The people had long been lost, and he saw bones.

"Wahai! Bagaimana Allah akan menghidupkannya semula selepas kematiannya?" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:259)

"Oh! How will Allah ever bring it to life after its death?" (Ch 2:259 Quran)

Dia mengatakan ini bukan kerana ragu, tetapi kerana ingin tahu. Allah mengutuskan Malaikat Maut untuk mencabut nyawanya.

He said this not out of doubt but out of curiosity. Allah sent the Angel of Death to take his life.

Dia kekal mati selama seratus tahun.

He remained dead for one hundred years.

Selepas seratus tahun berlalu dan berlaku perubahan dalam urusan Bani Israil, Allah mengutus seorang malaikat kepada Ezra untuk menghidupkan semula hatinya dan matanya, supaya dia dapat merasai dan melihat bagaimana Allah menghidupkan semula orang yang telah mati. Malaikat itu berkata: "Berapa lamakah engkau tidur?" Dia menjawab: "Sehari atau sebahagian daripada sehari." Dia berkata demikian kerana dia tahu bahawa dia tidur sejak awal petang dan bangun lewat petang.

After one hundred years had passed and there had been changes in Israelite affairs, Allah sent an angel upon Ezra to revive his heart and his eyes in order for him to feel and see how Allah revives the dead. The angel said: "For how long did you sleep?" He said: "A day or part of a day." He said this because he knew he had slept early in the afternoon and woke up late in the afternoon.

Malaikat itu berkata: "Engkau telah tertidur selama seratus tahun." Dia pun makan dan minum makanan yang telah dia sediakan sebelum dia diliputi tidur yang panjang itu. Kemudian malaikat itu menghidupkan kembali keldainya.

The angel said: "You remained asleep for one hundred years." He ate and drank the food which he had prepared before he was overtaken by that long sleep. Then the angel revived his donkey.

Allah Yang Maha Kuasa berfirman:

Almighty Allah said:

"Dan lihatlah kepada keldai engkau! Demikianlah Kami jadikan engkau sebagai tanda bagi manusia. Lihatlah kepada tulang-tulang itu, bagaimana Kami menyusunnya kembali dan membalutnya dengan daging." Ketika hal itu telah dinyatakan dengan jelas kepadanya, dia berkata: "Kini aku tahu bahawa Allah Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu." (Surah 2:259)

"And look at your donkey! Thus We have made of you a sign for the people. Look at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was clearly shown to him he said: "I know now that Allah is able to do all things." (Ch 2:259)

Dia menunggang keldainya dan memasuki tempat kelahirannya, tetapi orang ramai tidak mengenalinya, begitu juga keluarganya, kecuali hamba perempuannya, yang kini telah menjadi seorang wanita tua. Dia bertanya kepadanya: "Adakah ini rumah Uzair?" Dia menjawab: "Ya, tetapi orang ramai sudah lama melupakan Uzair." Dia berkata: "Aku ialah Uzair. Allah telah mengambil nyawaku selama seratus tahun, dan kini telah mengembalikannya kepadaku." Dia berkata: "Uzair dahulu sentiasa dimakbulkan doanya apabila dia berdoa kepada Allah. Jika engkau ialah Uzair, berdoalah agar aku sembuh daripada kebutaan." Dia pun berdoa untuknya, mengurut matanya dan memegang tangannya. "Bangunlah dengan kuasa Allah," katanya. Wanita yang lumpuh itu pun bangun dan berjalan; dia membuka matanya dan dapat melihat; kebutaannya telah hilang. Dia berkata: "Aku bersaksi bahawa engkau ialah Uzair."

He rode on his donkey and entered his native place, but the people did not recognize him, nor did his household, except the maid, now an old woman. He asked her: "Is this the house of Ezra?" She said: "Yes, but the people have long forgotten Ezra." He said: "I am Ezra, Allah had taken my life for a one hundred years and has now returned it to me." She said: "Ezra used to be answered when he prayed to Allah. Pray to cure me of blindness if you are Ezra." He prayed for her and massaged her eyes and took her by the hand. "Get up by the power of Allah," he said. The crippled woman stood up and walked; she opened her eyes and saw; her blindness was gone. She said: "I bear witness that you are Ezra."

Dia bergegas ke perhimpunan Bani Israel. Anak Ezra berusia seratus lapan belas tahun, dan cucu-cicitnya kini menjadi pemimpin perhimpunan itu. Dia memanggil mereka dengan berkata: "Inilah Ezra yang datang kepada kamu." Mereka menuduhnya berbohong. Dia berkata: "Saya ialah pembantu tua kamu. Dia baru sahaja berdoa kepada Allah untuk saya, dan lihatlah, saya kini sembuh sepenuhnya, berjalan dan melihat." Orang ramai bangun dan memandang kepadanya. Anaknya berkata: "Ayah saya mempunyai satu tanda di antara bahunya, sebiji tahi lalat hitam," lalu mereka menemuinya. Mereka berkata: "Tiada seorang pun dalam kalangan kita yang menghafal Taurat sejak Nebukadnezar membakarnya, kecuali Ezra; dan hanya terdapat satu salinan Taurat, yang disembunyikan oleh Sarukha. Dia menanamnya pada zaman Nebukadnezar di suatu tempat yang tiada siapa mengetahuinya kecuali Ezra." Ezra membawa orang ramai ke tempat tersembunyi itu dan mengeluarkan salinan Taurat tersebut. Helaian-helaiannya telah reput, dan kitab itu sendiri hancur remuk.

She rushed to the assembly of the Israelites. Ezra's son was one hundred eighteen years old, and his children 's children now were lords of the assembly. She called out to them saying: "This is Ezra come to you." They accused her of lying. She said: "I am your old maid. He has just prayed to Allah for me, and here I am whole again, walking and seeing." The people stood up and looked at him. His son said: "My father had a mark between his shoulders, a black mole," and they discovered it. They said: "None among us memorized the Torah since Nabuchadnezzar burned it, except Ezra; and there was only one copy of the Torah, which was hidden by Sarukha. He buried it in the days of Nabuchadnezzar in a place none but Ezra knows." Ezra led the people to the hidden place and took out that copy of the Torah. Its leaves had rotted, and the book itself crumpled.

Uzair duduk di bawah keteduhan sebatang pokok, dikelilingi oleh Bani Israil, lalu menyalin Taurat untuk mereka dari tulisan itu. Sejak itu, orang-orang Yahudi berkata bahawa Uzair adalah anak Allah, kerana dua bukti yang turun dari langit, kerana penyalinannya terhadap Taurat, dan kerana perjuangannya membela kaum Israel. Dia telah menyalin Taurat untuk Yehezkiel di negeri kegelapan, di pertapaan Yehezkiel. Perkampungan yang musnah itu dikatakan ialah Sayrabadh.

Ezra sat under the shade of a tree surrounded by the children of Israel and copied out the Torah for them from that script. Henceforth, the Jews said that Ezra is the son of Allah, for two evidences which came down from Heaven and for his copying the torah and for his fighting the cause of the Israelites.He had been copying the Torah for Ezekial in the land of darkness in the hermitage of Ezekiel. The village which was in ruins is said to be Sayrabadh.

Ibn Abbas memerintahkan: "Maka demikianlah sebagaimana firman Allah: