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Verse 5of 43

۞ وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌۭ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍۢ جَدِيدٍ ۗ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَعْجَبْtaʿjabyou (are) astonished
فَعَجَبٌۭfaʿajabunthen astonishing
قَوْلُهُمْqawluhum(is) their saying
أَءِذَاa-idhāWhen
كُنَّاkunnāwe are
تُرَٰبًاturābandust
أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we
لَفِىlafī(be) indeed, in
خَلْقٍۢkhalqina creation
جَدِيدٍ ۗjadīdinnew
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖbirabbihimin their Lord
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those
ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُl-aghlāluthe iron chains
فِىٓ(will be) in
أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖaʿnāqihimtheir necks
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikathose
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
هُمْhumthey
فِيهَاfīhāin it
خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Denying Resurrection after Death, is StrangeAllah says to His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ .وَإِن تَعْجَبْ(And if you wonder.) at the rejection of the polytheists who deny Resurrection, even though they witness Allah's signs and evidences that He made in His creation which testify that He is able to do everything. Yet, they admit that Allah originated the creation of all things and brought them into existence after they were nothing.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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