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keep His promise. (13:31) the One Who brings the dead to life. He has
They are dead, not alive, and they are not aware power over all things. (30:50)
of when they will be raised. (16:21) You will not make dead men hear; you will not
Allah sends down water from the sky and by it make deaf men hear the call, when they turn
brings the dead earth back to life. There is cer- their backs in flight. (30:52)
tainly a Sign in that for people who hear. (16:65) It is Allah Who sends the winds which raise the
Mankind! If you are in any doubt about the clouds which We then drive to a dead land and
Rising, know that We created you from dust then by them bring the earth to life after it was dead.
from a drop of sperm then from a clot of blood That is how the Resurrection will be. (35:9)
then from a lump of flesh, formed yet unformed, The living and dead are not the same. Allah
so We may make things clear to you. We make makes anyone He wills hear but you cannot
whatever We want stay in the womb until a spec- make those in the grave hear. (35:22)
ified time and then We bring you out as children We bring the dead to life and We record what
so that you can reach your full maturity. Some of they send ahead and what they leave behind. We
you die and some of you revert to the lowest have listed everything in a clear register. (36:12)
form of life so that, after having knowledge, they A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring
then know nothing at all. And you see the earth to life and from which We bring forth grain of
dead and barren; then when We send down which they eat. (36:33)
water onto it it quivers and swells and sprouts Among His Signs is that you see the earth laid
with luxuriant plants of every kind. (22:5) bare and then when We send down water on it, it
That is because Allah is the Real and gives life to quivers and swells. He Who gives it life is He
the dead and has power over all things. (22:6) Who gives life to the dead. Certainly He has
It is He Who sends out the winds, bringing ad- power over all things. (41:39)
vance news of His mercy. And We send down Have they then taken others besides Him as pro-
from heaven pure water so that by it We can tectors? But Allah is the Protector. He gives life to
bring a dead land to life and give drink to many the dead. He has power over all things. (42:9)
of the animals and people We created. (25:48- It is He Who sends down water in due measure
49) from the sky by which We bring a dead land
You will not make dead men hear and you will back to life. That is how you too will be brought
not make deaf men hear the call when they turn forth. (43:11)
their backs in flight. (27:80) Do they not see that Allah–He Who created the
If you ask them, ‘Who sends down water from heavens and the earth and was not wearied by
the sky, bringing the earth back to life again after creating them–has the power to bring the dead to
it was dead?’ they will say, ‘Allah.’ Say: ‘Praise be life? Yes indeed! He has power over all things.
to Allah.’ But most of them do not use their intel- (46:33)
lect. (29:63) You who believe! Avoid most suspicion. Indeed
He brings forth the living from the dead and some suspicion is a crime. And do not spy and
brings forth the dead from the living and brings do not backbite one another. Would any of you
the earth to life after it was dead. In the same way like to eat his brother’s dead flesh? No, you
you too will be brought forth. (30:19) would hate it. And have fear of Allah. Allah is
Among His Signs is that He shows you lightning, Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (49:12)
a source of fear and eager hope, and sends down And We sent down blessed water from the sky
water from the sky, bringing the dead earth back and made gardens grow by it and grain for har-
to life by it. There are certainly Signs in that for vesting and soaring date-palms with layered
people who use their intellect. (30:24) spathes, as provision for Our servants; by it We
So look at the effect of the mercy of Allah, how brought a dead land to life. That is how the
He brings the dead earth back to life. Truly He is Emergence will take place. (50:9-11)
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