For He, Glorified is He, has demonstrated the possibility of reviving the dead and His power to do so through actual occurrence and direct observation, and through reasoning and proof. The first is the stronger of the two approaches, for nothing demonstrates that something is possible more clearly than its actual occurrence.

Thus, in several places in His Book, He mentions those whom He brought back to life.

As He, Most High, says in Sūrat al-Baqarah:

“And when you said, ‘O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah openly,’ the thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on. Then We raised you up after your death, so that you might be grateful.”

This concerns the account of the death of the Israelites who asked to see Allah.

He says in the account of the cow:

“So We said, ‘Strike him with part of it.’ Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that you may understand.”

He says concerning those who left their homes:

“Have you not considered those who left their homes in their thousands, fearing death? Allah said to them, ‘Die’; then He brought them back to life. Indeed, Allah is gracious to mankind.”

The verse continues; this is a well-known account.

And He, Most High, says:

“Or consider the one who passed by a town that lay in ruins, its roofs fallen in. He said, ‘How will Allah bring this back to life after its death?’ So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up. He said, ‘How long