Surah 34:8
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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلۡ نَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ يُنَبِّئُكُمۡ إِذَا مُزِّقۡتُمۡ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٍ
Those who disbelieve say, ‘Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you (that) when you have been completely torn to pieces, you will indeed (return) in a new creation?
أَفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ ٱلۡبَعِيدِ
Has he forged a lie against God, or is he possessed?’ No! Those who do not believe in the Hereafter are in punishment and far astray.
أَفَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِن نَّشَأۡ نَخۡسِفۡ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ نُسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّكُلِّ عَبۡدٖ مُّنِيبٖ
Do they not look to what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We (so) please, We could cause the earth to swallow them, or make fragments of the sky fall on them. Surely in that is a sign indeed for every servant who turns (in repentance).
Here Allah tells us how the disbelievers and heretics denied that the Hour will come, and mocked the Messenger for speaking of it.
means, when your bodies have disintegrated into the earth and dispersed without a trace,
{then you} means, after this has happened,
means, you will be restored to life and will receive provision anew. “By telling us this, he is doing one of two things: either he is deliberately fabricating something and saying that Allah has revealed it to him, or he is not doing it deliberately, but he is deluded as crazy and insane people are.’ They said:
Allah said, refuting their words:
{Nay, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are (themselves) in a torment, and in far error.}
meaning, the matter is not as they claim or as they think; on the contrary, Muhammad is the one who is telling the truth, and is righteous and wise; he is the one who has brought the truth, and they are the foolish and ignorant liars.
{are themselves) in a tonnent,} means, their disbelief, which will lqad them to the torment of Allah.
{and in far error.} far from the truth in this world.
Then Allah warns them of His power in the creation of heavens and earth, as He says:
{See they not what is before them and what is behind them, of the heaven and the earth?}
meaning, wherever they go, in whatever direction, the heavens are above them and the earth is beneath them. This is like the Ayah:
{If We will, We shall sink the earth with them, or cause a piece of the heaven to fall upon them . }>
means, ‘if We wished, We could do that to them because- of their wrongdoing and Our power over them, but We delay it because We are Patient and Forgiving.’
Then Allah says:
{Verily, in this is a sign for every Munib servant.}
Ma'mar narrating from Qatadah, said that Al-Murub means every one who repents. Sufyan narrated from Qatadah, that Al-Murub is the one who turns to Allah. This means that in looking at the creation of the heavens and the earth, there is a sign for every servant who is intelligent and wise and who turns towards Allah. There is a sign of the Allah’s ability to recreate bodies and bring about the Resurrection, because the One Who was able to create these heavens - with their vast reaches of space, and this earth, as deep and vast as it is - is able to recreate bodies and revive decayed bones. This is like the Ayat
{Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth. Able to create the like of them? Yes, indeed !} (36:81)
{The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not.} (40:57)