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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 28of 286

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًۭا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

Word-by-word meaning

كَيْفَkayfaHow
تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna(can) you disbelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَكُنتُمْwakuntumWhile you were
أَمْوَٰتًۭاamwātandead
فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖfa-aḥyākumthen He gave you life
ثُمَّthummathen
يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumHe will cause you to die
ثُمَّthummathen
يُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumHe will give you life
ثُمَّthummathen
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah testifies to the fact that He exists and that He is the Creator and the Sustainer Who has full authority over His servants, كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ(How can you disbelieve in Allah) How can anyone deny Allah's existence or worship others with Him while; وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَتًا فَأَحْيَـكُمْ(You were dead and He gave you life) meaning, He brought them from the state of non-existence to life.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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