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dhālika jazāʾuhum bi-ʾannahum kafarū bi-ʾāyātinā wa-qālū ʾa-ʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman wa-rufātan ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan
That is their requital because they defied Our signs and said, ‘What, when we have become bones and dust, shall we really be raised in a new creation?’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Isra’ – Verse 98
98. “That is their recompense, for they disbelieved in Our signs and said: ‘What! When we become (mere) bones and decayed dust, shall we, then, indeed be raised, into a new creation?’”
The Arabic term /ruf at/ refers to straw particles which are so shredded into pieces which cannot be broken further. In the previous verses we noted as to how an evil fate awaits in the world hereafter for the sinners; a destiny which makes every sane person to think and contemplate. Here, the Qur’an explains the reason of this matter in a different way. It says:
“That is their recompense, for they disbelieved in Our signs and Said: ‘What! When we become (mere) bones and decayed dust, shall we, then, indeed be raised, into a new creation?’”
Certainly, the disbelievers have got no reasons for rejecting the resurrection, and whatever they utter is said as mockery and ridicule or is because of their astonishment, or considering as impossible.