سُوْرَةُ السَّجْدَةِ
Surah As-Sajda (32) — Ayah 10
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿10﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they say: "When we are (dead and become) lost in the earth, shall we indeed be created anew?" Nay, but they deny the Meeting with their Lord!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالُوٓا۟
waqālū
And they say
أَءِذَا
a-idhā
Is (it) when
ضَلَلْنَا
ḍalalnā
we are lost
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أَءِنَّا
a-innā
will we
لَفِى
lafī
certainly be in
خَلْقٍۢ
khalqin
a creation
جَدِيدٍۭ ۚ
jadīdin
new
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُم
hum
they
بِلِقَآءِ
biliqāi
in (the) meeting
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
(of) their Lord
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 10) ➊ { وَ قَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الْاَرْضِ …:} After mentioning the truthfulness of the Noble Messenger (peace be upon him) and the Noble Qur’an, and the oneness of Allah and some of its evidences, now the third fundamental belief of Islam, the Hereafter, and the objection of the disbelievers to it and its answer are mentioned. In {’’ وَ قَالُوْۤا ‘‘}, the “waw” is used to connect to their statement which is apparent from the previous verses, as if the speech would be: {’’قَالُوْا مُحَمَّدٌ لَيْسَ بِرَسُوْلٍ وَالإِلٰهُ لَيْسَ بِوَاحِدٍ وَقَالُوْا ءَ إِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ…‘‘} “That is, they said that Muhammad is not a Messenger and there is not only one deity, and they said, ‘When we are lost in the earth…’” Zamakhshari and Tabari said: {’’ ضَلَّ الْمَاءُ فِي اللَّبَنِ ‘‘} This is said when water is thoroughly mixed with milk and disappears. That is, “When we are mixed with the soil and become dust, will we really be raised alive in a new creation?” After the interrogative hamzah, another interrogative hamzah is for amazement and denial of the second life, meaning how can this be? This can never happen.
➋ {بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ :} After mentioning the creation of man from dust and then from a drop of fluid, there was no need to answer the objection of the disbelievers that when we become dust in the earth, how will we be created again? The answer was obvious: just as you were created the first time from this dust when you had no existence, now if you are mixed with this dust, why can you not be created again? See Surah Ya-Sin (79 to 81 and 12). Therefore, it is said, rather the real issue is that these people do not want to accept the meeting with their Lord, because they do not want to abandon their worship of desires and wickedness, which they would have to leave after accepting the meeting with Allah, as He said: « لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ (1) وَ لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ (2) اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهٗ (3) بَلٰى قٰدِرِيْنَ عَلٰۤى اَنْ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ (4) بَلْ يُرِيْدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهٗ » [ القیامۃ : ۱ تا ۵ ] “No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection! And no! I swear by the self-reproaching soul! Does man think that We will never assemble his bones? Why not? (We will assemble them) while We are able to perfectly restore even his fingertips. Rather, man desires to continue committing sins ahead of him.”
➋ {بَلْ هُمْ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ كٰفِرُوْنَ :} After mentioning the creation of man from dust and then from a drop of fluid, there was no need to answer the objection of the disbelievers that when we become dust in the earth, how will we be created again? The answer was obvious: just as you were created the first time from this dust when you had no existence, now if you are mixed with this dust, why can you not be created again? See Surah Ya-Sin (79 to 81 and 12). Therefore, it is said, rather the real issue is that these people do not want to accept the meeting with their Lord, because they do not want to abandon their worship of desires and wickedness, which they would have to leave after accepting the meeting with Allah, as He said: « لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ (1) وَ لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ (2) اَيَحْسَبُ الْاِنْسَانُ اَلَّنْ نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهٗ (3) بَلٰى قٰدِرِيْنَ عَلٰۤى اَنْ نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهٗ (4) بَلْ يُرِيْدُ الْاِنْسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ اَمَامَهٗ » [ القیامۃ : ۱ تا ۵ ] “No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection! And no! I swear by the self-reproaching soul! Does man think that We will never assemble his bones? Why not? (We will assemble them) while We are able to perfectly restore even his fingertips. Rather, man desires to continue committing sins ahead of him.”
