فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ نَادِهِمْ فَقَالَ أَيَّتُهَا الْعِظَامُ الْبَالِيَةُ قُومِي بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَامُوا أَحْيَاءً أَجْمَعُونَ يَنْفُضُونَ التُّرَابَ عَنْ رُءُوسِهِمْ. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: “Call out to them!” He -as said: ‘O you worn out bones! Arise by the Permission of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic!’ They arose alive altogether, clearing the dust from their heads’’.
[18] كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ بَعْضِهِمْ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ بَعْضِهِمْ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِيارِهِمْ وَ هُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ فَقالَ لَهُمُ اللَّهُ مُوتُوا ثُمَّ أَحْياهُمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْلُ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مَدَائِنِ الشَّامِ وَ كَانُوا سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ بَيْتٍ وَ كَانَ الطَّاعُونُ يَقَعُ فِيهِمْ فِي كُلِّ أَوَانٍ فَكَانُوا إِذَا أَحَسُّوا بِهِ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْأَغْنِيَاءُ لِقُوَّتِهِمْ وَ بَقِيَ فِيهَا الْفُقَرَاءُ لِضَعْفِهِمْ The number (of reporters), from Sahl, from Ibn Mahboub, from Umar Bin Yaaeed, and someone else, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , and one of them from Abu Ja’far -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: Have you not seen those who exited from their homes fearing death, and they were thousands, so Allah Said to them: “Die!” Then He Revived them [2:243] .
He -asws said: ‘These were city folk from the cities of Syria, and there were seventy thousand households, and plague used to occur among them every time. So, whenever they sensed it, the rich ones would exit the city due to their (financial) strength and the poor would remain due to their (financial) weakness.
فَكَانَ الْمَوْتُ يَكْثُرُ فِي الَّذِينَ أَقَامُوا وَ يَقِلُّ فِي الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا لَوْ كُنَّا أَقَمْنَا لَكَثُرَ فِينَا الْمَوْتُ وَ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَقَامُوا لَوْ كُنَّا خَرَجْنَا لَقَلَّ فِينَا الْمَوْتُ So, the death occurred mostly among those who would remain and less among those who went out. So those who left said, ‘Had we been of those who remained, death would have been frequent among us’.
And those who remained said, ‘Had we been of those who went out, death would have been less among us’.