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wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾtū bi-ʾābāʾinā ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
When Our manifest signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say, ‘Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Jathiya - Verse 25
25. And when Our Clear Verses [concerning Resurrection] are recited to them, their argument is no other than that they say: “Bring back our [deceased] fathers, if you are truthful.”
Qur’anic Verses are clear and enlightening. Instead of thinking about Divine Ayat (“Verses, signs, evidence”) disbelievers ask for reviving their ancestors.
“And when”
(wa idh) refers to the preceding Verse concerning the disbelievers’ false claims that when the Verses concerning proving Resurrection are recited to them, they fail to provide an acceptable reply saying if the prophets were truthful in proving Resurrection, bring our fathers back to life so that they inform us of the other world and if they accepted your words, we would accept them to be true.