Hadith 5

Tafseer Al Qummi’ – And when Ibrahim said: ‘Lord! Show me how You Revive the dead’. He said: “Or do you not believe? ” He Said: Yes (I do), but to reassure my heart’. He Said: “Then take [2: 260] – the Verse. My father narrated to me, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub, from Abu Baseer, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘Ibrahim-as saw a carcass on the coast of the sea, half of it was in the water and half of it in the sand. The sea predators came and ate what was in the water, then returned, and he-as saw some of them on top of the others eating each other, and the predators of the land came and ate from it. Then he-as saw some of them on top of each other, eating each other. Ibrahim-as was surprised, and he-as said: ‘‘Lord! Show me how You Revive the dead’. Allah-azwj Said to him-as: “Or do you not believe? ” He Said: Yes (I do), but to reassure my heart’. He Said: “Then take four of the birds, so incline them towards you. Then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them, they will come to you swiftly; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise [2: 260]. Ibrahim-as took the peacock, and the rooster, and the dove, and the crow. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: they will come to you swiftly – i. e. , cut them, then mix up their meats and separate these upon each of the ten mountains, then take their beaks and call them, they would come to you quickly. Ibrahim-as did that and separated them upon ten mountains, then called them and said: ‘Answer me-as by the Permission of Allah-azwj the Exalted! ’ It so happened, they gathered and composed the meat of each one and its bones to his head, and they flew to Ibrahim-as. Thus, at that, Ibrahim-as said: ‘Surely Allah is Mighty, Wise [2: 260]’’. [4]