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Today, we're going to do Surah Bakr verse 260.

If you remember, our series is about powerables and aphorisms.

And by aphorisms, I mean those Quranic phrases that are so powerful

that they have become a part of the common vernacular of the Arabs.

And the phrase that I have in mind today, verse 260,

is a very famous Quranic phrase.

And this is a lot of benefits that we can derive from this beautiful phrase.

Where does this phrase occur?

Once he has argued with the king Nimrod, the evil king Nimrod,

and he says to Nimrod,

My Lord, can bring the dead back to life and he causes death.

So he argues with Nimrod about the power of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

That is in the argument phase.

Now, he comes back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

And he asks Allah privately away from Nimrod.

He asks Allah,

Show me, O Allah, how do you resurrect the dead?

In front of Nimrod, he says, My Lord can resurrect the dead.

But now he's in front of Allah.

And he says, Ya Rabbi, show me, how do you resurrect the dead?

So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

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