Tafsir for verse: 37:53
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣ ﴿53﴾
53Is it when we have died and become dust and bones? Is it true that we are going to be recompensed (for our deeds)?”
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Commentary
And he repeats the denial by saying: "When we have died"; meaning: our souls have departed; "and we were"; meaning: a solid existence; "dust and bones"; meaning: our bodies, which are the vessels of the souls, have perished; "Are we truly to be resurrected?"; meaning: we will be recompensed after that for what we have done; by being resurrected and rewarded; and his emphasis is an indication to every rational person who is worthy of denying what I have affirmed due to its remoteness; or that he is a denier of it; even if it were emphasized.
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