Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And he gave us an example and forgot his own creation. He said: 'Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?'"
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Q90: The questioner asks: Allah the Exalted says in Surat Yasin: [Ya-Sin 36:78] What is the interpretation of this verse, and what is the referent of the pronoun in the saying of Allah the Exalted: "(And he gave us an example)"?
Vol. 90: The meaning of this verse is: it mentions the disbeliever's denial of the Resurrection. Before it, Allah the Exalted said:[Ya-Sin 36:77-79]. So this disbeliever disbelieves in the Resurrection, denies it, and considers it unlikely that Allah would restore the bones after they have crumbled and been lost in the earth, becoming dust. He considers it unlikely that Allah has the power to restore them once
Second time, and this is from his ignorance. The evidence for the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is inherent in this human being if he reflects. Indeed, the One who was able to create him the first time from a drop of weak fluid—meaning weak water—who was able to create a complete human being from this weak water, is able to restore him a second time. For the One who is able to begin creation is able to restore it, a fortiori. So he denies the sign of Allah in him and denies the power of Allah to give life to bones when they are decayed, a second time. For this reason, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[Ya-Sin 36:79] If He brought them into existence the first time after they did not exist, then giving them life is a fortiori. The pronoun refers to the disbeliever. Likewise, in His saying: meaning: bringing it into existence from nothing.
And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌVol. 90: The meaning of this verse is: it mentions the disbeliever's denial of the Resurrection. Before it, Allah the Exalted said:
(77) Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary? (78) And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?" (79) Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ (77) وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْيِي الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٌ (78) قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌSecond time, and this is from his ignorance. The evidence for the power of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is inherent in this human being if he reflects. Indeed, the One who was able to create him the first time from a drop of weak fluid—meaning weak water—who was able to create a complete human being from this weak water, is able to restore him a second time. For the One who is able to begin creation is able to restore it, a fortiori. So he denies the sign of Allah in him and denies the power of Allah to give life to bones when they are decayed, a second time. For this reason, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِي أَنْشَأَهَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌAnd he forgot his own creation.
وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُ
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