Surah Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 56:48
Read Quran 56:48 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 56:48
أَوَآبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ٤٨
And also our forefathers?
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
- 48 of 96
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 56:48
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:48
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 }