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Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 98
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا ﴿98﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
That is their recompense, because they denied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and said: "When we are bones and fragments, shall we really be raised up as a new creation?"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
جَزَآؤُهُم
jazāuhum
(is) their recompense
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Verses
وَقَالُوٓا۟
waqālū
and said
أَءِذَا
a-idhā
When
كُنَّا
kunnā
we are
عِظَـٰمًۭا
ʿiẓāman
bones
وَرُفَـٰتًا
warufātan
and crumbled particles
أَءِنَّا
a-innā
will we
لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
lamabʿūthūna
surely (be) resurrected
خَلْقًۭا
khalqan
(as) a creation
جَدِيدًا
jadīdan
new
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.
98. 1. That is, this punishment of Hell will be given to them because they did not affirm the verses We revealed and did not reflect upon the manifest signs spread throughout the universe, due to which they considered the occurrence of the Resurrection and life after death to be impossible, and said: How can we be given a new creation after our bones have become crumbled to dust?
