Parable of the Hamlet in Ruins information

The Qur'an, in its second chapter, Al-Baqara, Quran 2:259, mentions a parable, concerning a man who passed by a hamlet in ruins, and asked himself how God will be able to resurrect the dead on the Day of Judgement.

The incident is identified by Abdullah Yusuf Ali with a number of Biblical events.^[1] One identification is Ezekiel's vision of dry bones.^[1] Another is Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in ruins after the Captivity^[1] and to Ezra, the scribe, priest and reformer, about whom many similar tales have come down in Jewish tradition over time.^[1] However, all scholars of Islam agree that the identity of the man is least important as the tale is given in the Qur'an as a parable.

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The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Note. 304: This incident is referred variously;
1. to Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10).
2. to Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in rins after the Captivity, and to its re-building (Nehemiah 1:12–20): and
3. to Uzair, or Ezra, or Esdras, the scribe, priest, and reformer, who was sent by the Persian King after the Captivity to Jerusalem, and about whom there are many Jewish narrations.
As to 2 and 3, there is nothing specific to connect this verse with either. The wording is perfectly general, and we must understand it as general. I think it does refer not only to individual, but to national, death, and resurrection

[yusuf-1] The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Note. 304: This incident is referred variously;
to Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10).

to Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in rins after the Captivity, and to its re-building (Nehemiah 1:12–20): and

to Uzair, or Ezra, or Esdras, the scribe, priest, and reformer, who was sent by the Persian King after the Captivity to Jerusalem, and about whom there are many Jewish narrations.
As to 2 and 3, there is nothing specific to connect this verse with either. The wording is perfectly general, and we must understand it as general. I think it does refer not only to individual, but to national, death, and resurrection

[2] to Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10).

[3] to Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in rins after the Captivity, and to its re-building (Nehemiah 1:12–20): and

[4] to Uzair, or Ezra, or Esdras, the scribe, priest, and reformer, who was sent by the Persian King after the Captivity to Jerusalem, and about whom there are many Jewish narrations.

[5] to Ezekiel's vision of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10).

[6] to Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem in rins after the Captivity, and to its re-building (Nehemiah 1:12–20): and

[7] to Uzair, or Ezra, or Esdras, the scribe, priest, and reformer, who was sent by the Persian King after the Captivity to Jerusalem, and about whom there are many Jewish narrations.

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