Proof that Resurrection will occur
Allah asserts that Resurrection will occur and refutes the misguided atheists who deny it, those who said,
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
(When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be resurrected) 56:47 They said this statement in denial and discounting Resurrection. Allah the Exalted said,
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَـكُمْ
(We created you,) meaning, `We have created you after you were nothing. Therefore, is not that Who is able to start the creation, more able to bring it back’ Allah’s statement,
فَلَوْلاَ تُصَدِّقُونَ
(then why do you believe not) `why do you not then believe in Resurrection’ Then Allah said, while bringing forth evidence that Resurrection occurs,
أَفَرَءَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُونَ – أَءَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُ أَم نَحْنُ الْخَـلِقُونَ
(Do you not see the semen you emit. Is it you who create it, or are We the Creator) meaning, `do you make the semen remain in the wombs and create life from it therein, stage after stage Or is Allah the One Who does all this’ Allah said,
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ
(We have decreed death to you all,) meaning, `We made death exist between you.’ Ad-Dahhak commented, “Allah made the residents of the heavens and earth equal with regards to death.” Allah said,
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
(and We are not outstripped,) meaning, `We are never unable,’
عَلَى أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَـلَكُمْ
(To transfigure you), meaning, `to change your current shapes, on the Day of Resurrection,’
وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ
(and create you in that you know not.) meaning, `out of shapes and forms.’ Allah the Exalted said,
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْأَةَ الاٍّولَى فَلَوْلاَ تَذَكَّرُونَ
(And indeed, you have already known the first form of creation, why then do you not remember) meaning, `you know that Allah has created you after you were nothing. He created you and gave you hearing, sight and hearts. Will you not then remember and take heed that He Who is able to create you in the beginning is more able to bring you back and resurrect you to life anew’ Allah the Exalted said in other Ayat,
وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ
(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him.)(30:27),
أَوَلاَ يَذْكُرُ إلإِنْسَـنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْئاً
(Does not man remember that We created him before, while he was nothing)(19:67),
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الإِنسَـنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مٌّبِينٌ – وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَن يُحىِ الْعِظَـمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ – قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِى أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ
(Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah. Yet behold he (stands forth) as an open opponent. And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation. He says: ” Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust” Say: “He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation.”)(36:77-79), and,
أَيَحْسَبُ الإِنسَـنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى – أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَى – ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّى – فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالاٍّنثَى – أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْيِىَ الْمَوْتَى
(Does man think that he will be left neglected Was he not a Nutfah of semen emitted Then he became an `Alaqah (a clot); then shaped and fashioned in due proportion. And made of him two sexes, male and female. Is not He able to give life to the dead)(75:36-40)
51
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ
summa innakum ayyuhad daaalloonal mukazziboon
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,
52
لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ
La aakiloona min shaja rim min zaqqoom
Will be eating from trees of zaqqum
53
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ
Famaali’oona minhal butoon
And filling with it your bellies
54
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
Fashaariboona ‘alaihi minal hameem
And drinking on top of it from scalding water
55
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ
Fashaariboona shurbal heem
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.
56
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
57
نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
Nahnu khalaqnaakum falaw laa tusaddiqoon
We have created you, so why do you not believe?
58
أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ
Afara’aytum maa tumnoon
Have you seen that which you emit?
59
ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
‘A-antum takhluqoo nahooo am nahnul khaaliqoon
Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?
60
نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
Nahnu qaddarnaa baina kumul mawta wa maa nahnu bimasbooqeen
We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone
61
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
‘Alaaa an nubaddila amsaalakum wa nunshi’akum fee maa laa ta’lamoon
In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.
62
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa laqad ‘alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon
And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?