Mishkat al-Masabih 28 Events of the Day of Resurrection and the Beginning of Creation كتاب أحوال القيامة وبدء الخلق 11

وَعَن أبي رزين الْعقيلِيّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُعِيدُ الله الْخلق؟ مَا آيَةُ ذَلِكَ فِي خَلْقِهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَمَا مَرَرْتَ بِوَادِي قَوْمِكَ جَدْبًا ثُمَّ مَرَرْتَ بِهِ يَهْتَزُّ خَضِرًا؟» قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: ” فَتِلْكَ آيَةُ اللَّهِ فِي خلقه (كَذَلِك يحيي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَى) رَوَاهُمَا رزين

Abu Razin al- `Uqaili told that he asked God’s messenger how God would restore all things and what indication there was of that in His creation. He replied, “Have you not come by the wadi of your people when it was barren, then come by it when it was shaking with verdure?” One being told that he had, he said, “That is God’s sign in His creation and thus will God bring the dead to life.” Razin transmitted the two traditions.