وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبَراهِیمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِی کَیْفَ تُحْیی الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قَالَ بَلَى وَلَـکِن لِّیَطْمَئنَّ قَلْبِى قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِن الطَّیْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَیْکَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلَى کُلّ ِ جَبَل مّنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ یَأْتِینَکَ سَعْیاً وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللهَ عَزِیزٌ حَکِیمٌ(( 260 ))
260- AND WHEN ABRAHAM SAID: ``MY LORD! SHOW ME HOW YOU GIVE LIFE TO THE DEAD? HE SAID: HAVE YOU NOT FAITH? HE SAID: YES, BUT TO REASSURE MY HEART. HE SAID: THEN TAKE FOUR BIRDS, AND AFTER SLAUGHTERING THEM CUT THEIR BODIES TO PIECES. THEN PLACE ON EVERY MOUNTAIN A PART OF THEM. THEN CALL THEM. THEY WILL COME TO YOU FLYING. AND KNOW THAT ALLAH IS MIGHTY WISE.