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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 49of 111

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًۭا﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
أَءِذَاa-idhāIs it when
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand crumbled particles
أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely (be) resurrected
خَلْقًۭاkhalqan(as) a creation
جَدِيدًۭاjadīdannew

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after DeathAllah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen and who say, in a tone of denial,أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mujahid. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas that it means dust.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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