LessonsResurrection Is True: Bodily Restoration, Original Parts, and the Problem of Re-CreationQuiz

رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ
My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. (al-Baqarah 2:260)

The question word kayfa asks about manner. One may accept divine power while seeking to understand how the dead are revived. The Qurʾanic account of the birds provides a related illustration of parts being brought together.

Belief in the reality of an event and an inquiry into its mechanism are not opposites. Yet any proposed mechanism should be affirmed only to the extent justified by reliable evidence.

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Abraham’s question about how

Resurrection Is True: Bodily Restoration, Original Parts, and the Problem of Re-Creation

رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ
My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. (al-Baqarah 2:260)

The question word kayfa asks about manner. One may accept divine power while seeking to understand how the dead are revived. The Qurʾanic account of the birds provides a related illustration of parts being brought together.

Belief in the reality of an event and an inquiry into its mechanism are not opposites. Yet any proposed mechanism should be affirmed only to the extent justified by reliable evidence.