أَوْ کَِالَّذِی مَرَّ عَلَى قَرْیَة وَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّى یُحْیی هَـذِهِ اللهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا فَأَمَاتَهُ اللهُ مِاْئَةَ عَام ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ قَالَ کَمْ لَبِثْتَ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ یَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْم قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِاْئَةَ عَام فَانظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِکَ وَشَرَابِکَ لَمْ یَتَسَنَّهْ وَانظُرْ إِلَى حِمَارِکَ وَلِنَجْعَلَکَ ءَایَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَانظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ کَیْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَکْسُوهَا لَحْماً فَلَمّا تَبَیَّنَ لَهُ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ عَلَى کُلِّ شَىْء قَدِیرٌ(( 259 ))

259- OR SUCH AS HIM WHO, WHEN PASSING BY A RUINED AND DESOLATE TOWN, SAID: `HOW AND WHEN WILL ALLAH GIVE IT LIFE AFTER ITS DEATH? THEN ALLAH CAUSED HIM TO DIE A HUNDRED YEARS, THEN RAISED HIM UP AGAIN! HE SAID HOW LONG YOU TARRIED? HE SAID: I HAVE TARRIED A DAY OR PART OF A DAY. HE SAID: `NOT SO! YOU HAVE STAYED HERE A HUNDRED YEARS. THEN LOOK AT YOUR FOOD AND DRINK; AGE HAS NOT ROTTED THEM! AND LOOK AT (THE BONES) OF YOUR ASS AND WE SHALL MAKE YOU A SIGN TO MANKIND. AND LOOK FURTHER AT THE BONES HOW DO WE BRING THEM TOGETHER, AND THEN CLOTH THEM WITH FLESH. SO WHEN IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO HIM, HE SAID: I KNOW (NOW) THAT ALLAH HAS POWER OVER ALL THINGS.