Surah As Sajda Tafseer

Refutation of Those Who think the Resurrection is unlikely to happen

Allah tells;

وَقَالُوا

And they say:

Allah tells us how the idolators thought it unlikely that the resurrection would ever come to pass, and how they said:

أَيِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِي الاَْرْضِ

When we are lost in the earth,

meaning, `when our bodies have been scattered and have disintegrated and dispersed in the earth,'

أَيِنَّا لَفِي خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

shall we indeed be created anew,

means, `after that, will we come back again'

They thought it unlikely that this would happen, and in terms of their own feeble abilities it is indeed unlikely, but this is not the case with regard to the power of the One Who created them from nothing, Who when He wills a thing merely says to it, "Be!" and it is.

Allah says:

بَلْ هُم بِلِقَاء رَبِّهِمْ كَافِرُونَ

Nay, but they deny the meeting with their Lord!)

Then Allah says