أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?
Ya-Sin 36:31
Juz 23 · Page 442Context
Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wideYa-Sin is Meccan, dated to the middle Meccan period. It treats the truth of the prophetic mission and the resurrection of the dead; according to a well-known report, its closing verses answered a denier who crumbled a decayed bone and asked, 'Who will bring this back to life?'
Klasik tefsir mukaddimeleri; esbâb-ı nüzul rivayetleri