بعثه قال كم لبثت قال لبثت يوماً أو بعض يومٍ قال بل لبثت مائه...

بعثه قال كم لبثت قال لبثت يوماً أو بعض يومٍ قال بل لبثت مائه عام فانظر إلي طعامك و شرابك لم يتسنّه و انظر الي حمارك و لنجعلك آيه للناس و انظر الي العظام كيف ننشزها ثم .« نكسوها لحما فلما تبين له قال أعلم أن اللّه علي كلِّ شي ءٍ قدير “Or the like of whom (Ozair) who passed by a town and it had fallen down on its roofs. He said, ‘When will Allah give it life after its death?’ So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, and 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.’ He said, “Nay! You have tarried a hundred years, then look at your food and drink- years have not passed over it and look at your ass, and that We may make you a sign to man and look at the bones, how We set them together, then clothed them with flesh, so when it became clear to him, he said, ‘I know that Allah has power over all things.71” The story goes like this: Ozair (a.s.) was passing by a village.

He passed by the village graveyard wherein graves were piled upon one another and had thrown out the bones and skeletons of the corpses. He looked at one of the bones that had turned powdery and thought, ‘How can Allah grant it life again?’ It was noon then and Prophet Ozair (a.s.), who was 25 years old, was sitting under a tree and had tied his ass to a tree. He had just spread his dining cloth to have his lunch. His meal comprised of a cup of milk, fig and a loaf of bread.

He was busy eating when suddenly he spotted the bones and he mused, ‘How can Allah resurrect it?’ Quran informs that at that very moment Allah captured his soul and he remained in this condition (of death), when Allah resurrected him and asked, “How long have you stayed over here?’ He (Ozair) replied, ‘Perhaps a day or part of a day.’ 70 Surah Ankaboot: 14 71 Surah Baqarah: 259 Allah the Almighty retorted, ‘No! You are here for a hundred years!

For a century, Ozair (a.s.) was lying in the graveyard, under the scorching sun, floods of water flowed over him, chilly winter enveloped him, days and nights passed through him, yet he neither turned dust nor powder. He remained totally safe, sound and untouched.

His food too was safe and therefore, the Holy Quran ordered, ‘Look at your food and drink, years have not affected them.’ Man himself, (Allah’s creature) with his limited power, produces a refrigerator that has the ability to retain the freshness of meat for such a time that it can be exported from one country to another for consumption.