Surah 13

Surah 13:5

"If you are amazed, their saying is amazing: ‘When we have turned to dust, shall we indeed (return) in a new creation?’ Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those – the chains will be on their necks – those are the companions of the Fire. There they will remain."
Denying Resurrection after Death, is Strange Verses 13:5
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Verse 5

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

If you are amazed, their saying is amazing: ‘When we have turned to dust, shall we indeed (return) in a new creation?’ Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those – the chains will be on their necks – those are the companions of the Fire. There they will remain.

Allah says to His Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him,
{And if you wonder,}

at the rejection of the polytheists who deny Resurrection, even though they witness Allah's signs and evidences that He made in His creation which testify that He is able to do everything. Yet, they admit that Allah originated the creation of all things and brought them into existence after they were nothing. However, they deny Allah's claim that He will resurrect the world anew, even though they admit to what is more amazing than what they deny and reject. Therefore, it is amazing that they said,
{When we are dust, shall we indeed then be (raised) in a new creation?}

It is an obvious fact to every sane and knowledgeable person that creating the heavens and earth is a greater feat than creating men, and that He Who has originated creation is more able to resurrect it anew,
{Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is able to do all things} [46:33]
Allah described those who deny Resurrection,
{They are those who disbelieved in their Lord! They are those who will have iron chains linking their hands to their necks.}

They will be dragged in the Fire by these chains,
{They will be dwellers of the Fire to abide therein forever.}, for they will remain in Hell forever and will never escape it or be removed from it.

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