Who will give life to the bones when they have rotted away?

Who will give life to the bones when they have rotted away?’ It was Revealed: Say: ‘He Who Revived these the first time, and He is Knowing with all creation [36:79] ’. [30] الطبرسي في (الاحتجاج): عن موسى بن جعفر (عليهما السلام)، عن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام)، و قد سأله يهودي، فقال: إن إبراهيم قد بهت كافرا ببرهان نبوته.

قال له علي (عليه السلام): «لقد كان كذلك، و محمد (صلى الله عليه و آله) أتاه مكذب بالبعث بعد الموت، و هو أبي بن خلف الجمحي، معه عظم نخر، ففركه، ثم قال: يا محمد، من يحيي العظام و هي رميم؟ فأنطق الله محمدا (صلى الله عليه و آله) بمحكم آياته، و بهته ببرهان نبوته، فقال: يحييها الذي أنشأها أول مرة و هو بكل خلق عليم، فانصرف مبهوتا Al-Tabarsy in Al-Ihtijaj – ‘From Musa -asws Bin Ja’far -asws , from Amir-Al-Momineen -asws , when a Jew questioned him -asws , ‘Ibrahim -as silenced the Kafir by the demonstration of his -as Prophet-hood’.

Ali -asws said to him: ‘And so it was the same, and Muhammad -saww came across the deniers of Resurrection after the death, and he was Abayy Bin Khalaf Al-Jamhy, with him was a bone. He crushed it and said, ‘O Muhammad -saww , who will give life to the bones after they have rotted away? Allah -azwj Made Muhammad -saww speaks by a Decisive Verse, and Demonstrated his -saww Prophet-hood, Said: Say: ‘He Who Revived these the first time, and He is Knowing with all creation [36:79] ’.