or such as he who passed by a city that was fallen down upon its turrets he said how shall god give life to this now it is dead? so god made him die a hundred years then he raised him up saying how long hast thou tarried? he said i have tarried a day or part of a day. said he nay thou hast tarried a hundred years. look at thy food and drink it has not spoiled and look at thy ass. so we would make thee a sign for the people. and look at the bones how we shall set them up and then clothe them with flesh. so when it was made clear to him he said i know that god is powerful over everything.
أو كالذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها قال أنى يحيي هذه الله بعد موتها فأماته الله مائة عام ثم بعثه قال كم لبثت قال لبثت يوما أو بعض يوم قال بل لبثت مائة عام فانظر إلى طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه وانظر إلى حمارك ولنجعلك آية للناس وانظر إلى العظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما فلما تبين له قال أعلم أن الله على كل شيء قدير