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Ar-Ra'd 5

Ayah 5 of 43 · Medinan

۞ وَإِن تَعۡجَبۡ فَعَجَبٞ قَوۡلُهُمۡ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٍۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلُ فِيٓ أَعۡنَاقِهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٥

And if you are astonished,1 [O Muḥammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles2 upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 At those who deny resurrection.

2 Iron collars to which their hands are chained.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. تَعۡجَبۡyou (are) astonishedtaʿjab
  3. فَعَجَبٞthen astonishingfaʿajabun
  4. قَوۡلُهُمۡ(is) their sayingqawluhum
  5. أَءِذَاWhena-idhā
  6. كُنَّاwe arekunnā
  7. تُرَٰبًاdustturāban
  8. أَءِنَّاwill wea-innā
  9. لَفِي(be) indeed, inlafī
  10. خَلۡقٖa creationkhalqin
  11. جَدِيدٍۗnewjadīdin
  12. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  13. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones whoalladhīna
  14. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  15. بِرَبِّهِمۡۖin their Lordbirabbihim
  16. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَand thosewa-ulāika
  17. ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلُthe iron chainsl-aghlālu
  18. فِيٓ(will be) infī
  19. أَعۡنَاقِهِمۡۖtheir necksaʿnāqihim
  20. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthosewa-ulāika
  21. أَصۡحَٰبُ(are the) companionsaṣḥābu
  22. ٱلنَّارِۖ(of) the Firel-nāri
  23. هُمۡtheyhum
  24. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  25. خَٰلِدُونَ(will) abide foreverkhālidūna

Tafsir

If you are amazed, O Messenger, at anything, then you should surely be amazed at their denial of resurrection and their statement of proof for their denial: What, when we die and become dust and decayed and decomposed bones, shall we be resurrected and restored to life? Those who reject the resurrection after death are the ones who disbelieved in their Lord and as a result they disbelieved in His Power to resurrect the dead. They are the ones around whose necks chains of fire will be placed on the Day of Judgement. They will be the inhabitants of the Fire and they will remain there forever, without ever ceasing to exist and without their punishment coming to an end.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran