The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #43
2:259
أَوْ
كَالَّذِي
مَرَّ
عَلَى
قَرْيَةٍ
وَهِيَ
خَاوِيَةٌ
عَلَى
عُرُوشِهَا
قَالَ
أَنَّى
يُحْيِي
هَذِهِ
اللَّهُ
بَعْدَ
مَوْتِهَا
فَأَمَاتَهُ
اللَّهُ
مِائَةَ
عَامٍ
ثُمَّ
بَعَثَهُ
قَالَ
كَمْ
لَبِثْتَ
قَالَ
لَبِثْتُ
يَوْمًا
أَوْ
بَعْضَ
يَوْمٍ
قَالَ
بَل
لَّبِثْتَ
مِائَةَ
عَامٍ
فَانظُرْ
إِلَى
طَعَامِكَ
وَشَرَابِكَ
لَمْ
يَتَسَنَّهْ
وَانظُرْ
إِلَى
حِمَارِكَ
وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ
آيَةً
لِّلنَّاسِ
وَانظُرْ
إِلَى
الْعِظَامِ
كَيْفَ
نُنشِزُهَا
ثُمَّ
نَكْسُوهَا
لَحْمًا
فَلَمَّا
تَبَيَّنَ
لَهُ
قَالَ
أَعْلَمُ
أَنَّ
اللَّهَ
عَلَى
كُلِّ
شَيْءٍ
قَدِيرٌ
ʾaw ka-lladhī marra ʿalā qaryatin wa-hiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā qāla ʾannā yuḥyī hādhihi llāhu baʿda mawtihā fa-ʾamātahu llāhu miʾata ʿāmin thumma baʿathahū qāla kam labithta qāla labithtu yawman ʾaw baʿḍa yawmin qāla bal labithta miʾata ʿāmin fa-nẓur ʾilā ṭaʿāmika wa-sharābika lam yatasannah wa-nẓur ʾilā ḥimārika wa-li-najʿalaka ʾāyatan li-n-nāsi wa-nẓur ʾilā l-ʿiẓāmi kayfa nunshizuhā thumma naksūhā laḥman fa-lammā tabayyana lahū qāla ʾaʿlamu ʾanna llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
Or him who came upon a township as it lay fallen on its trellises. He said, ‘How will Allah revive this after its death?!’ So Allah made him die for a hundred years, then He resurrected him. He said, ‘How long did you remain?’ Said he, ‘I have remained a day or part of a day.’ He said, ‘No, you have remained a hundred years. Now look at your food and drink which have not rotted! Then look at your ass! [This was done] that We may make you a sign for mankind. And now look at its bones, how We raise them up and clothe them with flesh!’ When it became evident to him, he said, ‘I know that Allah has power over all things.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
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."
