وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًۭا
And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (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 عِظَـماً وَرُفَـتاً
(When we are bones and fragments.) meaning earth. This was the view of Mujahid. `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas that it means dust.
أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقاً جَدِيداً
(should we really be resurrected (to be) a new creation) meaning, on the Day of Resurrection after we have disintegrated and become nothing, and have been forgotten. Allah tells us about them elsewhere:
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