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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 98of 111

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًا﴿٩٨

Translation (Sahih International)

That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
جَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhum(is) their recompense
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand said
أَءِذَاa-idhāWhen
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāmanbones
وَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand crumbled particles
أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely (be) resurrected
خَلْقًۭاkhalqan(as) a creation
جَدِيدًاjadīdannew

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah says: ` This punishment, being resurrected blind, dumb and deaf, is what they deserve, because they disbelievedبِـَايَـتِنَآ(Our Ayat), i.e., Our proof and evidence, and did not think that the resurrection could ever happen.'وَقَالُواْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً(and said: "When we are bones and fragments...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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