Examples

Or consider the one who passed by a ruined city and wondered, ‘How will Allah bring this back to life after its destruction?’ So, Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then revived him. Allah asked, ‘How long have you remained?’ He replied, ‘Perhaps a day or part of a day.’ Allah said, ‘No! You have remained here for a hundred years! Look at your food and drink, they have not spoiled. But now, look at your donkey! And so, We have made you a sign for humanity. Look at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh!’ When this was made clear to him, he declared, ‘Now I know that Allah is Most Capable of everything.

2:259Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He said: How long hast thou tarried? (The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a day. (He) said: Nay, but thou hast tarried for a hundred years. Just look at thy food and drink which have not rotted! Look at thine ass! And, that We may make thee a token unto mankind, look at the bones, how We adjust them and then cover them with flesh! And when (the matter) became clear unto him, he said: I know now that Allah is Able to do all things.