Or (did you not see) the one who passed by a village and it had fallen to the ground upon its roofs,[1] so he said, “How will Allah bring it to life after its death?” So Allah made him die for a hundred years then He resurrected him. ˹Then,˺ He (Allah) said, “How long have you remained here?” He (the man) said, “I have stayed here for a day or part of a day.” He said, “(No) rather, you have stayed here for a hundred years and look at your food and water, they have not yet emitted foul smell; and look at your donkey (which has decomposed). And (all this was done) so that We can make you a sign for the people, and look at the bones, (observe) how We will raise them and cover them with flesh.” So when it (this matter) became apparent to him, he said, “I know well that Allah has power over everything.”

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