أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நாங்கள் இறந்து, மண்ணாகவும் எலும்புகளாகவும் நாங்கள் ஆகிவிட்டாலும், மெய்யாகவே (நாங்கள் மீண்டும் உயிர்ப்பித்து) எழுப்பப்படுபவர்களா? (என்றும் கேட்கின்றனர்.)
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “අප මිය ගොස් පස් හා අස්ථි බවට පත් වූ විට නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි නැවත නැගිටුවනු ලබන්නෝ වෙමු ද?”
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا جب ہم مر جائیں گے اور خاک اور ہڈی ہو جائیں گے پھر کیا (سچ مچ) ہم اٹھائے جائیں گے؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- わたしたちが死んで土と骨になってから，（また）呼び起こされましょうか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 难道我们死后，已变为尘土和朽骨的时候，必定复活吗？
Tafsir of 37:16
The Certainty of Life after Death Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that these things were harder to create than they were. If this is the case, then why do they deny the resurrection, when they see things that are greater than that which they deny As Allah says: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ (The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not) (40:57) Then Allah explains that they were created from something weak, as He says: إِنَّا خَلَقْنَهُم مِّن طِينٍ لاَّزِبٍ (Verily, We created them of a sticky clay.) Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ad-Dahhak said, "This is the useful kind of mud which sticks to itself." Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and `Ikrimah said, "It is sticky and useful." Qatadah said, "It is that which sticks to the hand." بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخُرُونَ (Nay, you wondered while they mock.) means,…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
