Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 259

  1. أَوْ كَالَّذِي مَرَّ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّىٰ يُحْيِي هَٰذِهِ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۖ فَأَمَاتَهُ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ ۖ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ ۖ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۖ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖ وَانْظُرْ إِلَىٰ حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا ۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Translation by words

    أَوْ
    Or
    كَٱلَّذِى
    like the one who
    مَرَّ
    passed
    عَلَىٰ
    by
    قَرْيَةٍ
    a township,
    وَهِىَ
    and it
    خَاوِيَةٌ
    (had) overturned
    عَلَىٰ
    on
    عُرُوشِهَا
    its roofs.
    قَالَ
    He said,
    أَنَّىٰ
    "How
    يُحْىِۦ
    (will) bring to life
    هَٰذِهِ
    this (town)
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah
    بَعْدَ
    after
    مَوْتِهَا
    its death?"
    فَأَمَاتَهُ
    Then he was made to die
    ٱللَّهُ
    (by) Allah
    مِا۟ئَةَ
    (for) a hundred
    عَامٍ
    year(s),
    ثُمَّ
    then
    بَعَثَهُۥ
    He raised him.
    قَالَ
    He said,
    كَمْ
    "How long
    لَبِثْتَ
    (have) you remained?"
    قَالَ
    He said,
    لَبِثْتُ
    "I remained
    يَوْمًا
    (for) a day
    أَوْ
    or
    بَعْضَ
    a part
    يَوْمٍ
    (of) a day."
    قَالَ
    He said,
    بَل
    "Nay,
    لَّبِثْتَ
    you (have) remained
    مِا۟ئَةَ
    one hundred
    عَامٍ
    year(s).
    فَٱنظُرْ
    Then look
    إِلَىٰ
    at
    طَعَامِكَ
    your food
    وَشَرَابِكَ
    and your drink,
    لَمْ
    (they did) not
    يَتَسَنَّهْ
    change with time,
    وَٱنظُرْ
    and look
    إِلَىٰ
    at
    حِمَارِكَ
    your donkey,
    وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ
    and We will make you
    ءَايَةً
    a sign
    لِّلنَّاسِ
    for the people.
    وَٱنظُرْ
    And look
    إِلَى
    at
    ٱلْعِظَامِ
    the bones
    كَيْفَ
    how
    نُنشِزُهَا
    We raise them,
    ثُمَّ
    then
    نَكْسُوهَا
    We cover them
    لَحْمًا
    (with) flesh."
    فَلَمَّا
    Then when
    تَبَيَّنَ
    became clear
    لَهُۥ
    to him,
    قَالَ
    he said,
    أَعْلَمُ
    "I know
    أَنَّ
    that
    ٱللَّهَ
    Allah
    عَلَىٰ
    (is) on
    كُلِّ
    every
    شَىْءٍ
    thing
    قَدِيرٌ
    All-Powerful."

    Or (consider such an example) as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones (of this donkey) - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."

    2:259

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)