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Is it correct to interpret Sheikh Muhammad Abduh's explanation of the Almighty's saying: (Strike him with part of it), that the pronoun in (with part of it) refers to the corpse of the slain, and the striking refers to the accused murderer to intimidate him, and that what is meant by the revival of the dead in the verse is the preservation of lives?

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The pronoun in (strike him) refers to the slain person, and in (with part of it) refers to the cow. Reviving the dead means resurrecting them after death. It has been narrated from the Salaf that the slain person stood up, spoke, and identified his killer after being struck with a part of the cow. Ibn Kathir indicated that specifying the exact part with which the slain person was struck is not necessary, as the miracle is achieved with any part of it. Various narrations from Ibn Abbas, Qatadah, and others specify the limb with which the slain person was struck, such as the bone next to the cartilage, or the flesh of the thigh, or the bone between the shoulders, or the thigh, or some of its limbs, or its tongue, or its tailbone. This event was a proof of God's power to revive the dead, and Allah Almighty mentioned the revival of the dead in five other places in the Quran. As for the interpretation of striking the killer with part of the slain person's body, it is far-fetched and has not been stated by any of the early exegetes.

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