Those who do not believe, say: "When we and our fathers have turned to dust, how shall we be raised again?
And the disbelievers said, “Will we, when we and our forefathers have turned into dust, be removed again?”
The unbelievers say, 'What, when we are dust, and our fathers, shall we indeed be brought forth?
And so, they who are bent on denying the truth are saying: “What! After we have become dust - we and our forefathers - shall we [all], forsooth, be brought forth [from the dead]?
And those who disbelieve say: when we have become dust, we and our fathers, shall we, for sooth, be brought forth?
And those who disbelieve say: "When we have become dust, we and our fathers, shall we really be brought forth (again)?
Those who disbelieve say, “When we have become dust, and our ancestors, shall we be brought out?
The unbelievers say: "When we become dust, we and our forefathers, shall we really be brought out (from our graves)?
And those who disbelieve say: "When we have become dust -- we and our fathers -- shall we really be brought forth"
Yet those who disbelieve say: When we have become dust like our fathers, shall we verily be brought forth (again)?
The faithless say, ‘What! When we and our fathers have become dust shall we be raised [from the dead]?
The unbelievers say: 'When we and our fathers are turned to dust, shall we be brought forth?
And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?
The unbelievers have said, "Shall we and our fathers be brought out of the graves after we become dust?
And those who disbelieve say: What! when we have become dust and our fathers (too), shall we certainly be brought forth?
Waq<u>a</u>la alla<u>th</u>eena kafaroo ai<u>tha</u> kunn<u>a</u> tur<u>a</u>ban wa<u>a</u>b<u>a</u>on<u>a</u> ainn<u>a</u> lamukhrajoon<b>a</b>
Those who deny the truth say, "When we have turned to dust like our fathers, shall we be brought back to life again?
The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust,- we and our fathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)?
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ
Those who disbelieved said denyingly: “When we die and become dust, is it possible we will be raised alive?
Those who disbelieved said denyingly: “When we die and become dust, is it possible we will be raised alive?
<h2 class="title">Scepticism about the Resurrection and Its Refutation</h2><p>Allah 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:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ</div><p>(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.'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ</div><p>(verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients.) the promises that bodies will be restored are</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ</div><p>(nothing but tales of ancients.) meaning that they were taken by the people who came before us from books which were handed down from one to the other, but they have no basis in reality. Responding to their thoughts of disbelief and their belief that there would be no Resurrection, Allah said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">قُلْ</div><p>(Say) `O Muhammad, to these people,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">سِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَاْنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ</div><p>(Travel in the land and see how has been the end of the criminals. ) meaning, those who denied the Messengers and their message of the Resurrection and other matters. See how the punishment and vengeance of Allah struck them and how Allah saved from among them the noble Messengers and the believers who followed them. This will be an indication of the truth of the Message brought by the Messengers. Then, to comfort the Prophet , Allah says:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ</div><p>(And grieve you not over them,) meaning, `but do not feel sorry for them or kill yourself with regret for them,'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَلاَ تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ</div><p>(nor be straitened because of what they plot.) means, `because they plot against you and reject what you have brought, for Allah will help and support you, and cause your religion to prevail over those who oppose you and stubbornly resist you in the east and in the west.'</p>
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.'إِنْ هَـذَآ إِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ(verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients.) the promises that bodies will be restored areإِلاَّ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ(nothing but tales of ancients.) meaning that they were taken by the people who came before us from books which were handed down from one to the other, but they have no basis in reality. Responding to their thoughts of disbelief and their belief that there would be no Resurrection, Allah said,قُلْ(Say) `O Muhammad, to these people,'سِيرُواْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ فَاْنظُرُواْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ(Travel in the land and see how has been the end of the criminals. ) meaning, those who denied the Messengers and their message of the Resurrection and other matters. See how the punishment and vengeance of Allah struck them and how Allah saved from among them the noble Messengers and the believers who followed them. This will be an indication of the truth of the Message brought by the Messengers. Then, to comfort the Prophet , Allah says:وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ(And grieve you not over them,) meaning, `but do not feel sorry for them or kill yourself with regret for them,'وَلاَ تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ(nor be straitened because of what they plot.) means, `because they plot against you and reject what you have brought, for Allah will help and support you, and cause your religion to prevail over those who oppose you and stubbornly resist you in the east and in the west.'