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zaʿama lladhīna kafarū ʾan lan yubʿathū qul balā wa-rabbī la-tubʿathunna thumma la-tunabbaʾunna bi-mā ʿamiltum wa-dhālika ʿalā llāhi yasīrun
The faithless claim that they will not be resurrected. Say, ‘Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected; then you will surely be informed of what you did, and that is easy for Allah.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Taghabun – Verse 7
7. The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected. Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you shall certainly be apprised of what you did and that is easy for Allah.
The Arabic word za‘m denotes unfounded claim and allegation and all the Qur’anic attestations of the world connote criticism. Imam Sadiq (as) is reported as saying that all the Qur’anic attestations of the word za‘m connote falsity.2 Thus, the blessed Qur’anic Verse enjoins the Noble Prophet of the Islamic faith (S) to say that by my Lord! You shall be all resurrected and you shall be certainly apprised of your past deeds and it is easy to do for God Almighty. The blessed Verse opens with a decisive response to the unfounded claims of those who deny Resurrection with a tone in which emphasis and swearing are intertwined, reflecting the firm belief of the warner, namely the Noble Prophet (S).
The blessed Verse in question proceeds by saying that such thing is easy for God Almighty to do. We know that those who denied Resurrection cast doubts on the possibility of resurrecting the rotten bones turned into dust. Thus, the blessed Verse is saying that the Omnipotent Lord shall have not difficulty in resurrecting them, since He created the world of existence ex nihilo and resurrecting the dead is more convenient that creating the creatures.
Some Qur’anic exegetes maintain that the oath
serves as a delicate allusion to Resurrection, since Divine Lordship requires that the path to man’s development and growth within the limits of the mundane and worthless life be not ineffectual. In other words, so long as we do not acknowledge Resurrection, Divine Sovereignty and His fostering mankind on the path of growth would be meaningless.
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