Or take the similitude of one who passed by a village in ruins to its roofs. He said, “Oh! How shall Allah restore it to life after its death?” But Allah caused him to die for 100 years. Then he raised him up and said, “How long have you stayed here?” He said, “A day or a part of a day.” He said, “No, you have been here for 100 years! But look at your food and your drink. They show no sign of age. And look at your donkey! We have made you a sign unto the people. Look further at the bones (of your body), how we clothed them with flesh.”

難道你沒有看見那個人嗎？他經過一個荒涼的頹廢的城市，他說：「真主怎樣使這個已死的城市復活呢？」故真主使他在死亡的狀態下逗留了一百年，然後使他復活。他說：「你逗留了多久？」他說：「我逗留了一日，或不到一日。」他說：「不然，你已逗留了一百年。你看你的飲食，沒有腐敗。你看你的驢子。我要以你為世人的跡象。你看這些骸骨，我怎樣配合他，怎樣以肉套在它的上面。」當他明白這件事的時候，他說：「我知道真主對於萬事是全能的。」（古蘭經2：259）

這書是翻譯自Dr. Abdullah Aziz的’The Amazing Teachings of Islam’s Prophet – Mohammed’s Believe It or Else!’。

1至5的內容取材自古蘭經。6至21的內容取材自布哈里聖訓實錄全集卷一至卷三（中文譯本由康有璽翻譯，經濟日報出版社出版）。22至35的內容取材自布哈里聖訓實錄全集卷四至卷九（英文譯本由美國南加州大學穆斯林協會翻譯，放在http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari）。