God has sent me as a Warner and Bearer of glad tidings for all human beings.

God has sent me as a Warner and Bearer of glad tidings for all human beings. And I am His final proof over all Universes.” Part 1: Debate with Jews Then, the Prophet (S) turned towards the Jews and said: “Oh Jews!

Have you come to me so that I would accept your claim without any proofs?” The Jews replied: ‘No.’ The Prophet (S) said: “Then what is the reason behind your claim that Prophet Uzair [Ezra] (S) is the son of God?” The Jews replied: ‘We say this because Uzair [Ezra] (as) vivified Torah for Jews [ Bani Israel, the nation of Prophet Musa (as)] after its destruction and he was able to do this because he was the son of God.’ The Prophet (S) replied: “Now tell me why you consider Ezra [Prophet Uzair (as)] as the son of God, why not Moses (as) [Prophet Musa (as)] who brought Torah for Jews [ Bani Israel ] and displayed many miracles, which you are aware of.

And if the only reason for you to consider Uzair (as) as the son of God is his miracles of vivifying Torah then Musa (as) is more worthy of being called the son of God.

And if this minor miracle [vivifying of Torah] can make Uzair (as) the son of God, then the one who possesses much greater miracles should have a higher status than prophethood because if by being a son you mean that man and woman copulate and give birth to a son, then you are infidels because you have compared God to His creatures and attributed to Him the characteristics of a haadith [^2] (that which comes into existence) and you do believe that what is haadith is a creature and a creature needs a Creator for its creation.” The Jews said: ‘Yes, we do not think of Uzair (as) as the son of God in this meaning because that would mean infidelity, just like you mentioned.

But we call him the son of God to show respect towards him in the same way as some of our scholars call a person ‘my son’ to respect him and appreciate his high status and that person is not related to the scholar by blood because quite often, a stranger who does not have any blood relationship is also called a son.

Similarly, when God did what He did to Uzair (as), He made Uzair (as) His son for his respect and not by birth.’ The Prophet (S) said: “What you just said goes against you because if Uzair (as) is the son of God because of this reason then Musa (as) deserves a greater status near God. Undoubtedly, God humiliates those who deny Him instead of accepting Him and returns their argument over them.