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Ya-Sin 78

Ayah 78 of 83 · Meccan

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلٗا وَنَسِيَ خَلۡقَهُۥۖ قَالَ مَن يُحۡيِ ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٞ ٧٨

And he presents for Us an example1 and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Attempting to establish the finality of death.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَضَرَبَAnd he sets forthwaḍaraba
  2. لَنَاfor Uslanā
  3. مَثَلٗاan examplemathalan
  4. وَنَسِيَand forgetswanasiya
  5. خَلۡقَهُۥۖhis (own) creationkhalqahu
  6. قَالَHe saysqāla
  7. مَنWhoman
  8. يُحۡيِwill give lifeyuḥ'yī
  9. ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ(to) the bonesl-ʿiẓāma
  10. وَهِيَwhile theywahiya
  11. رَمِيمٞ(are) decomposedramīmun

Tafsir

This disbeliever is heedless and ignorant when he uses decayed bones to prove the impossibility of resurrection, saying, “Who will resurrect us?” whilst having forgotten his own creation from non-existence.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran