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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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In His saying, the Exalted: “When we have died and become dust and bones, are we really to be brought back to life?” Why was dust mentioned before bones, and does the conjunction “and” imply sequence?

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The student: ... Here, dust is mentioned before bones. Did he combine dust and bones? Did he mention dust first here?

The Shaykh : The conjunction “and” does not imply sequence.
The student: Why was dust mentioned before bones here?

The Shaykh : Because it is more eloquent in preventing [the doubt]. He started with the most distant, then the most distant. Their being dust is more distant from being created than their being bones.
Source alathar.net

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