أَوْ
كَٱلَّذِى
مَرَّ
عَلَىٰ
قَرْيَةٍۢ
وَهِىَ
خَاوِيَةٌ
عَلَىٰ
عُرُوشِهَا
قَالَ
أَنَّىٰ
يُحْىِۦ
هَـٰذِهِ
ٱللَّهُ
بَعْدَ
مَوْتِهَا ۖ
فَأَمَاتَهُ
ٱللَّهُ
مِا۟ئَةَ
عَامٍۢ
ثُمَّ
بَعَثَهُۥ ۖ
قَالَ
كَمْ
لَبِثْتَ ۖ
قَالَ
لَبِثْتُ
يَوْمًا
أَوْ
بَعْضَ
يَوْمٍۢ ۖ
قَالَ
بَل
لَّبِثْتَ
مِا۟ئَةَ
عَامٍۢ
فَٱنظُرْ
إِلَىٰ
طَعَامِكَ
وَشَرَابِكَ
لَمْ
يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖ
وَٱنظُرْ
إِلَىٰ
حِمَارِكَ
وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ
ءَايَةًۭ
لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ
وَٱنظُرْ
إِلَى
ٱلْعِظَامِ
كَيْفَ
نُنشِزُهَا
ثُمَّ
نَكْسُوهَا
لَحْمًۭا ۚ
فَلَمَّا
تَبَيَّنَ
لَهُۥ
قَالَ
أَعْلَمُ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَىْءٍۢ
قَدِيرٌۭ
٢٥٩
Or take the one who passed by a ruined town. He said, ‘How will God give this life when it has died?’ So God made him die for a hundred years, and then raised him up, saying, ‘How long did you stay like that?’ He answered, ‘A day, or part of a day.’ God said, ‘No, you stayed like that for a hundred years. Look at your food and drink: they have not gone bad. Look at your donkey- We will make you a sign for the people- look at the bones: see how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh!’ When all became clear to him, he said, ‘Now I know that God has power over everything.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem