When Abraham said: ‘Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead,’ He replied: ‘Have you no faith?’ ‘Yes,’ said Abraham, ‘but just to reassure my heart.’ ‘Take four birds,’ said He, ‘draw them to you, and cut their bodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them back. They will come swiftly to you. Know that God is mighty and wise.’