المعنى
Who is it that passed by the town?
الجواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It was Ezra (ʿUzayr). [ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Abū al-ʿĀliyah, ʿIkrimah, Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, Najiyah ibn Kaʿb, Qatādah, al-Ḍaḥḥāk, al-Suddī, Muqātil]
- It was Jeremiah. [Wahb, Mujāhid, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr]
- It was a disbeliever who doubted the resurrection. [Also reported from Mujāhid]

