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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 51of 111

أَوْ خَلْقًۭا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًۭا﴿٥١

Translation (Sahih International)

Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
خَلْقًۭاkhalqana creation
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
يَكْبُرُyakburu(is) great
فِىin
صُدُورِكُمْ ۚṣudūrikumyour breasts
فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnaThen they will say
مَنmanWho
يُعِيدُنَا ۖyuʿīdunāwill restore us
قُلِquliSay
ٱلَّذِىalladhīHe Who
فَطَرَكُمْfaṭarakumcreated you
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢ ۚmarratintime
فَسَيُنْغِضُونَfasayun'ghiḍūnaThen they will shake
إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir heads
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
مَتَىٰmatāWhen (will)
هُوَ ۖhuwait (be)
قُلْqulSay
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūna(it) will be
قَرِيبًۭاqarībansoon

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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