And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give (2:260)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

And Ibrahim spoke to Allah and said: O Allah, my Creator, show me how you bring the dead back to life! Allah said: Do you not assent to the truth of Resurrection? Indeed I do, said Ibrahim, this is not to satisfy doubts but to satisfy my reason and heart and become a better man. Then, said Allah, take four birds and train them to get accustomed to you. Then, Tie them, kill them, cut them into pieces, then place each piece on a different hill, and call them to you and they shall swiftly take wing, and this should cause you to realise that Allah is indeed Azizun and Hakimun

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(2:260) Call to mind the other event also, when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how Thou bringest the dead back to life?" He said "Have you no faith in this?" Abraham humbly replied, "I do believe but I ask this to reassure my heart." *296 Allah said, "Well, take four birds and tame them with yourself and then (cut them into pieces) and place a piece of each of them on each hill. Then call them and they will come running to you; know this for certain that Allah is All-Powerful, All-Wise." *297

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give meaning

*296). That is, the rest and inner peace that one attains as a result of direct personal observation.
*297). People have subjected this incident and the one above to very strange interpretations. If one bears in mind, however, God's dealings with the Prophets, one will not feel any need to strain one's energies in hammering out such artificially-contrived interpretations. The truth of the matter is that the kind of function that ordinary believers are required to perform requires of them no more than believing in certain truths without perceiving them through their senses. The function entrusted by God to the Prophets is such that they ought to have direct knowledge of the truths, the acceptance of which they are required to invite others to.
Thanks to the nature of their mission, the Prophets had to tell the world that while others resorted to conjecture and fancy, they spoke from personal direct observation and experience; that while others could claim to possess only imagination, they possessed reliable knowledge; that while others were blind, they alone had the God-given capacity to perceive the Truth. It is for this reason that the angels come to the Prophets and they see them with their own eyes. It is for the same reason that the Prophets were allowed a glimpse of the system of governance of the heavens and the earth. It is for the same reason, again, that they were enabled to observe Heaven and Hell and witness scenes of resurrection.
The Prophets are in possession of faith in the Unseen at the time they are invested with prophethood. After being designated to prophethood, they are further honoured by special favours and privileges, and initiated into what may be termed as 'faith in the seen' (for the 'Unseen' is changed for them to the 'seen'). This favour is a special prerogative of the Prophets. (For a further explanation see Suah 9, nn. 17, 18, 19 and 34.)
 

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give meaning in Urdu

اور وہ واقعہ بھی پیش نظر رہے، جب ابراہیمؑ نے کہا تھا کہ: "میرے مالک، مجھے دکھا دے، تو مُردوں کو کیسے زندہ کرتا ہے" فرمایا: "کیا تو ایمان نہیں رکھتا؟" اُس نے عرض کیا "ایمان تو رکھتا ہوں، مگر دل کا اطمینان درکار ہے" فرمایا: "اچھا تو چار پرندے لے اور ان کو اپنے سے مانوس کر لے پھر ان کا ایک ایک جز ایک ایک پہاڑ پر رکھ دے پھر ان کو پکار، وہ تیرے پاس دوڑے چلے آئیں گے خوب جان لے کہ اللہ نہایت با اقتدار اور حکیم ہے"