Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 259

اَوْ كَالَّذِیْ مَرَّ عَلٰی قَرْیَةٍ وَّهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلٰی عُرُوْشِهَا قَالَ اَنّٰی یُحْیٖ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهٗ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ یَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْمٍ قَالَ بَلْ لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰی طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ یَتَسَنَّهْ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰی حِمَارِك وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰیَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَی الْعِظَامِ كَیْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوْهَا لَحْمًا فَلَمَّا تَبَیَّنَ لَهٗ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ ۟

Aw kallazee marra 'alaa qaryatinw wa hiya khaawiyatun 'alaa 'urooshihaa qaala annaa yuhyee haazihil laahu ba'da mawtihaa fa amaatahul laahu mi'ata 'aamin summa ba'asahoo qaala kam labista qaala labistu yawman aw ba'da yawmin qaala bal labista mi'ata 'aamin fanzur ilaa ta'aamika wa sharaabika lam yatasannah wanzur ilaa himaarika wa linaj'alaka Aayatal linnaasi wanzur ilal'izaami kaifa nunshizuhaa summa naksoohaa lahmaa; falammaa tabayyana lahoo qaala a'lamu annal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."

Quran 2:259 (Yusuf Ali Translation)

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