He said : how shall Allah quicken this after the death thereof Thereupon Allah made him dead for a hundred years , and thereafter raised him and said : how long hast thou tarried He said : I have tarried any day , or part of any day . Allah said : nay ! thou hast tarried a hundred years : look at thy food and thy drink , they have not rotten , and look at thine ass ; and this We have done in order that We may make of thee a sign unto men ; and look thou at the bones , how we shall make them stand up and clothe them with flesh .