Or the like of him (Uzair) who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: When will 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; 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 men, 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.

And they say: What! when we shall have become bones and decayed particles, shall we then certainly be raised up, being a new creation?

This is their retribution because they disbelieved in Our communications and said What! when we shall have become bones and decayed particles, shall we then indeed be raised up into a new creation?

They say: What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we then be raised?

What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised,

And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?