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Surah Yaseen (36) — Ayah 78

Yaseen · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 445

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وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ ﴿78﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust?"

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

وَضَرَبَ waḍaraba And he sets forth
لَنَا lanā for Us
مَثَلًۭا mathalan an example
وَنَسِىَ wanasiya and forgets
خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ khalqahu his (own) creation
قَالَ qāla He says
مَن man Who
يُحْىِ yuḥ'yī will give life
ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ l-ʿiẓāma (to) the bones
وَهِىَ wahiya while they
رَمِيمٌۭ ramīmun (are) decomposed

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(Ayah 78) {وَ ضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَّ نَسِيَ خَلْقَهٗ … :} That is, he considers Us to be helpless like the creation, that just as a human cannot bring the dead to life, We also cannot do so, and he forgets from what We created him. He says, after the body has decayed and only bones remain, and those too old, worn out, and hollow, then who will bring them to life again? If he remembered his own creation, he would never ask this question, because the One who can create a human from a lowly, dead drop, when he had no existence, how difficult is it for Him to bring his decayed bones back to life? Allah Almighty has reminded of creating man from a drop at several places; in Surah Dahr He said: « اِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ اَمْشَاجٍ» [ الدھر : ۲ ] "Indeed, We created man from a mixed drop." And in Surah Mursalat He said: « اَلَمْ نَخْلُقْكُّمْ مِّنْ مَّآءٍ مَّهِيْنٍ» [ المرسلات : ۲۰ ] "Did We not create you from a humble water?"

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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78. And he sets forth for Us a parable and forgets his own creation. He says, "Who will give life [70] to these bones when they have decayed?"

[70] That is, he considers his Lord to be powerless like ordinary creatures, thinking that since humans cannot bring the dead back to life, neither can We. He shows a decayed bone, crushes it in his hands, and scatters it, saying, "Tell me, can this become alive again?" At that moment, he forgets that the very drop from which he himself was created was also made from lifeless food. If he were to reflect on this, he would never raise such an objection.
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