Al-Isrá 17:49 وقالوا ااذا كنا عظاما ورفاتا اانا لمبعوثون خلقا جديدا ٤٩
وَقَالُوٓاْ
أَءِذَا
كُنَّا
عِظَٰمٗا
وَرُفَٰتًا
أَءِنَّا
لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
خَلۡقٗا
جَدِيدٗا
٤٩
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
— Saheeh International
And they say ˹mockingly˺, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death
Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will happen and who say, in a tone of denial,
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَماً وَرُفَتاً
(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mujahid
…Refutation of Those Who do not believe in Life after Death
Allah tells us about the disbelievers who think it very unlikely that the Resurrection will
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