Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:47
Read Quran 56:47 from Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 56:47
And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
- Ayah
- 47 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:47
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:47
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 56:47-48 together.
وكانوا ينكرون البعث، فيقولون استبعادا لوقوعه: { أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَئِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ } أي: كيف نبعث بعد موتنا وقد بلينا، فكنا ترابا وعظاما؟ [هذا من المحال] { أَئِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ }