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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًۭا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ﴿٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
أَءِذَاa-idhāWhat, when
كُنَّاkunnāwe have become
تُرَٰبًۭاturābandust
وَءَابَآؤُنَآwaābāunāand our forefathers
أَئِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَمُخْرَجُونَlamukh'rajūnasurely be brought out

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its RefutationAllah tells us about the idolators who deny the Resurrection, considering it extremely unlikely that bodies will be re-created after they have become bones and dust. Then He says:لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ(Indeed we were promised this -- we and our forefathers before,) meaning, `we and our forefathers have been hearing this for a long time, but in reality, we have never seen it happen.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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