Edited sentence: " Since the Jews held Uzair as a saint, it is not difficult to infer that this title was also applied to him.13, 16, 18; v.5, where "the sons of God" are identical with "the saints"; comp.Evidence for the Muslim claim that the Jews called Uzair the son of God can be deduced from the fact that the Encyclopedia of Judaism clearly states that the title of son of God is attributed by the Jews "to any one whose piety has placed him in a filial relation to God (see Wisdom ii.It is through such personal relations that the individual becomes conscious of God's fatherhood.[Sirach] iv