or like him* who passed by a dwelling and it had fallen flat on its roofs he said how will allah bring it to life after its death? so allah kept him dead for a hundred years then brought him back to life he said how long have you stayed here? he replied i may have stayed for a day or little less he said in fact you have spent a hundred years – so look at your food and drink which do not even smell stale and look at your donkey whose bones even are not intact – in order that we may make you a sign for mankind – and look at the bones how we assemble them and then cover them with flesh so when the matter became clear to him he said i know well that allah is able to do all things. 
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