سُوْرَةُ الرَّعْدِ
Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 5
۞ وَإِن تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) wonder (at these polytheists who deny your message of Islâmic Monotheism and have taken besides Allâh others for worship who can neither harm nor benefit), then wondrous is their saying: "When we are dust, shall we indeed then be (raised) in a new creation?" They are those who disbelieved in their Lord! They are those who will have iron chains tying their hands to their necks. They will be the dwellers of the Fire to abide therein.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَعْجَبْ
taʿjab
you (are) astonished
فَعَجَبٌۭ
faʿajabun
then astonishing
قَوْلُهُمْ
qawluhum
(is) their saying
أَءِذَا
a-idhā
When
كُنَّا
kunnā
we are
تُرَٰبًا
turāban
dust
أَءِنَّا
a-innā
will we
لَفِى
lafī
(be) indeed, in
خَلْقٍۢ
khalqin
a creation
جَدِيدٍ ۗ
jadīdin
new
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) the ones who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ
birabbihim
in their Lord
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلُ
l-aghlālu
the iron chains
فِىٓ
fī
(will be) in
أَعْنَاقِهِمْ ۖ
aʿnāqihim
their necks
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
5. 1. That is, for the Being who created the first time, making that thing again is not a difficult task. But the disbelievers say this strange thing: how will we be created again?
