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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 99of 111

۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًۭا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا﴿٩٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
قَادِرٌqādirun(is) Able
عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
أَنanto
يَخْلُقَyakhluqacreate
مِثْلَهُمْmith'lahumthe like of them
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He has made
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَجَلًۭاajalana term
لَّاno
رَيْبَraybadoubt
فِيهِfīhiin it
فَأَبَىfa-abāBut refused
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
إِلَّاillāexcept
كُفُورًۭاkufūrandisbelief

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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