Remember! This incident occurred in the morning. 70 years after this, Allah Almighty granted dominance to one of the kings of Iran, and he arrived at Bayt-ul-Maqdis with his army. He populated the town even better than before, and the people of Bani Israel that remained, they relocated back there and around Bayt-ul-Maqdis and their population kept increasing. In all of this time, Allah Almighty kept Sayyiduna ‘Uzayr عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام hidden from the eyes of the world; nobody could see him.

When a hundred years passed since his death, Allah Almighty revived him; life first returned in his eyes, not the entire body yet. The rest of the body was brought to life as he watched on. This incident occurred in the evening, at the time of sunset. Allah Almighty said to Sayyiduna ‘Uzayr عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, ‘How long have you been here?’ he guessed, ‘a day or less than that.’ He thought that this is the evening of the same day that he slept. Allah Almighty stated, ‘You remained here for a hundred years. Look at your food and drink (i.e. dates and grape juice), it is fresh like before; it hasn’t even developed a foul smell. Look at your donkey, what state it is in.’ So he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام looked and saw that it had died, its body has decomposed, and limbs have scattered; only white bones were visible.

In front of his eyes, the donkey’s limbs gathered, they returned to their original place, flesh returned on the bones, skin came onto the meat, hair grew, and then the soul was blown into it and it stood up and started neighing. He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام witnessed the power of Allah Almighty and said, ‘I know very well that Allah Almighty is the All-Powerful.’ Meaning, I had certainty before but now I have witnessed it as well. Then he mounted his ride and went to his town. At that time, his blessed hair and beard were black, whereas the age was the same 40 years, and nobody recognised him. He guessed his way to his house; there he met an old lady who had become blind. She was the maid of his house and she had seen him. He asked her, ‘Is this ‘Uzayr’s house?’ She replied, ‘yes. But where is ‘Uzayr? He disappeared 100 years ago.’ She said this and cried a lot. He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said, ‘I am ‘Uzayr.’ She replied, ‘سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! how can that be?’ He عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام replied, ‘Allah