III) Those which point to Quranic verses about returning the...

III) Those which point to Quranic verses about returning the Messenger of Allah (PBUH&HF) and other Prophets. I) Quran Speaks: Return in the Past al-Asbagh Ibn Nabata narrated that Abdullah Ibn Abi Bakr al-Yashkari (also known as Ibn al-Kawwaa who was one of al-Khawarij) asked the Leader of Faithful (AS) about the possibility of returning to this world after death. Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) replied: ...

Don't you know that Allah, to Whom belong Might and Majesty, said in His Book, "And Moses chose out of his people seventy men for Our appointment (7:155)," ... and when they said to Moses (AS): "we will not believe in you until we see Allah manifestly (2:55)," and Allah said "so the thunderbolt overtook you while you were watching. Then We raised you up after your death that you may be grateful. (2:55-56)" Don't you see O' Ibn al-Kawwaa that they indeed returned to their homes after they died?

Isn't it that (after the above verse) Allah informed in his book "And We made the clouds to give shade over you and We sent to you manna and quails (2:57)" Thus this was after they died and when Allah raised them again.

And similar to that, O' Ibn al-Kawwaa, for some people from the Children of Israel about whom Allah said: "Have you not considered those who went forth from their homes, for fear of death, and they were thousands, then Allah said to them, Die, and then He again gave them life (2:243)" And also saying of Allah, to Whom belong Might and Majesty, about Uzair where (Allah) said: "Or the like of him (Uzair) who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: How shall Allah give it life after its death?

So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him to life. He said: How long have you tarried? He said: I have tarried a day, or a part of a day. Said He: Nay! You have tarried a hundred years (2:259)" So do not cast doubt, O' Ibn al-Kawwaa, on the power of Allah, to Whom belong Might and Majesty.

(al-Bihar, v53, p72, Hadith #72) There are other verses of Quran about return in the past, including but not limited to: 2:260, 3:49, 8:26, 16:38-41, 18:18-19, 18:42, which I skip for the sake of brevity. II) Quran Speaks: Return in the Future The numerous verses of Quran indeed have pointers to a period in the future of the world that some top believers and top disbelievers of each era will return to this world.

This phenomenon is called in the language of Quran and Hadith is called al-Raj'a/al-Karra.