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وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّۭا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths [that] Allah will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟wa-aqsamūAnd they swear
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
جَهْدَjahdastrongest
أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙaymānihim(of) their oaths
لَاAllah will not resurrect
يَبْعَثُyabʿathuAllah will not resurrect
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah will not resurrect
مَنman(one) who
يَمُوتُ ۚyamūtudies
بَلَىٰbalāNay
وَعْدًاwaʿdan(it is) a promise
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon Him
حَقًّۭاḥaqqan(in) truth
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Resurrection after Death is true, there is Wisdom behind it, and it is easy for AllahAllah tells us that the idolators swore by Allah their strongest oaths, meaning that they made oaths swore fervently that Allah would not resurrect the one who died. They considered that to be improbable, and did not believe the Messengers when they told them about that, swearing that it could not happen.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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