سورة يس، الآية ٧٨
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ ٧٨
waḍaraba lanā mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qāla man yuḥ'yī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun
And he presents for Us an example1284 and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
[1284] Attempting to establish the finality of death.
Verse 78 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:78), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 445 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.
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This disbeliever is heedless and ignorant when he uses decayed bones to prove the impossibility of resurrection, saying, “Who will resurrect us?” whilst having forgotten his own creation from non-existence.
producing arguments23 against Us while forgetting his own creation24. He says, “Who can give life to the bones after they have crumbled to dust?”
[23] Trying to prove that there is no life after death.
[24] That we created him from dead matter to such an extent that he became now a clear disputant before Us.
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?"
And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?
And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?"
And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?
And he has struck for Us a similitude and forgotten his creation. He has said, "Who will give life to the bones (after) they are rotten?"
