Whats your understanding of Ayat 2:259

[ajzhyder]

Salam,
Any thoughts or understanding of below Ayat? What had happened with the Donkey and food. how things could have been clarified to him?

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Or like the one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said. "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after its death?" thus Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He (Allah) said. "How long did you stay (thus)?" He said. (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said. "No, You have stayed a hundred years; but look at your food and your drink; they show no signs of decay; and look at your donkey. And that We may make of you a sign for the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said. "I know that Allah has power over all things."

[Rilum]

Salam,
maybe the sign was that the food and his drink showed no signs of decay although it passed a hundred years. The donkey maybe stil lived.